{"id":300,"date":"2013-05-06T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gonzaloaloras.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2014-02-28T14:52:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T17:52:56","slug":"fragmento-de-la-tesis-rosarinos-de-virginia-balmaceda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gonzaloaloras.com\/blog\/fragmento-de-la-tesis-rosarinos-de-virginia-balmaceda\/","title":{"rendered":"Something is happening in Rosario"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cap\u00edtulo de la tesis “From the Development Project to Globalization and Neoliberalism: 26 years of constructing and changing identities in Rosarinos\u2019 discourse” (Virginia Balmaceda: 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the next paragraphs\u00a0some perceptions on art, the nation and problems that affect us are presented. They are found in Gonzalo Aloras\u2019 blog \u2018Algo vuela\u2019. The following texts were written between 2004 and 2009 and continue offering some of the reflections that characterized the spirit of the first moment of the Trova<\/em>.<\/p>\n

According to the author \u2018for the artist it is about performing innocently\u2026 that\u2019s what it takes for the artist. For\u00a0 those who are not an artist, instead, maybe it is about resentment, the need of revenge and bad conscience, the need to judge and to destroy\u2026 and to keep destroying!\u2019 The reflection continues in these terms: \u2018It is not easy to live like poets, since usually we face passivity, vulgarity, mediocrity, middle terms, indifference, fear and comfort. They dominate us; we tend to be on the death side and without knowing it!\u2019<\/p>\n

We are also told that \u2018art doesn\u2019t communicate anything. (\u2026) A piece of art, a song, a picture, a film or a book, doesn\u2019t communicate a thing. On the contrary, a strange relation with the audience (the outside) is invented. A unique world of sensations and affections is thus generated, which does not precede the lector or the book\u2019. When thinking about \u2018today\u2019s artists\u2019, there is question to be answered: \u2018Why do we speak of the artists of the last century (particularly, of those who showed up in the \u201870s) like if they were Greek gods? Because it\u2019s like a giant desert occupies the last 30 years in the hands of the book editorials, the film industry and the record companies. Those who are in charge of promoting new artists have stopped doing it to sell instead hamburgers, phone artifacts or massive consumption products of any other kind. They use not artists, but art comedians. Then artists do not advance, or they do it isolated \u2013in the best case scenario- without anyone knowing about their existence and their creations. This is how we are now (\u2026). They left us without artists for our time. And, because living without art is a mistake, we look for them in the past in the belief that only then there was a time worthy to be lived!\u2019<\/p>\n

Moreover, in a note written on 2007 \u2013but published in 2009- the author reminds us that \u2018the biggest desire in an artist\u2019s soul is continuity; contrary to what is supposed, it\u2019s not fame, money or popularity. We are talking about the continuity in the inspiration and in the creative forces, same as in the incentive and motivation that can be transmitted to some other artist\u2019. For these reasons \u2018some musicians teach, in this way they make sure that they keep working -as an exercise- and being a source of inspiration for other people. Some others have persisted in their productions, where only style shines and goes beyond the individual (even when that means to sacrifice in part being healthy)\u2019. And in this way, \u2018slowly, both, style and the wish to continue become the engine of the life of the craft maker\u2019.<\/p>\n

Continuing with the reflections \u2018on repercussion and fame\u2019 we find: \u2018to win a lot of money, to make tours constantly, to have thousands of fans, to play a song in every radio and to be on TV, to show up in magazines and to sell a lot of discs. (Those) are the requirements so that a given audience, the entrepreneurs of the music industry and the specialized journalism take into account a given musician and his\/her music. So it is. A machine invented by the Beatles, maybe\u2019. In addition to this, \u2018it is worthy to ask if in this new century we are not experiencing the emergence of a new kind of so called \u2018stars\u2019, which are loved and listened as well. They are a minority though and tend to some produce some new pop \u2018material\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

