| Title | Beta-Local |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Pablo Guardiola (author) |
| Tony Cruz (author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.53288/0367.1.20 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/out-of-place-artists-pedagogy-and-purpose/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Pablo Guardiola; Tony Cruz |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2021-10-28 |
| Page range | pp. 211–219 |
| Print length | 9 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Pablo Guardiola is a visual artist who works mainly with objects, photography, and writing. His work focuses on the production of varied modes of reading and narration and how they are perceived and interpreted. He has a BA in History from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras and an MFA from the San Francisco Arts Institute. He has exhibited his work in the little tree gallery, Galería de la Raza, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco Arts Commission, Embajada, and El lobi, among others. Since 2013, he has co-directed Beta-Local in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Tony Cruz Pabón is a Puerto Rican artist who lives and works in San Juan. His work stretches across the mediums of drawing, animation, and photography. During the last years his work has been shown in Artefact: Parallel Crossings at STUK Leuven, Belgium in 2019, We don’t need another hero, 10th Berlin Biennale in 2018, Fotonoviembre in Tenerife in 2017, Spain, Spirit Levels at the Center for Contemporary Art in Glasgow in 2014, the III Trienal Poli/Gráfica in San Juan in 2012, The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing from Latin America at the Drawing Room in London in 2011, and at the Casas Riegner Gallery in Bogotá, Colombia in 2011. He is also Co-Founder of Beta-Local, a cultural space, production program, and an experimental education project in San Juan.