Festival entrance
Winery Event catered by Bishop The Festival of Arts and Culture Sustainable Vancouver, Canada inaugurated a late autumn wind. Artists, poets, musicians, and activists gathered at the Roundhouse Cultural Centre to participate in a fun event and information about safe and sustainable food. The vineyard Bishop entertained the event with tray after tray of canapés fabulous local environmental organizations explained their achievements and future goals through various visual and audio media, and the artists presented their work to the entire public could admire.
Cam MacDonald, 2009
Cornacopia installation
exposure, corn is our life, created by the group MAMAZ played an important role in the festival. The artists Marietta Bernstorff, Laura Alvarez, Noel Chilton, Favianna Rodriquez, Adriana Calatayud, Cristina Luna, Mariana Gullco, Emilia Sandoval, Nadja Massun, Lucero Gonzales, Julia Barco, Ana Santos Luna Maran and expressed concern about the situation of maize in Mexico through collages, photographs, paintings, and sculptures. Noel Chilton was present to give a small talk, to teach the technique of embossing to make ornaments from corn, and to hand out flyers promoting our cause. Many visitors attended the opening and more will in the coming weeks in which there will be various activities such as erotic an evening of food and a day of competitions family. All activities and exhibitions try to motivate the public to use local products, engage in environmental practices, and create art in homage to the little miracles of nature.
Mariana Gullco, 2009
Emilia Sandoval, 2009
Noel Chilton, 2009 Good evening. As you just heard, I'm here representing the collective of women artists MAMAZ. Our goal is to raise awareness in our community and abroad, the danger faced by our milpa crops. We express our concern for our native seeds through art.
Favianna Rodríguez, 2009 You must be thinking that I am not native, and you're right. My roots extend to Germany, England and Poland. If I were a plant would be a hybrid. My children are still more genes revueltos.Hacia 11, I exported from the United States to Mexico. Unfortunately, some of my compatriots, including representatives of Monsanto and I had won. I like to think that my arrival in Mexico has been more beneficial. Obviously, I'm not transgenic because instead of measuring 153 cm, it would measure 203 cm and my children would be perfect clones of me. For me, my kids are great, but not perfect. Now I'm in your beautiful country because the hose does not need visa while my fellow brunettes, yes.
Laura Alvarez, 2009
Cristina Luna, 2009 This does not make much sense, but it is a fact of modern life. This is hard to swallow, but the invasion of transgenic seeds from my native land to my adopted homeland is even more difficult to swallow. This is devastating for farmers, but also consumers and the general public. Farmers are stuck in a vicious cycle of debt and dependence on seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides imported. Consumers receive an expensive and unhealthy, and people begin to lose their legends, traditions, and cultural identity based on corn.
Adriana Calatayud
Marietta Bernstorff
We women we are particularly affected. The corn cob is the female organ. Its grains are fed babies, children and adults in the Meso America for over 8000 years. Now mothers have to think about how we feed future generations. Strange food can fill their bellies and be filled, but may their minds and souls?
This is a question that we as mothers, fathers, and guardians of future generations we must ask not only in Mexico but around the world. How can we ensure a safe and healthy future for our loved ones? We
MAMAZ who are part of the attempt are doing through our art. Thank you for your attention. You enjoy the exhibition.
Noel Chilton
Photos: Stain Rice
Corn ornament workshop
Noel Chilton at sustenance festival, 2009