Belonging to the Faculty of Arts and the Institute of Philosophy, it is dedicated to the study, interpretation, research, research-creation of aesthetics, theories, critical pedagogy of art and deployment of artistic activity in the country and Latin America in line with global reflections and actions around this theme; its historical dynamics, practices and discourses that culturally configure it; the recovery and conservation of documentary and intellectual heritage about the arts.
It also manages and carries out projects and products of high theoretical and artistic quality and methodological rigor, committed to contemporary debates around art; it disseminates its results and supports undergraduate and postgraduate studies (Masters and PhD) in various areas in consortium with other government and private entities. It carries out the International Seminar on Art Theory; it belongs to local, national and international study networks to design and execute research projects, research-creation, exchanges, internships and peer-to-peer collaborations.
Research Lines and/or Areas
We participated in the latest group measurement call.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Group Coordinator
Gabriel Mario Vélez Salazar
PhD in Fine Arts Universidad complutense de Madrid
Reverberate: Art and Events, First InvestigArte call of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Research/creation.
Transmigrat. Horizont 2020 call, European Union.
Research products in the social sciences, arts and humanities fields: Concepts of valuation, validation mechanisms, evaluation and impact.
Preferences, modernities and artistic exhibitions in Colombia. 1886-1962. 1886-1962
Key Research Findings
Book Reverberar: Arte y Acontecimiento / ISBN edición digital 978-958-787-501-0. ISBN edición impresa 978-958-787-500-3.
Universidad de Antioquia Research award: Performance Encarna-acciones de la contemporaneidad 2012.
Casas moriscas de Cartagena de Indias y Barranquilla. El neonazarí en la arquitectura republicana (1918-1930) Colombia, 2018, ISBN: 978-958-5413-91-7, Ed. Editorial Universidad de Antioquia.
Research in social sciences, humanities and arts: debates for their assessment - Colombia, 2018, ISBN: 978-958-5413-60-3, Ed. universidad de antioquia fsch.
Services and/or Products Portfolio
Research-creation proposals:
Artists and works of artists in theatre, dance, visual arts, performance, contemporary arts.
Writing of books and articles on art, aesthetics, research-creation.
Postgraduate training: PhD in Arts, master’s degree in art history, master’s degree in arts.
Technological development in the different fields of the arts.
Advice on artistic Works.
Extension courses in dance, theatre, plastic arts, audiovisuals, performance, contemporary
art, cultural management.
Work of interaction with communities based on artistic practices: Peace is a work of art.
Addressing gender equality proposals through art.
Artivism.
Creative alternatives for education, business, health, the State.
