Expanding Internationalism - A Conference on ... - Mary Jane Jacob

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND THE HOST COUNTRY
How can international exhibitions be made more effective
for the host country, particularly when they occur
outside major western centers
Moderator:
Panelists:
Paulo Herkenhoff, Brazil
Rosemary Andrade, Swaziland
Nemesio Antunez, Chile
David Elliott, Great Britain
Claude Gosselin, Canada
Jorge Helft, Argentina
Katalyn Neray, Hungary
Felix Padilla, Philippines
Cesar Trasobares, USA
Vladimir Vajda, Yugoslavia
Paula Latos-Valier, Australia
Patricio Munoz Vega, Ecuador
Either a tree or a television network might be the new space needed
for art to reach its audience, according to the present cultural standards
of a particular society. Each host country is unique and should be
treated as such, for expanding inteJ:;n~tionalism should not mean the
destruction of diversity. In Africa, for instance, a tree might be an
important space for the direct contact between the artists, a work of art
under its shadow, and the community.
The group chose to reflect on pragmatic aspects, deciding that other
groups were dealing with some more conceptual aspects of the expanding
internationalism. The participants chose to look at the different
international exhibitions in regard to the role of the host countries, and
to consider the basic question of how international exhibitions be made
more effective for the host country.
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