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NODO Circuito Neuquén to shake up local art scene in November
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NODO Circuito Neuquén to shake up local art scene in November

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • NODO Circuito Neuquén, an initiative to strengthen visual arts in Argentina's regions, will launch in Neuquén from November 13-15.
  • The program, supported by national and provincial cultural bodies, aims to build art markets and provide training in areas like management and pricing.
  • This initiative addresses a diagnosed lack of connection among artists and cultural workers in Neuquén, a city experiencing economic growth from the Vaca Muerta hydrocarbon industry.

Neuquén, a city at the heart of Argentina's booming hydrocarbon industry, is set to host NODO Circuito Neuquén, an initiative designed to invigorate its visual arts scene. The event, running from November 13-15, marks a significant effort to address the region's fragmented artistic community, where artists, managers, and cultural workers often operate in isolation.

How can we build our market according to what is happening in the country, and this is basically giving visibility and offering the instruments and training for them to show themselves with their full potential.

— Diego ObligadoPresident of Meridiano, explaining the goals of the NODO program.

NODO Circuito Neuquén is part of a broader program by the Argentine Chamber of Contemporary Art Galleries (Meridiano) to foster art markets across the country. This regional expansion follows six successful editions in Buenos Aires. The initiative operates on a public-private model, receiving support from the National Secretariat of Culture and the Provincial Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture of Neuquén.

Diego Obligado, president of Meridiano, stated the program aims to "build our market according to what is happening in the country," by providing visibility and the necessary tools and training for artists to showcase their full potential. Gonzalo Lagos, executive director and a native of Neuquén, highlighted the city's "effervescent scene" and the high quality of its artists, noting the presence of the National Museum of Fine Arts, the only provincial branch of the major museum.

Neuquén is a very effervescent scene, with a degree of development in the quality of its artists and with very solid institutions like the National Museum of Fine Arts, the only branch in a province of the great Museum.

— Gonzalo LagosExecutive director and native of Neuquén, describing the local art scene.

To prepare for the November event, NODO Formación began in August, offering workshops on management, pricing, and exhibition setup. Curator and cultural manager Analía Solomonoff, leading the NODO team, described the circuit as a way to "move in space, get to know each other, enter into dialogue, generate collectivity." She emphasized the program's strong territorial anchoring and its goal of fostering critical thinking about the history of Argentine art.

The circuit already implies moving in space, getting to know each other, entering into dialogue, generating collectivity.

— Analía SolomonoffCurator and cultural manager, defining the purpose of the circuit.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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