«PAN» is a series of documentary essays and an invitation to embark on a journey through time, from 1647 to 2023. Set in the Andean region, particularly in Colombia, this research project brings together a diverse group of international conspirators who contribute from their experiences and perspectives, through words, gestures, and actions.
Consisting of a total of five chapters set in different territories and site-specific locations, the essays inquire into various conceptions and imaginaries of future time held by the participants, the notion of presentism, and the exploration of narratives of memory. It also explores the re-signification of colonial pasts and the deconstruction of the colonial subject from the perspective of futures.
The title «PAN» serves as a narrative play, encapsulating three significant moments. Firstly, it represents the impactful social explosion that unfolded from November 21, 2019, in Colombia (known as 21N), a «Pandemonium» of «devils» taking to the streets and influencing political and social affairs. Secondly, it symbolizes the sudden «Pandemic» that led to the confinement of populations, the cessation of social, cultural, and ritual activities, and the paradigm shift experienced during the years 2020 and 2021. Lastly, it symbolizes the «Panacea,» a moment of reflection and collective creation where multiple futures, new scenarios, imaginaries, desires, hopes, and questions are generated.
The research brought together a diverse group of intangible knowledge keepers, cultural agents, artists, activists, academics, and technical creatives from various Latin American and global communities, all sharing the commitment to exploring the future.
«PAN» is an invitation to hopefully feel devilishly enthusiastic, and one of the products of my doctoral thesis ‘Futures in the Present Continuous‘, at the National University of Colombia. Therefore, it is also a shared, collaborative research created by many, all of them conspirators.
Direction: ALEX DE LAS HERAS
Research: ALEX DE LAS HERAS & PAOLO VIGNOLO
Research Assistant: SIMÓN ALDANA
Screenplay: ALEX DE LAS HERAS
Editing: ALEJANDRA BERNAL, ALEX DE LAS HERAS
Sound Design: DIANA MARTÍNEZ
Cinematography: ALEJANDRA BERNAL, SANDRO BOZZOLO, MELISSA DÍAZ, GUSTAVO GUTIÉRREZ, ALEX DE LAS HERAS
Executive Producer: ALEX DE LAS HERAS
Production: ~SPECTIVA
Interviews: ALEX DE LAS HERAS & PAOLO VIGNOLO
Participants:
DORIS WAIRA NINA
RODOLFO ANDAUR
BOLIVIA ARAMBURO
MANUEL SEGUNDO ARAMBURO
RAFAEL ARÉVALO
JORGE BAUTISTA
MARCIA CABRERA
VLADIMIR GIRALDO
ALEXANDER MORALES
LA MUJER-CABRA
MARIO OPAZO
BRIGITTE POTENTE
SANTIAGO RIVAS
JIMENA SÁNCHEZ
MARÍA CONSTANZA TOQUICA
ENRIQUE TOMÁS
ANAMARÍA TORRES
MISAEL TORRES
LUISA UNGAR
REGINA VALENCIA
FERNANDA VARÓN
PAOLO VIGNOLO
IVÁN ZAPATA
Locations:
ÁGORA BOGOTÁ: CENTRO DE CONVENCIONES, COLOMBIA
AMAZONAS, COLOMBIA
BARRIO PUNTA DEL ESTE, BUENAVENTURA, COLOMBIA
CARRERA 11, BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
CARRERA 8a, PASILLO PRESIDENCIAL, BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
ESTACIÓN CULTURAL DE LOS OFICIOS, ECO BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
MUSEO COLONIAL DE BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
MUSEO SANTA CLARA DE BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
PARQUE NATURAL NACIONAL CHINGAZA, COLOMBIA
PISAGUA, CHILE
IQUIQUE, CHILE
PLAZA DE BOLÍVAR, BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
RIOSUCIO, COLOMBIA
SAN VICTORINO, BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
SÃO PAULO, BRASIL
With the support of:
With the participation of:
