vVvA log

after almost two months of being in my home country i want to write a few things about the public life, the news, the politics, the jet set, the reality that is public to everybody. the narrative strategy of the telenovela has permeated everything. it seems to me that is a kind of filter, or maybe better a sort of distorted mirror in which colombians like to see themselves. the way the political news are presented is an example of it. specially regarding the corruption inside the political system. but, in the streets, in the open space, the public space of our cities, there is also the drama of the displaced people. almost homeless citizens that have been expelled out from their rural land. the relations with our international neighbors has been also dramatized so much that it has become normal to break diplomatic relationships year by year. and is perhaps the drama of the war what has increased this telenovelesque environment. the guerillas, the paramilitars, the militars, the police, the thief, the president, the watchemen. the danger of a betrayal, a fraud, of a back stab, is part not only of the fiction narratives but also of the politics, the economy, and it seem to be in the public space as well. specially in the cities. and specially in bogota. even if such a thing is not true, it seems to be a sort of unconscious feeling of the people. that is perhaps why it has been so nice to travel in this country after so many years of distance. it seems like i am not afraid. it seem like i dont care to share and to feel part of the mix. a chaotic mix indeed. it is necessary to change this narrative strategy. enough is enough. lets explore other genres and let the telenovela be only in a-prime frame.

el ritmo telenovelezco. el tempo del meledrama. en tiempo real. real time.

some weeks ago i visited the state of cordoba and fell in love with the deep caribbean region of colombia. today i just came back from a week in cartagena de indias, and have fallen in love with the caribbean coast again. i miss so much the sea roar. nothing is as pleasant as sleeping with a sea lullaby. perhaps the best song for sleeping. the rain is also good. this was the third time i visited la tortuga, a beach house located in front of the sea, at the crespo neighborhood of cartagena. however, this was the first time i became aware of the flow of sound, of the constant roaring of the sea. i am not sure why this happened until now. it could be possible that is the sea who is becoming noisier nowadays. perhaps is a matter of a season. there were certainly more birds at the shore. amazing. pelicans, seagulls, maria mulatas, and many other kinds of birds that i couldnt recognize. very inspiring to swim in the warm waters of the caribbean sea. it is very rewarding to float on the top of the waves and see the flights of the flocks and single birds. surprising to run into pelicans that are just floating near you. delightful to imagine and dream the story of the pelican man. coming soon. i love the caribbean time elongation. love the sea and the sound of the sea. all the waves crashing in constant motion. love to be inside the sea and to feel his enormous volumes.

this is a public space project in which i will draw the silhouette of the two big mountains in the streets of the bogota downtown. it will be a kind of projection of their shades. imagine having a huge sun projecting the shades of these mountains in the streets. could be even just a sort of hypothetical draw. first i will do it in a map, then i will do it in the streets.

the project consists in recording the sound of taxi radio telephones. the voices of the central and all the other taxi drivers. listening to all their codes. M12 14. or 5 40. R15. QUAP. the recording lasts the length of the ride. the performer will start recording as soon as he enters the taxi. will be nice if is possible to place the microphone close to the speaker for better quality. at night, 9 or 10pm when there is a lot of activity will be a nice time. but also at other times.

the taxi driver that i spoke tonight told me once he was with a passenger that extended the lenght of the ride in order to listen to the radio telephone. it was live, en vivo, en tiempo real, that the central and other taxi drivers where narrating the chase. it was in the south of bogota. i didnt ask how did the chase ended. however, i asked if it will be ok if the passenger were recording the narration. he said it would be ok. no problem.

it is gone. it is for sure. everybody was speaking about it yesterday. i had to leave for the colombian caribbean coast and spent 20 hours travelling, unplugged from the news feed. while travelling, the sound of michael returned constantly. before my departure, the twitter universe was already displaying in real time the story of his death. friends where twitting RIPs, and early reminders

today was the public funeral, a massive and crowded show at the saples center in los angeles. the broadcast of the funeral confirmed the obsession of the media with one of its childs, heroes and monsters.

as a matter of sensationalism, very appropriate with the development of his life, his nose was missed during the autopsia. where did it go? who did steal it?

interestingly, the ghost of michael has been appearing in the caribbean reagion of colombia. first was in malambo, then in cartagena. perhaps is looking for his nose.

just imagine the 22 second century here, in bogota, colombia. an oportunity to explore science fiction and changes.

lets change all this culture of lawyers by creating a super computer where all the code is systematized and people can just deal with a machine to deal with all the law procesess. at least the simple ones, for instance for creating a new enterprise, or a a company, or for creating a new radio station, or a tv channel. lets make it simple. a logic machine. that gives rights and land to all the citizens and can not be biased or corrupted or killed. something like that.

lets allow people to implement their mezclas and hybrids using new technologies. thru, perhaps we can not be a society of programmers or cutting edge electronic engineers, but we can assemble and create new things. colombianadas as somebody said.