Chemi Rosado presenting El Cerro project at Creative Time Summit, New York
El Cerro in 2001 before being painted as part of Chemi Rosado's project
El Cerro painted green
neighbours of El Cerro painting their houses green
social art workshops
Raimond Chaves community newspaper Hangueando done in 2002
The Museo del Cerro, co-curated by Pablo Leon de la Barra with members of El Cerro in 2002
El Cerro in 2001 before being painted as part of Chemi Rosado's project
El Cerro painted green
neighbours of El Cerro painting their houses green
social art workshops
Raimond Chaves community newspaper Hangueando done in 2002
The Museo del Cerro, co-curated by Pablo Leon de la Barra with members of El Cerro in 2002
Chemi Rosado presenting El Cerro project at Creative Time Summit, New York
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Chemi Rosado Seijo:
Born 1973.Lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Chemi Rosado Seijo is an artist whose practice weaves social commentary and humor. His work juxtaposes architecture and the urban landscape, work and social action, and art and its history. In Historia sobre Ruedas (History on Wheels), his 2005 project with Art in General, Seijo mapped Manhattan from the perspective of a skateboarder, re-drawing the city in terms of its skating sites. For another project, Tapando para Ver (Closing to See) (2001), which culminated in a book, Seijo covered up parts of text from newspaper clippings with charcoal leaving only specific words, suggesting that all language might be a form of manipulation and drawing attention to the degree to which commercial information is controlled by the media. Since 2001, Chemi Rosado-Seijo has worked with the inhabitants of El Cerro, in Puerto Rico, painting all of the houses in the village in different shades of green. Over several years, and through negotiation and collaboration with the inhabitants of the community, over 100 buildings have been painted. Seijo has participated in numerous exhibitions and biennials including the Whitney (2002), Prague (2005), Havana (2006), and Pontevedra (2010).
Creative Time Summit:
The Creative Time Summit is a conference that brings together cultural producers—including artists, critics, writers, and curators—to discuss how their work engages pressing issues affecting our world. Their international projects bring to the table a vast array of practices and methodologies that engage with the canvas of everyday life. The participants range from art world luminaries to those purposefully obscure, providing a glimpse into an evolving community concerned with the political implications of socially engaged art. The Creative Time Summit is meant to be an opportunity to not only uncover the tensions that such a global form of working presents, but also to provide opportunities for new coalitions and sympathetic affinities.
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