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To promote artistic experimentation, encourage the crossover of disciplinary expressions and explore every possible combination of art, technology and design -while blurring the boundaries between them- the 2012 edition of the Faena Prize called upon artists and art collectives from all over the world to submit projects for installations, sculptures, pictures, technology and audio.

Coordinated by Ximena Caminos the international jury select of 837 submissions for this year’s edition, the winner: Argentinian artist Franco Darío Vico. 40% of the projects were from Argentina, with the rest came from over 40 countries, including the USA, Italy, Germany, Spain, Colombia, the UK, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and the Netherlands. “We have chosen Vairoletto Foundation by Franco Darío Vico as the winning submission of the 2012 Faena Prize for the Arts edition. The proposal, whose freshness and defiance of convention we found interesting, is based on a little-known character from Argentinian history: ”Juan Bautista Bairolet–Vairoletto” a bandit operating in Santa Fe Province in the early twentieth century. He was described as the “Robin Hood of the Pampas” because of his solidarity with the poor and his anarchic attitude to official hierarchies and institutions. Our recognition of Vico’s work was prompted by the challenging of institutions as well as the artist’s rejection of the grand sculptural gesture supposedly called for by the FAC’s space. The choice was also informed by the way he turned the prize into a political funding reallocation exercise. We have selected a project that subverts the privileged position of the arts in contemporary society and expands, thoughtfully and in a spirit of celebration, the very definition of artistic practice,” said the Jury.A native of Santa Fe Province, Argentina, Franco Darío Vico will receive a total of $75,000. Of that sum, $25,000 will go to the artist himself, and the remaining $50,000 will be used to finance the project’s production. The final result will be exhibited at the Faena Arts Center in mid-2013.

AES + F is a Russian art collective integrated by: Arzamasova Tatiana (1955), Lev Evzovich (1958), Evgeny Svyatsky (1957) and Vladimir Fridkes (1956).
The group started to work in 1987 as AES and consisted of the first three artists. Photographer Vladimir Fridkes joined them in 1995 and the name of the group changed definitively to AES + F. The artists live and work in Moscow. Their work  primarily consists of computer intervened large scale photography and videos developed for multiple channel projection. During their career they also worked on drawing, painting and sculpture.

The Russian collective AES+F has gathered three videos produced between 2005 and 2011 under the title The Liminal Space Trilogy. In keeping with the group’s steadfast intention to shed light on the incongruities of modernity and the paradoxical coexistence of indifference and devotion, the real and the virtual, tradition and rupture, Last Riot, The Feast of Trimalchio and Allegoria Sacra present versions of Hell, Paradise and Purgatory.

The trilogy has no written script; it consists, rather, of improvisation on the basis of a graphic script that makes use of over 100,000 digital images taken in studio. Editing performed after the shoot structures the narrative with a calibrated balance between still and moving images, yielding a magnetic and disconcerting effect furthered by the pulse of the animation, the monumental scale, and music as the sole sound.

21st to 27th May:
Allegoria Sacra

1st to 3rd and 8th to 10th June:
The Feast of Trimalchio

15th to 17th and 22th to 24th June:
Last Riot

Rano Sarbach is the musician that other musicians would like to be. He is surprising and sensitive on the guitar. With a career that has stretched over more than three decades and which includes collaborations, jam sessions and productions with some of the biggest international pop stars, Rano invites his close friend Anita Alvarez de Toledo to play with him in the heart of The Library Lounge.

Thursday 23rd & 30th - Friday 10th & 17th

Pablo bañares continues presenting “Bañares”. The best rock from the 90s’ mixed with some songs of his own inspired by love, his pursuits and findings.

Babel Orkesta realizes coexistence of diverse cultures and promotes respect for cultural identities. Encourages social integration of different communities, exploring the relationships and dynamics that exists between communities. Babel looking to add music to the stories told from father to son and from grandparents to grandchildren, to be the soundtrack of the oral tradition; portray the customs, the atmosphere of festivals and touring orchestras playing waltzes, gypsy, tarantella, step double, klezmer, swing, chamamé and others. Literally start dancing to the ancestors within.

Thursday 2nd, 9th & 16th