In this framework, we also find that \u2018a CD constitutes a watch itself. Like a measure of time in one hand (\u2026) and, on the other hand it possesses -while reinventing \u2018on the air\u2019- many years of work that can be measured in sensations and feelings traveling beyond space and time\u2019. Besides, songs are written \u2018to see what happens, what happens in our bodies and souls…And what it gives us, what changes in us, where it takes us, what shows us, which window it opens, which perfumes come, what kind of forces it gives us\u2026 or, on the contrary, to simply forget it and try a new one\u2019. Furthermore, the importance of writing a song is related to its powers to \u2018avoid a suicide (or cause it), it can help to create a couple and a family, it can stop a war and dream a future nation and it can be used to sell some pasta brand name\u2019.<\/p>\n

Following the previous ideas something is written \u2018in order to resist stupidity, we write because there is nothing else to do and we write to experience joy\/pleasure. There is no other reason\u2019. And, in our present times, an alternative \u2018exists. It\u2019s a bad era. But no one could ever say that since more than 15 years there is another Argentinean rock; which brings new sensibilities, other gestures, new ideas, policies and ethics that escape to control and to the generalized mass media. Other discs exist, circulate and are listened. With modesty we can say: not everything is an empty repetition in our country; not everything is money and fame. The new beginnings always start quietly and with small audiences\u2019. The particular case of Buenos Aires proves that \u2018diversity, complexity, virtue and good music have still place in today\u2019s Buenos Aires\u2019.<\/p>\n

This alternative needs to face \u2018the hard feelings, the bad conscience, the envy, the need of revenge, the will that things fail, the needs of underestimating, the need of destroying what is pure; in other words, those who hate life, the judges of what is good (that) will be around us forever. And they will be more acknowledged than those who are walking, those who contemplate, the creators and the inventors\u2019. Some questionings emerge: \u2018What is an intellectual? Someone who\u2019s is not stupid and is not afraid? Then we will be intellectuals eternally. Why is that it bothers so much that there are people who want to think and call however they want the things they love and believe in? \u2026 Those who do what they want?\u2019 With some dose of irony, the author adds: \u2018It manifests and reflects the hypocrisy, the lack of ethics and seriousness of an age without new values, without adventures and without humor. Ha, ha, ha!\u2019<\/p>\n

Then, it seems like \u2018it is false to propose that journalists and critics are frustrated artists. (\u2026) The problem is and it will be always similar: the audience (specially the critics) should become more artists every time to appreciate what is being presented (in some cases). And nothing assures that it will be able -capable and sensitive- (to understand it). Then (we have) the case of the misunderstood artist or critic that seems to be talking about what he doesn\u2019t know\u2019.<\/p>\n

Later on, the author appears as someone who \u2018lives listening to new music every day, playing instruments, creating some sequence of chords or melodies, writing but specially reading and watching good movies, usually old ones. Old books, old discs, old good movies bring new ideas and fresh air into the desolated, uninformed, obscene, cynical and fake modern present\u2026Technologies? They are useful to keep enjoying the old discs, old books and the old good movies\u2019.<\/p>\n

It is the same author who asks \u2018how much can you see? How much can you listen to? How much can you feel? \u2026A little bit more?\u2019 More questions are addressed: \u2018What do you want? \u2019and the consequent proposal: \u2018Let\u2019s live like artists. (\u2026) walking always on the life\u2019s side, on health\u2019s side (even in sickness and addictions) (let\u2019s) choose always music, nature, movies, books, the most distant love\u2026 (let\u2019s) long for diversity to all costs (\u2026) There are two ways: the assassin one and the poet one. What would you choose if you could?)\u2019<\/p>\n

Additionally, a reflection on time also appears: \u2018What is the aim of your activity? Yesterday (\u2026) some rock band spent a lot of time in a studio looking for the perfect sound of a drum. What is the aim of that activity? It is clear that it does not seek for economic benefits as a priority. It is just a little example within the rock culture\u2019. These ideas are probably related to the next one: \u2018What do we do with our time? We are fans. Some of us are \u2018Rodrigo\u2019s\u2019 fans\u2026 Some of us are \u2018Cezanne\u2019s\u2019 fans. At least it is something that makes us love life and destiny. And it makes possible to differentiate us from those who destroy and hate. This is what we are!\u2019 More important, probably these thoughts are related to the following question. \u2018What is \u2018cool\u2019 for you? I think it is cool to be young in our souls forever, to be strong (\u2026) to not be tempted by comfort and laziness, which are our internal enemies\u2019.<\/p>\n

