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El Acercamiento / The Approach

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Date(s) - 04/08/2017
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

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CoffeeHouse Theater, CalArts

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El Acercamiento / The Approach is a groundbreaking multimedia transnational project that investigates the past, present and possible futures of Cuba-U.S. relations.  In La Habana, the current process of normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States is termed “el acercamiento”, the slow and cautious act of getting closer. Cuban and North American professional artists and arts students from the California Institute of the Arts, CalArts (Los Angeles), Instituto Superior de Arte (La Habana), Academia Nacional de Artes San Alejandro in La Habana, and New World School of the Arts (Miami) develop proposals for an acercamiento between our two countries in the form of urban interventions, workshops, performative actions, public dialogues, and arts exhibitions that are beginning to give shape to a multiplicity of potential futures. The project challenges participating artists and audiences to insert themselves in the process of visioning and enacting of these futures.


The Coffeehouse Theater is a space for student-generated, interdisciplinary work from all schools. Students are invited to experiment, explore, and submit work in any discipline — this is a chance to do work outside your metier and collaborate with students from across the institute. It’s a unique space at CalArts, not limited to work done in your classes or program, and it’s the best place for you to explore new collaborations and different art forms.

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