The Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Centre, sponsored by the Office of the Historian of Havana City, the UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, the COSUDE – Office of Swiss Cooperation in Cuba and the collaboration of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC, after its initials in Spanish) and the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industry (ICAIC, after its initials in Spanish) is calling for proposals to the 10th Hall and Colloquium of Digital Art, with the aim of promoting artistic and cultural values boosted by the new technologies.
The Hall, to be opened on 3 November 2009 proposes to continue showing the work currently made in that field and boost the exchange and reflection among the creators and specialists related with this new artistic expression. The actions of the X Hall and Colloquium will also be useful to celebrate and thank the contribution given by the community of Cuban and foreign digital artists to this cultural project for a decade.
This edition of the event will include the celebration of the national hall, with competitive character, colloquiums, exhibitions and audiovisual showings by international artists that have accompanied the adventure of this hall since its start in 1999.
In this tenth edition, the hall will also include exhibitions and showings, related with digital photography and graphic design, fields that are related with the projections and searches of digital art among us, that has also found diffusion and debate spaces in the Pablo Centre during these years.