Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara (born December 2, 1987) is a Cuban performance artist and dissident, known for his public performances that openly criticize the Cuban government and its policies.[1][2] A self-taught artist, Alcántara lives in the El Cerro neighborhood of Havana.[3] Since 2018 Alcántara has been arrested dozens of times[4] for his performances in violation of Decree 349, a Cuban law requiring artists to obtain advance permission for public and private exhibitions and performances.[5][6][7]
Arrests
In 2017 Alcántara was arrested for "being in illicit possession of construction materials" in relation to his work as a cofounder of the #00 bienal de la Habana, an alterantive event to the official Havana Biennial.[8][9]
In April 2019 Alcántara was arrested by the Cuban police during his participation in a satellite event of the Havana Biennial.[6][10]
On August 10, 2019 Alcántara was arrested in Havana during part of his performance Drapeau. In the work, he wore a Cuban flag draped over his shoulders, in defiance of a 2019 law dictating how the flag could be used.[3][11][12]
On March 1, 2020 Alcántara was arrested in Havana on the charges of defiling patriotic symbols and property damage.[13][4] At the time of the arrest, was on the way to join a protest at the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television against the censorship of a two men kissing on television.[14][15]
References
- ^ Fusco, Coco (September 19, 2019). "Cuba's Campaign Against Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, born December 12, 1987, Cuba. - Archivo Digital de Efímera de América Latina y el Caribe". lae.princeton.edu.
- ^ a b Santiago, Fabiola (11 March 2020). "Cuban artist jailed for using flag as performance art". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "El proceso al artista Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara juzga la libertad de expresión en Cuba". 9 March 2020.
- ^ Allen, Esther (June 15, 2019). "The Art of the Possible at Havana's Bienal". The New York Review of Books.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Viveros-Fauné, Christian (19 April 2019). "The 2019 Havana Biennial is a smokescreen for government censorship". www.theartnewspaper.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Imprisonment of Cuban 'art-ivist' sparks charges of censorship". Reuters. 2020-03-10.
- ^ Sutton, Benjamin (November 22, 2017). "Alternative Havana Biennial Organizers Detained After Filing a Complaint About Previous Detainment". Hyperallergic.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Marsh, Sarah (May 7, 2018). "Cuban artists launch music festival after government cancels official event". The Independent.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Arrested Ahead of Havana Biennial". Artforum. April 12, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Arrested over Performance with Cuban Flag". Artforum. August 13, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrested / ArtReview". artreview.com.
- ^ "Opinion | Cuba arrested a performance artist because he's everything the regime can't control". Washington Post. 11 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Käufer, Tobias (11 March 2020). "Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara: Verprügelt, verhaftet, vergessen". Berliner Zeitung.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Angeletti, Gabriela (3 March 2020). "Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrested on way to a LGBTQ+ censorship protest".
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