The notions above suggest something deeper: \u2018How is your salmon? The salmon goes against the river (\u2026) A revolutionary attitude means acting and thinking like minorities do. Does everybody have a car? I don\u2019t.\u00a0 Is everybody doing cocaine? I don\u2019t. Is everybody a pacifist? That won\u2019t ever happen. He, he, he. It\u2019s just a game, like the others\u2019. Furthermore, \u2018human rights?\u2019, the author asks and also adds: \u2018I propose the human right to disinformation, the right of no consumption\u2019.<\/p>\n

The previous ideas make us reflect on the need to \u2018start rethinking the notion of work that has projected the human kind, at least during the last century\u2026 If such a concept has failed, it will be necessary to reinvent it. Obviously, the idea that the supreme goal of every human activity is money brings the human being (and the whole planet) into an abysm that appears uncontrollable and final. Today\u2019s ecological, social and mental problems that deepen day after day maybe find their origin in the notion of work that makes them possible\u2019. The author continues reflecting on this situation and affirms: \u2018We need some sort of new education that brings a new way to think of us. The only real problem of our suffering planet is the way in which we think of ourselves. It is not, in one hand, the earth, the sea, the animals; and, on the other hand, us\u2026We are earth, sea and animals. This is the education that we always have needed\u2019.<\/p>\n

Moreover, some sort of \u2018new capital\u2019 is linked to \u2018the new solidarity and creative experiences that have started in this century. We are those who look for, want and defend a new capital: solidarity, diversity, the forests, the rivers, the kids without hunger, the old people not being abandoned, a different music… The tools that help us to create these new capitals are the words shared among people, peace between near and far populations, a smile, the importance of a sunny day, etc. That\u2019s the kind of capital we are looking for and is defended by the young people in 2000. Obviously we are defending it of enemies that are almost unbeatable! But a new century has become and it is our task. Each one of us in his\/her own space and territory, day by day. I, the musician; he, the architect; she, the judge; he, the writer; she, the dentist\u2026 Our new capital is to be enjoyable in the future! That\u2019s why it is so difficult to show it, to make it appreciate it by today\u2019s people; it\u2019s part of our job too\u2019. All of these reflections lead to a proposal to the audience: \u2018Do you see it? It is about some sort of new capital which is not economic and doesn\u2019t profit in the short term. Would you donate some of your time and work in the new generation of ideas? Join us; you just need to long for it. You don\u2019t have to belong to any parties or vote!\u2019<\/p>\n

This mentality makes possible to take into account different problems of our era. \u2018World Capitalism warns: the enemy is not only external now; it will filter the systems of internal defense (the planes and towers). (\u2026) All minorities are the enemies in modern societies\u2026 (\u2026)Anyways, maybe there\u2019s no need of new technologies (\u2026) but other active policies in the world\u2019. Another example: \u2018Ecology is almost nothing if it is not mental, social and environmental at the same time. The death of literature, the fear of becoming old, the state superpowers, etc are also dimensions of a global ecological problem\u2019.<\/p>\n

In this sense, global warming appears as the result of high speed. The author wonders: \u2018What is the task of those that today can create and have a choice? \u2026To slow down in the planet-neighborhood-home-head. To utilize the low speeds. To make others believe in this Earth and this Life\u2019. It happens in a world where \u2018there\u2019s no war, there is passivity. We all are men, women, children, houses, plants and animals. And we collaborate in the fabrication of bombs so that they can be used… We collaborate with our lack of resistance. This hurts more than the death of a few. There are some who resist\u2019.<\/p>\n

Another text called \u2018Chernobyl forever?\u2019 proposes that \u2018the biggest world danger (and one of the biggest planetary problems) is still being propagated thanks to the passivity of the big masses and the despotism of a few: the proliferation of the nuclear plants\u2019. The author continues saying that assertions like \u2018\u2019They are safe\u2019 or \u2018they have only failed once\u2019, translate the dark and fatal way to see life and time. Let\u2019s say NO to the nuclear plants on earth. Energy can also be generated in a sustainable way and, especially, we could use far much less at the world level. We are talking again about mentalities and not economies\u2019.<\/p>\n

The paragraphs above suggest \u2018today we experience one tragedy: human will, all the actions and values are controlled by one only goal \u2013the economic benefit. To become an artist means to interrupt this repetition and collective suicide\u2019. Besides, \u2018today we spend a lot of time with manufactures, screens and phones. Our thoughts and our hearts become more and more abandoned by us. We should try\u2026 to turn off, to unplug, to silence, to achieve escaping of the trap of control in a costume of fake modernity and benefits\u2026 in time\u2019.<\/p>\n

The same kind of problems in Argentina is also approached. \u2018Argentina is selling soy to China. And Argentina is dying very quickly because its forests are disappearing (and the life contained in them) to plant more soy. That\u2019s happening now. And everybody\u2019s talking about human rights\u2026 imagine when we realize that the only human right we had was to have forests (…) PS: What do you want me to talk about? Of the stupid things that rockers usually talk about? That\u2019s already covered!\u2019 Some other texts propose: \u2018It is necessary to have some regulation to recycle garbage in Argentina. (\u2026) This is too old! Not to mention the radio and the TV, for now a total waste\u2019. But, more specifically, we find Buenos Aires and Rosario\u2019s cases. For example, the author wonders: \u2018Does the sky have an opinion about us? Or are the atmospheric phenomena reflecting our passivity toward the ecological disasters?\u2019 In the next case we are told that \u2018if it\u2019s not done it\u2019s because it\u2019s not wanted. In Rosario urban buses which utilize water to function already exist\u2019.<\/p>\n

In this framework, we are also told that \u2018something is happening in Paranoid City! Of course, it was necessary to have a city. (\u2026) Even when it is a sad city under a system that is breaking all the relations. A city is somehow a world itself. Then, being in there, we need to know what we can do and how far we can go; how much we can forget. So that, the city can become something else too and can release itself from its own paranoia. Then, slowly and quietly and through the years we testify some sort of learning process. (\u2026) There are many plans and all of them simultaneously are part of a bigger one including them\u2019.<\/p>\n

The next reflection is equally important. Thinking about \u2018the small things\u2019 the author affirms: \u2018Only in a small scale (social, world or personal level) things happen. The big and noisy events are just like fireworks\u2019. These ideas are very important if we have in mind that \u2018with our creations we face a deserted, hostile and obscene world. The philosophers call this: to resist. All kind of human stupidity is resisted: on a big scale (governments, corporations, multinational companies, states, political parties, the media, etc) and on a small scale (the vulgarities of our neighbor, etc). By doing something artistic, or at least having an artistic-ATTITUDE in our lives, we can feel that joy that is inherent to creating \u2013and at the same time, resisting. When we can choose we do it on behalf and in front of all those men who can\u2019t choose; those who live like slaves in the tumult and covered violence of this world. When this joy impregnates a creation, it can circulate and affect other bodies, heal them, help them. We can\u2019t do much more than that. Luckily complexity permeates everything and lives in our wonderful new questions. The young people of today do not want any more answers! We want good questions!\u2019<\/p>\n

But, \u2018how does it feel to create? It is doing something that anyone was expecting; something that escapes to vulgarity and to what is obvious. It is something that escapes to control, something that surprises us. It is not a habit, it is not a repetition and it is some novelty itself. Not showing up to work is a little creation\u2019. Moreover, \u2018creation is something that we should try to possess, to make, to achieve\u2019. Finally, the author adds: \u2018We need creation! Haven\u2019t you realized that already?\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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