C U L T U R E

Video Contest             Visual Arts exhibition              Offerings for the dead               Crafts

The organizing committee of the V International Congress Women, Work and Health is aware of the importance artistic manifestations have in supporting reflection on subjects concerning humanity, which is why it has set out to offer an ample cultural supply around the Congress’s activities. Public spaces with a fitting design will be used as will be plazas: like open-cast museums with great exchange possibilities for a wide range of public. Art brings together creators and public from various latitudes to share perspectives on the issue of women, work and health, perhaps not trying to reach an agreement but enrichment. For this reason, the following international activities have been programmed:

International Video Contest on Women and Work

In collaboration with the Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Video Documental Independiente: Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces (Independent Hispanicamerican Documental Video Encounter: All voices against silence), and the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, the International Contest of Video on Women and Work has been convened. Selected works will be presented during the Congress, in public spaces of Zacatecas City, and then will travel to other cities of the country. At the moment agreements with international organisms are being arranged to give major diffusion to the videos. On the closing day of reception of works, 80 videos of 13 different countries were received. We are thankful for the interest shown in this contest. Results will soon be published.

Visual arts exhibitions

We are pleased to invite visual artists, organizations and institutions to present proposals of works, installations and exhibitions. The interested will have to forward their detailed proposal with all the technical elements required (required space, staff required and additional materials) to the selection committee before the 30 of January of the 2008. The expenses of transfer and installation will run on the part of those who propose the exhibition.

Exhibition of offerings for the celebration of the day of the dead

In this occasion it will be dedicated to the women passed away by labor health problems. One of the celebrations of greater cultural importance in Mexico is the Day of the Dead. From pre-Hispanic times different cultures have made offerings to their deceased. With the Spanish conquest, this tradition underwent a syncretism process that derived in what today we know as the day of the dead offerings, which are celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November. Although each region has specificities, all the country celebrates this ritual. The organizing committee of the V Congress invites proposals of offerings or traditional representative acts of a region (country, state, culture). Call

Exhibition and sale of crafts

Mexico has, all over the territory, an enormous artisan wealth. We will ask craftswomen to display a sample of their work for exhibition and sale in the facilities of the Congress.  

Besides the activities before described, the congressmen and their companions are invited to be present at and to participate in local cultural activities. The information will be available months before the Congress. For the accomplishment of the cultural activities we thank the support of the Instituto Zacatecano de Cultura of the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas  (Zacatecan Culture Insitute of the Autonomus University of Zacatecas) and the Fototeca Regional de Zacatecas (Zacatecas Regional Phototec).

Video Contest             Visual Arts exhibition              Offerings for the dead               Crafts