Title: Cantos cívicos :
Authors: Ventura, Miguel.; Nieves, Juan de.; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Date: 2008
Publisher: UNAM, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo,
Physical description: 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language: Spanish
LC classification: N
Abstract: "Civic Song" is an installation project conceived by NILC, (which stands for New Interterritorial Language Committee) an imaginary institution created by artist Miguel Ventura (b. Mexico 1954) in the mid 1990's, and from which the artist has created a new culture, a new language, and literature, music and architecture. The exhibited installation piece comprises different structures using modular units of aluminum strips and bubble wrap constructed to create a series of narrow maze-like hallways and spaces containing paintings, taxidermized animals, nazi paraphernalia etc. a reference to the effects of postwar mass consumption in contemporary societies, such as patrimonial destruction, violence and abuse, war, immigration and globalization amongst others.
Contents: Cantos cívicos, o, Cómo NILC gana nuevos adeptos para celebrar su última gesta = Civic songs, or, How NILC gains new supporters to celebrate its latest feat / Juan de Nieves -- De la fábrica transparente a la máquina defecadora del arte contemporáneo = From the transparent factory to the defecating machine of contemporary art / José Luis Barrios -- Una conversación con Miguel Ventura en torno a Cantos cívicos = A conversation with Miguel Ventura on Cantos cívicos / Cecilia Delgado Masse -- Cantos cívicos = Civic chants / Hugo Sánchez Castillo -- Vínculos de los animales en la cultura, el arte, y la ciencia = Animals in culture, art, and science / Eduardo Tena-Betancourt, Brandia C. Tena-Calderón.
Notes: Accompanies an exhibition held in 2008 at UNAM's Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo.  NILC (New Interterritorial Language Committee) is a fictitious entity created by Miguel Ventura.
Subject headings (LCSH): Conceptual art--Mexico--21st century--Exhibitions.; Installations (Art)--Mexico--Mexico City--21st century--Exhibitions.; Performance art--Mexico--Mexico City--21st century--Exhibitions.; Ventura, Miguel--Exhibitions.