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.