When you lose a son, a letter to René by Edilberto Peñaloza
Digital version When you lose a son, you lose your life. Lupita and me lost our lives. With René’s departure there is no relief, nothing you are told helps you,…
Distrito Artificial: listening without prejudices
January 24, 2003 for the Reforma newspaper by René Peñaloza “To see is to forget the name of what we see”, used to say Paul Valery. Following the logic of…
Distrito Artificial: a wider net
February 14, 2003 for the Reforma newspaper by René Peñaloza This week, Distrito Artificial displays a new format with the purpose of launching a wider net to the ocean of…
Distrito Artificial: time of Tecnogeist
March 14, 2003 for the Reforma newspaper by René Peñaloza With the enthusiasm -almost stubbornness- to carry out any cultural project in Mexico, the Tecnogeist reaches its fourth edition. Beyond…
Distrito Artificial: vigorous variety
November 13, 2002 for the Reforma newspaper by René Peñaloza From an accessible and marathonic session of multimedia art and avant-garde music, to the exclusive presentation of a foreign celebrity,…
Distrito Artificial: revival
January 10, 2003 for the Reforma newspaper by René PeñalozaThe electronic scene in the capital awakens one more year and this week many of its pieces reappear. It is too…
December world
René Peñaloza Galván para Latin Pulse Augustus Pablo East of the River Nile Shanachie, 1977 (reissue 2002)In 1999 Jamaica lost one of its more brilliant sons, Augustus Pablo, maker of…