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…
Bachelor Sound Machín (BSM) by Esteban Zarco, 2008
The chain of events known as the Bachelor Sound Machín has come as a surprise even to those who are well aware of the convening power of the savants, those…
“Trenecito” (small train) – Paulina del Paso
I met René, “Trenecito” as I called him, in the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC - Filmmaking Training Center) in 1994. We were both in our twenties and shared the…
Nothing more intimidating than watching a contender – Álvaro Curiel
Nothing more intimidating than watching a contender, wearing a pair of thick glasses, passively waiting for his interview, while reading a formula loaded physics book. You are putting your life…
The coolest human being I ever knew – Cynthia Galván
Rene was the coolest human being I ever knew. His sense of humanity was large and he treated everyone fairly. He was a kind and gentle person who loved life…