Space of Identity
Art and Identity
Osvaldo Navarro Veloz Urban artist , hip hop musician - Group La Alianza [ The Alliance ] Havana , Cuba
For an independent artist , especially one with critical discourse towards the dogmas that tear apart the Cuban cultural field , it is extremely difficult to find spaces where different criteria on art , politics , radicalism , gender violence and other topics of interest come together . Not only for creators with a thirst of turning visible these themes , since in addition to being an active part of their work , they enjoy a high degree of interest in the contemporary Cuban society . Meetings to disseminate the magazine Identidades [ Identities ] began to take place at a central house in the neighborhood El Vedado ( Havana ). I had the opportunity to take part in one of them , invited by their facilitators to animate it with music .
I confess that firstly I felt a little out of touch . I am accustomed to a little more intense dynamic in the presentations with my group . We generally make performances in larger spaces with much more public , a powerful sound system and the complicity of more than one fist up ready to encourage us or simply as a mark of respect for the lyrics they are listening . This time I had
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