I am a performance-artist and researcher who works nowadays with the Counter Narrative Society to transform the weight I carry from witnessing the invisible punishing machine which is a technology of power, information and social control. I was born in Chile and about 20 years ago I made the USA my home (in the [...]
EDUCATION MIT – Master of Science in Art, Culture and Technology (SMACT), 2011 – formerly (SMVisS) San Francisco Art Institute: BFA – Interdisciplinary Arts, 2006 City College of San Francisco: Courses in Fine Arts and Education, 1997-2002 Foothill College: Courses in Design, Photography, Art History and English, 1995-1996 Universidad de Chile – Playa Ancha: Courses [...]
MABEL NEGRETE (Mabel Alejandra Negrete Alfaro) Artistic Research Unit: Counter Narrative Society (CNS) | website info_at_thecounternarrativesociety_dot_org Other websites and Profiles: Profile at MIT Program of Art, Culture and Technology Plain Human Hyper.SEA
Projects I have designed as wearable and portable devises for actions, performances and artistic/political use. VISIT THIS LINK
http://www.afsc.org/stopmax/ht/d/Home/pid/33392 What is StopMax? AFSC’s STOPMAX Campaign works to eliminate the use of isolation and segregation in U.S. prisons. Our strategies include research, grassroots organizing, public education and policy advocacy to abolish solitary confinement or reduce its use. What Is Solitary Confinement? Solitary confinement of prisoners exists under a range of names; isolation, control units, [...]
The Center’s Director, Professor Lawrence Lessig, delivered the first lecture of the 2009-10 Labs Lectures on the Question of Institutional Corruption. — (Ethics at Harvard) View Professor Lessig’s lecture:
Mission Cultural Center presents FUTURE LANDSCAPES DESIGNED BY WOMEN Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 20 @ 7-10 pm $5 entry fee Exhibition Dates: February 20 – March 27, 2009 Where: MCCLA – 2868 Mission St, San Francisco, CA – (415) 643-2778 – MAP At this exhibition I will be presenting the following project >>> CLICK IMAGE
Galeria de la Raza presents STRANGE HOPE An ephemeral exhibition celebrating new beginning and creative economies Opening Reception and Lottery Art Exchange: Friday, Feb. 6 @ 7:30 pm Exhibition Dates: February 6 – April 2 An exhibition featuring 8.5” x 8.5” works on paper created by 40 artists celebrating the advent of a new era [...]
SYSTEMS FOR CRITICAL SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT and REAL TIME ACTIONS As a multidisciplinary artist, I work with an urgency to create socially engaged art. This need was born from a seminal and devastating event in my life: In 1995 my brother was sentenced to life in prison. Beyond the familial tragedy and personal commitment to biweekly [...]