Instituto de la Telenovela / Soap Opera Institute

Instituto de la Telenovela in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Galerija P74, 2002

Instituto de la Telenovela in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Galerija P74, 2002

The Instituto de la Telenovela (2002-2004) functioned as an actual research organization that seeks to trace the impact of latin american televised culture (particularly soap operas) in the rest of the world. Part media literacy project, part conceptual exhibition, part collaborative, site-specific project with sociologists, educators, and communication specialists, the project consists in installations, display of data, creation of domestic spaces, and a functioning resource center, all of which intend to show the impact of this form of drama, the origin of its industry, the way in which its dramatic forms is conditioned by the market and the viewership, and the impact that it has both on the Latin American society and on the perception of Latin America abroad. The project was first exhibited at the Galerija P74 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and later traveled to the 8th Havana Biennial, HDLU center in Zagreb, and the RCA in London, amongst many others.

see also

Historias de un Instituto (2008)

 

Telenovela Bar at the HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia, 2004

Telenovela Bar at the HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia, 2004

 

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