Ever since it was founded, the CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación), helmed by the cultural promoter, artist, and businessman Jorge Glusberg, was intended as an interdisciplinary space where an experimental art movement could flourish. The establishment of collaborative networks connecting local and international artists and critics played an important role in this process. In addition to the exhibitions, a program of different activities exposed attendees to the latest in scientific thinking. According to Glusberg, the coordination between theoretical thinking and artistic practice was an essential part of social change.
Architecture and design were always basic components of the CAYC’s interdisciplinary approach. In its early years, the Center became affiliated with the Fundación de Investigación Interdisciplinaria [Foundation for Interdisciplinary Research], an organization that welcomed a group of dissident professors from the Facultad de Arquitectura y Ciencias Exactas at the Universidad de Buenos Aires following the forced occupation of universities that took place after the coup d’état in 1966. That earlier affiliation left an indelible mark on various aspects of the CAYC’s operations, such as its approach to many of its initiatives as “projects;” the use of heliographic copies (a technique usually used for copying blueprints) in its exhibitions; the Center’s partnering with the industrial sector in exhibitions and contests; and the presence of several artist-architects among the founders of the Grupo de los Trece.
This newsletter announces the discussion series, “Los arquitectos dialogan con sus obras” [Architects in Conversation with their Works], to be held in July-August 1976 at the CAYC. The first edition of this series was presented in October-November of the previous year (GT- 560; pending). Some of Argentina’s most prominent modern architecture firms were represented at the event, firms that had taken part in a variety of public competitions, including Aslan y Ezcurra, and Estudio Antonini, Schon, Zemborain y Asociados, some of which were also art collectors.
The article provides details about the program and highlights the EAE’s interdisciplinary approach. It also mentions the three basic themes underpinning the discussion series: art, architecture, and communication.
