https://javiertoscano.net Javier Toscano Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:52:57 +0000 https://javiertoscano.net en http://javiertoscano.net/Untitled-page Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:52:57 +0000 Javier Toscano 418673 http://javiertoscano.net/Featured-Projects Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:09:59 +0000 Javier Toscano 143807 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Project Selection &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Back to Home&nbsp;Capital&nbsp;Director and Screenwriter / Director y guión, Mexico 2021, 75min. An essay-film that aims to reconstruct the project left by Sergei Eisenstein in the form of a journal, about taking Karl Marx’s major work to the screen. / Un ensayo cinematográfico que busca reconstruir el proyecto de S. Eisenstein para llevar a la pantalla la obra central de Karl Marx. <img width="1701" height="2551" width_o="1701" height_o="2551" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/85d03bccb05b2466dcc8e5d745cbd315e966437742f778d3dfd580b12b6749c9/capital_poster_web.jpg" data-mid="892120" border="0" data-scale="60"/> Potentiae&nbsp; Director and Screenwriter / Director y guionista, Mexico 2017, 96 min. A documentary film with an experimental narrative that deconstructs the notion of disability / Un film documental experimental que deconstruye la noción de discapacidad.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Best Cinematography for Documentary (Golden Frog), CAMERIMAGE, Bydgoszcz, Poland (2017) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Press Prize, Morelia International Film Festival (MIFF), Morelia, Mexico (2017)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Ambulante Special Prize, MIFF, Morelia, Mexico (2017) Potentiae at Facebook&nbsp; <img width="567" height="846" width_o="567" height_o="846" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/82231fe5057661737f865d9f581a296917a590bc200e7f86064e504610684e0d/cartel-POTENTIAE-internet.jpg" data-mid="165217" border="0" /> Social Architecture as Subjective Reconstruction / Arquitectura Social como Reconstrucción Subjetiva (link)  Nerivela in collaboration with Chavos Banda Participating project in the Mexican Pavilion, Venice Biennale for Architecture, Italy / Proyecto participante en el pabellón de México en la Bienal de Venecia de Arquitectura, Italia May - November / Mayo - Noviembre 2016 &nbsp; VICO. Videoclub of expanded operation / Videoclub de operación expandida (link)&nbsp;A project on video production, moving-image reflection and media archiving. Frequent screenings in different venues. Vs. Arte Contemporáneo (video, Spanish) (link)  TV Interview on the topics covered on the book /Entrevista Canal 22February / Febrero 2015 The Architectural Ellipsis / La elipsis arquitectónica (link)&nbsp;An exhibition on the exchanges between art and architectura / Una exposición que exploraba los cruces entre arte y arquitecturaInvierno / Winter 2013 TEDxCentro Histórico (video, Spanish) (link)&nbsp; A talk on the&nbsp; creation of cultural centers as possible hubs of urban development / Plática sobre la creación de centros culturales como polos de desarrollo urbano Verano / Summer 2012 Frontera. A Sketch for the Creation of a Future Society / Esbozo para la Creación de una Sociedad del Futuro (link) Laboratorio 060 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Awarded the Best Art Practices Award from the Italian Government in 2008 /&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ganador del premio Best Art Practices del Gobierno de Italia en 2008 Frontera / Border, &nbsp;Mexico - Guatemala 2006-2008 <img width="567" height="841" width_o="567" height_o="841" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0605c871ceddd793a1d3dbdcdc18d2b6f38cdd42bcf115fb0a2a413f369196dd/POSTER-FRONTERA-internet.jpg" data-mid="165218" border="0" /> Back to Home  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;... http://javiertoscano.net/About Sun, 05 Feb 2017 02:33:55 +0000 Javier Toscano 143222 About &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Back to Home&nbsp; This site works as a hub to access a variety of projects, ventures with a life of their own.&nbsp; Some traces are here left adrift, some ideas find their way, some initiatives collide.&nbsp; A name is gathering them together, but it is just an excuse, a topos for a shifting perspective with a unique consistency: critical inquiry with a poetical stance, an ongoing research with an experimental drive.&nbsp;My IMDb profile My profile at Research GateQuestions, comments or any other excuse for contact: tosgue[at]yahoo.com &nbsp; About &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Back to Home&nbsp; This site works as a hub to access a variety of projects, ventures with a life of their... http://javiertoscano.net/Index Sun, 29 Jan 2017 17:59:37 +0000 Javier Toscano 141050 Index &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Back to Home&nbsp; Collectivities and long-term projects / Colectivos y proyectos de largo alcance &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Collective Cinema (ongoing)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Nerivela (2007-2021)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*VICO. Videoclub de operación expandida / Videoclub of expanded operation (2011-2015) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Laboratorio 060 (2003-2013) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*The Binet Project / Proyecto Binet (1999-2006)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*International Critical Geography Group (Steering commitee, 2016-ongoing) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Documentary and Short Experimental Films (selection) / Cine documental y experimental (selección)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *Capital &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Director and Scriptwriter, Mexico, 2021, 70 min. English.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;An essay-film that recreates an unfinished script by Sergei Eisenstein on the homonimous work of Karl Marx. