The proposal for this day is a book presentation, exhibition, concert and film.
The Art Center Theater and the Guayaquil Municipal Philharmonic Orchestra they offer a seasonal concert in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Society for the Fight Against Cancer, SOLCA. The concert, under the direction of maestro David Harutyunyan, has the following repertoire scheduled: Light cavalry by Suppé, overture to the opera Oberon, by Weber, operetta opening The bat by Strauss, Orpheus in Hell from Offenbach, Slavic Dances Op. 46 No. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8, Op. 72 No. 10 by Dvorak. Free entry. Numbered access tickets, available at the Theater box office, from 10:00 to 14:30 and on the day of the event from 10:00 to 19:00. Each person can receive up to 2 tickets. 19:00, main hall of the Centro de Arte Theater.
Exhibitions
The Light of Heaven It is the painting exhibition that the Ecuadorian artist, humanist and curator has prepared Mikaela Báez Jalil, with the support of the brand Beck’s. The Wednesday, December 1, In the Plaza de la Fuente Cultural space, the exhibition was inaugurated, which also has the collaboration of the artists Melissa Maidana, interior designer, e Ingrid Puruncajas, designer and maker of handmade rugs. Through thirty-eight works, Mikaela captures the sensations and experiences left by her search and discovery of a new vision of life, her wounds, her healing, her reunion with spirituality and her awakening. Free entry. The exhibition will be open until December 15, Monday to Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., in Plaza Lagos.
The Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum (MAAC) maintains the exhibition Meditation Pieces, by Patricia Meier, which adds 50 works inspired, in part, by Japanese philosophy. Covers the Kintsugi, Sashiko, Barrocos and Las Hilanderas series. “The idea of the kintsugi is that when something breaks we should try to fix it in the most precious way, without hiding the repair … Scars remind us of how strong we are,” says Meier, who thus shows his affinity for Eastern philosophy. MAAC, Malecón and Loja, free admission.
Cinema at the MAAC
Since December 2003, when the auditorium of the Anthropological Museum of Contemporary Art was inaugurated, it has functioned as a multipurpose room and also as a cinema: MAAC Cine. To commemorate the 18 years of its opening, the film series continues today, Tuesday, December 7, with the curator of Rafael Plaza Andrade, a film student at the University of the Arts. This film series is organized by the MAAC, under the coordination of Clara Medina and Betsy Laborde. The films will be screened at the MAAC Cine (Malecón Simón Bolívar y Loja) and admission to these functions is free.
The schedule is as follows:
18:00: What Dreams May Come, 1998) (EE. UU./New Zealand). Director: Vincent Ward. It is a film with a strong interest in representing the afterlife or life after death, that is, the final destiny of man and the universe. The film immerses and introduces the viewer, through the protagonist, who dies in a car accident and his soul awakens in one of the landscapes that his wife used to paint, inside oil paintings.
Chris and Annie Nielsen live a dream life with their two children until, due to an accident, they pass away. Annie, a lover of painting, falls into a depression and Chris does everything possible to help her. Later Chris dies in a car accident and his soul awakens in one of the landscapes in Annie’s paintings. Chris discovers that when we pass away, our soul travels to a special place. Cast: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra.
20:00: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Hong Kong). Director: Lee.
Legendary martial arts expert Li Mu Bai decides to inherit his magic sword, the Heavenly Sword, to his best friend. For this he asks Yu Shu Lien, a powerful warrior, with whom he is in love, to keep the weapon until he hands it over, but in one night it is stolen by Li Mu’s enemies. search for the sword, in which dark characters will intervene.
Book Release
The artist Pablo Caviedes will introduce your book On the map, that presents migration as the common denominator of American identity. Published and officially presented by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador in 2019, this bilingual edition (English-Spanish), in large format 13 X 11 in, hardcover and 204 pages with text by the renowned art historian José Rodeiro, Galas exposes Caviedes’ visual metaphor for the immigrant experience and its impact on American culture through portraits of three individuals: the artist himself representing the talent and mettle of first-generation immigrants, and President Barack Obama and Andy Warhol as the large contributions from second-generation immigrants. Admission to the event is free and is aimed at the general public. For more information, you can visit our social networks. 18:30, lobby of the MAAC (Malecón Simón Bolívar y Loja). (I)
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