English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Alamar – a pile of concrete blocks without order or agreement – is in this case the work, the artistic object, the clay and the wall on which one has molded and daubed. The artists can be you, me, or anyone else, although for the moment we are going to call them Juan Carlos, Amaury, … Continue reading “Pushing the Limits: Yoani Sanchez Interviews OMNI ZONA FRANCA”
Luis Elegio and Amaury Pacheco are currently touring the United States. This video was made a couple of days ago in New York City. It is 8 minutes long.
Luis Elegio and Amaury Pacheco are currently touring the United States. This video was made a couple of days ago in New York City. It is 8 minutes long.
Taking twice the end of the year, the magazine Voices 12 is launched in 2012 with the adventure of the performance poetry of the Independent Festival of Omni Zona Franca… Saturday, December 31, 2011…!!! If two see and acknowledge each other, the world changes… If two thousand see and acknowledge each other, the State trembles…!!! … Continue reading “MAGAZINE VOICES 12 WITH ENDLESS POETRY OF OMNI ZONA FRANCA / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
Translator’s note: Apologies for not having this video subtitled in English — we are working on it. December 5 2011
The future is fossil. The future is foul. The future is a mist before the cameras. The future is a noise in the microphones. Biographies that shrink, not chosen. Swollen little lives in the rain and pain. Calcined memory like the columns with osteoporosis and the facades with vitiligo in this city. The future is … Continue reading “12 FESTIVAL/ALAMAR OF OMNI ZONA FRANCA / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
http://omnifestivalpoesiasinfin.blogspot.com/2010/09/protesto-todos-unidos-26-flow-de-los.html Exclusively in the most recent issue of PROTEST of Omni Zona Franca and 26 underground Cuban rappers ALL UNITED against censorship and official lies. Since last Thursday, September 3, the audio is distributed free inside the island and will be collected in several albums of Cuban alternative groups, to say loud and clear to … Continue reading “THE LATEST FROM OMNI ZONA FRANCA / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
by Yaremis Flores Amaury Pacheco del Monte, coordinator of the cultural project,OMNI-ZONA FRANCA, returned this Wednesday to Havana after an artistic tour that included several cities in the U.S. Invited by the group of contemporary art, Pirate Love and Links Hall, the Center for Independent Dance and the Art of Performance, the alternative group shared … Continue reading “OMNI-ZONA FRANCA Back in Cuba After Touring the U.S. / Laritza Diversent”
September 4, 2010
Now that the Endless Poetry Festival has passed its first hours without any considerable and visible repression, I want to make my contribution to this urban tribe that has taken the streets for themselves. From Miami I read in front of a camera to insert our voices and faces among their and we were one, … Continue reading “Zona Franca: The Free Zone, the Honest Hand / Luis Felipe Rojas #Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana | 24 January 2021 — A decade ago, alternative art in Cuba had a name, Omni Zona Franca, and its heart beat in the Alamar neighborhood in eastern Havana. David Escalona, who calls himself David D Omni, was part of that group of multifaceted artists – musicians, poets, graffiti artists and performers. After … Continue reading ““The Party Reigns in Cuba in the Style of the Medieval Church””
Havana Times, Lynn Cruz, 17 July 2018 — Everybody knows that there has been a upswing of repression and censorship of artists here in Cuba. Within its institutions and recently, censorship of the film “Quiero hacer una pelicula” (I Want to Make A Movie) by Yimit Ramirez, during the previous edition of ICAIC’s Young Filmmakers’ Festival. … Continue reading “Persecution of Cuban Artists and Intellectuals Gains Legal Framework / Lynn Cruz”
14ymedio, Havana, 20 December 2017 — At least five artists have been released in recent hours after being detained by the police on Wednesday while trying to attend a performance at the independent art gallery El Círculo, as a part of the Endless Poetry Festival promoted by the Group Omni Zona Franca, which is celebrating … Continue reading “Cuba Releases at Least Five of the Artists Arrested for Attending a Performance”