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; *Potentiae &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Director and Scriptwriter, Mexico, 2017, 96 min. SP + En subtitles &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;A documentary film around the vital experience of different groups socially considered as disabled. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *Frontera. A Sketch for the Creation of a Future Society &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Co-director and co-producer, Mexico, 2014, 77 min. SP + En subtitles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;A documentary film about a series of cultural and artistic interventions within an indigenous &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; community in the border between Mexico and Guatemala. (Link to vimeo) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;*The Desire Trilogy / Trilogía del deseo (2006-2016) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Director, producer, photographer, Mexico, 29 min. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3 short films that aim to restructure the identity narratives on groups with special diseases or &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;disabilities. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Inspirators (Minimal Sensibility Survey), 6:00 min., 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; System Error (deaf proof) 2.1.exe.unleash, 12:00 min. 2010 (Link to vimeo) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Chronic Argonauts, 11:00 min., 2006 (Link to vimeo) Books (selection) / Libros (selección) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Frontera. Esbozo para la creación de una sociedad del futuro / A Sketch for the Creation of a Future &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Society, Berlin: Revolver, 2016. (SP + EN, editor/author) (Link) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Vs. Arte Contemporáneo, México: Tumbona, 2015. (SP, author) (Link to free download) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Un mundo sin dios, pueblo de fantasmas, La imagen dialéctica: recurso para una semiología radical. Una lectura de Walter &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Benjamin, [A World without God, a Ghost Town. The Dialectical Image as a Resource for a Radical Semiology. Reading &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Walter Benjamin’s work] México: UNAM, 2014. (SP, author) (Link to free download) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*The Architectural Ellipsis / La elipsis arquitectónica, México: Arquine, 2013 (SP + EN, editor / author)&nbsp;(Link) Experimental Pedagogies (selection) / Pedagogías experimentales (selección) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Critique and Curating/Curaduría y crítica &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; CONARTE, Monterrey, Mexico &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;An integral seminar for the development of a critical theory applied to the production of art and&nbsp;culture. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;May-December, 2013. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[Part of the results of the seminar were summarized as chapter 5 in Elhaik, T. (2016). The Incurable-Image. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Curating&nbsp;Post-Mexican Film and Media Arts. Edinburgh: EUP. Link to book review here]. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*6th Public Art Forum/6to Foro de Arte Público 2008 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Director of the Forum, which made an emphasis on critical approaches to cultural interventions on the &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;public space. (Program available at 6forosaps.net) June-December, 2008. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[The results of the project were published in Toscano, J., (ed.) (2010): City-Sign. 6th Public Art &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Forum, Mexico: SAPS-Bukspeis. 160pp.]&nbsp; Interviews, quotations (selection) / Entrevistas, citas (selección)&nbsp; &nbsp; *Zoe Mendelson, “A Major Art Symposium Goes Awry in Mexico City”, Hyperallergic, 23.08.17 (English)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Link to website&nbsp; &nbsp; *Teresa Martínez, ”Una fuente polémica”, El Norte, 08.30.17. (Spanish)&nbsp;Link to PDF&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *Victor Juárez, “Denuncian opacidad por bosque urbano”, Reforma, 04.01.17. (Spanish) Link to PDF&nbsp; &nbsp; *Sonia Ávila, “La economía volvió un simulacro el arte”, Excélsior, Expresiones, p. 6. 11.02.2015. (Spanish) Link to PDF&nbsp; &nbsp; *Adriana Pedroza, “Cuestiona el valor dado al arte”, Mural, 24.02.15. (Spanish) Link to PDF Home / Inicio &nbsp; Index &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Back to Home&nbsp; Collectivities and long-term projects / Colectivos y proyectos de largo alcance... http://javiertoscano.net/Home-Page Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 Javier Toscano 141017 Javier Toscano&nbsp; Filmmaking, Artistic Production, Critical Theory &amp; Visual Analysis, Collectivities, Expertimental Pedagogies Index Featured Projects About / Contact  “Why have we kept our own names? Out of habit, purely out of habit. To make ourselves unrecognizable in turn. To render imperceptible, not ourselves, but what makes us act, feel, and think. Also because it’s nice to talk like everybody else, to say the sun rises, when everybody knows it’s only a manner of speaking. To reach, not the point where one no longer says I, but the point where it is no longer of any importance whether one says I. We are no longer ourselves. Each will know his own. We have been aided, inspired, multiplied. “ Deleuze/Guattari Javier Toscano&nbsp; Filmmaking, Artistic Production, Critical Theory &amp; Visual Analysis, Collectivities, Expertimental Pedagogies Index Featured Projects...