Early in the morning we are expected for coffee at the Gutierrez house. The first Mezcals (it’s not even 8am!) are poured, and the pots filled with meat, and soup are cooking on the open fire in anticipation of a post-service breakfast.  It’s a traditional service that doesn’t take too long, although the photo moments at the end, where everyone can pose with the newly weds, seem endless. We try to keep up with a bunch of rituals not knowing what the course of the day will be, so we just go along with the flow.

First there is breakfast at the bride’s residency, only for her family (and vice versa for the groom at his house). In the afternoon a massif heap of presents, brought by the invitees on previous days, is being blessed by all, then lifted into three trucks, and taken to the house of the groom in a procession through a smokey town caused by fireworks launched in plain daylight. Over there we find the other family waiting, and the entire ritual has to be repeated. Finally after all that admiring, and blessing gifts, and foods, it’s time for lunch. Two mezcalitos, two cervecitos, and traditional mole with chicken, and tortillas. The food is way too much so everyone gets a bucket, and a plastic bag to take the leftovers home. When the more than 300 people invited are done eating they can go home only to come back around 8 for the final stage of the wedding.

Cake and dancing.

As ‘Padrino del Pastel’ (godfather of the cake, meaning he payed for it), Paulo Sudo has to dance a walse with the bride. And since the groom can not be left behind, Loes, who is two heads taller than her dancepartner, is summoned to dance in front of 300 people. After we survive all these ceremonies, and just before we have to dance a traditional ‘campesino’ dance, deep in the night, we escape this perpetual feast with silent drums. While walking home we can hear in the distance the DJ calling out for the Padrino del Pastel.

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Wandering Arts Biennial 2016 – OPEN CALL !

 

The Wandering Arts Biennial is an artistic project that offers a context and platform to nomadic practices of artists. WAB brings together various mobile arts projects and facilitates crossovers between the participating artists, and their projects or researches about mobility.

 

This open call is for artistic projects that focus on various interpretations of mobile arts practices, such as :

– Performance in public space

– Nomadism as artistic research method

– Journalism and cultural exchange

– Exploration as a motive for artistic expression and innovation

– The public space as a meeting and experience space

– Mobile temporary/alternative studio

 

For the second edition of the WAB we are still looking for artists, collectives, (existing) projects, artistic organisations, etc who want to participate in 2016.

 

Open call:

WAB hosts independent projects of various sizes, from big collaborative projects to small scale and personal initiatives.

WAB organises various public events (exhibitions, lectures, presentations) where all participants can present their project, results, research, etc.

All participating artists and projects will be part of the WAB publication.

 

Agenda:

March 2016 : Launch WAB 2016 + Publication WAB 2014

March-November 2016 : Project and production period with public events

November 2016 : Final exhibition

2017 : Publication cooking of 2016 production + Preparation WAB 2018

 

Your proposal:

Deadline to submit a proposal is 15 July 2015.

Please send us an A4 description of the work/project, a short bio (max half A4) about your (mobile) practice, CV, and an estimation of costs you need from WAB to co-fund your project. (Please note that the possibility of co-financial support by WAB depends on the funds we are able to collect.)

 

WAB who?

WAB is organised by a collective of artists and generalists interested in mobile arts practices and is supported by nadine.

We will be happy to receive your proposal at wab@nadine.be. And feel free to ask for more information!

 

Extra info:

We invite you to visit wab.nadine.be for more information, and we strongly recommend you to subscribe to WAB newsletter to get updates on the biennial, since we will use mainly that channel for our future communications.

 

We are looking forward to receiving your proposal!

 

Best regards,

WAB team & nadine

 

1. Feel free to forward this open call to your friends and colleagues who might be interested to participate!

 

We invite you to visit wab.nadine.be for more information, and we strongly recommend you to subscribe to WAB newsletter to get updates on the biennial, since we will use mainly that channel for our future communications.