Featuring protest posters, underground dance music, Afro festivities, visionary auteurs, tales from Patagonia and marginalised movements, this is our guide to Argentine culture.
Across 200 pages, Sounds and Colours Argentina is a unique guide to the music, film, literature, art and folkloric traditions of Argentina. Featuring articles, illustrations and photos (as well as a specially-commissioned CD of new Argentine music), this is your alternative guide book for getting to know this vast South American country. There’s much more than tango, steaks and football…
MUSICAL TRANSITIONS – FROM FOLK to ROCK to CUMBIA and BEYOND
ROCK, FOOTBALL AND STONESArgentina’s Barrio Passions by Juan Data AHEAD OF THE CURBHow ZZZ Records Redefined Electronic Music In Latin America by Amaya García-Velasco FROM ‘REBELDE’ TO ‘TONTOS’Retracing The Footsteps Of Experimental Argentine Rock by Alan Courtis LA ZAMBAThe Lost Art Of Zamba And Its Development In Argentina’s Folklore Scene by Jacob Lassar FESTIVAL OF FOLKLORE by Jacob Lassar CUMBIA…and the Difficult Relationship Between Argentina And Its Latin Identity by Juan Data HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERERemembering 40 Years Of Argentine Rock by Miguel David Grinberg CO-EXISTENCE IS SACREDThe Resistant Rhythms Of Juan Namuncurá by Pablo Andrés Bobadilla FINDING FEMINA Patagonia’s All-Female Folk/Hip-Hop Trio by Charis McGowan
ACTIVIST ART
WALLS WITH STORIESStreet Art In Argentina by Ana Young A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITYThe Serene Street Portraits Of Pol Corona by Ellen Gordon THIRD CINEMATowards A Revolutionary Cinema by Lina Samoili MOTHERS OF THE STRUGGLEThe Mothers Of Plaza De Mayo Are Still Standing Strong Despite Their Advancing Years by Nick MacWilliam ART OF PARTICIPATIONPrint Workshops Of Protest by Ellen Gordon REVOLUTIONARY COMICS by Russell Slater
AFRO AND INDIGENOUS CULTURE
ARGENTINA IS BLACK, TOOReimagining The Makings Of A Nation by Milena Annechiarico, Denise Brazão, Prisca Gayles and Diane Ghogomu OLDER THAN BORDERSThe Culture And History Of Argentina’s Native People, And Their Continued Search For Recognition by Pablo Andrés Bobadilla ARGENTINE HIP HOPEvolution Of A Scene by Juan Data BUENOS AIRES RAP by Jacob Lassar MURGAThe Resurgence Of A Working Class Tradition by Russell Slater CARNIVALESQUE DIMENSIONSThe Practice And Prestige Of Gualeguaychú Carnival by Facción
VISIONARY AUTHORS, AUTEURS and ARCHITECTS
BRUTALIST BUILDINGSThe Pioneering Architecture Of Clorindo Testa by George Kafka and Alan Chac AUSTRAL AESTHETICSGrupo Austral And The Success Of The BKF Chair by Bennett Tucker ANTI-UTOPIASUnderstanding The Haunting Imagination Of Iosi Havilio by Lorna Scott Fox KODAMA VS KATCHADJIANA Borgesian Wrangle At Every Level by Claire Green TALES FROM THE PLAINSCarlos Sorín Discusses His Films, Paying Tribute To The People And Landscapes Of Patagonia by Stephanie Kennedy PATAGONIAN TALESThe Inspiration Of Argentina’s Southern Wilderness On Cesar Aira by Adam Fry BORGES’ ARGENTINE TALES by Russell Slater RESIDENCIA CORAZÓNA Project Made By Artists For Artists by Suelen C. Martins EASY MONEYAn Unearthed Film Noir Gem Offers An Anti-Message For 1960s Argentina by Jessica Sequeira
PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
GROWING UP IN BUENOS AIRES (Comic Book) by Ezequiel Garcia SAMPA VS BUENOSTwo Latin American Cities Go Head To Head by Vivian Mota DISPLACING RATIONALITYThe Rock And Protest Posters Of Santi Pozzi by Russell Slater TESTAMENTS TO SOLITUDELucas Bridges’ Legacy Of Patagonian Resilience by Adam Fry EVERYTHING IS RELATEDThe Imaginational Illustrations Of Clara ‘Wewi’ Trucco by Russell Slater MUSEO (Comic Book Segment) by Ezequiel Garcia PLUS ILLUSTRATIONS by Lee Hodges and Sebastian Litmanovich
Music
Each copy of Sounds and Colours Argentina comes with a specially-commissioned CD of new Argentine music, compiled by Sounds and Colours, and the Argentine record label Concepto Cero. Entitled Que Canchero: New Sounds of Argentina, the compilation is our tribute to the current music scene in Argentina, featuring music by some of the most exciting new names from across the country, artists such as Lauphan, Soema Montenegro, Lulazruza, Julio y Agosto and Nación Ekeko. Expect a mix of pop, rock, folk, indie and electronic influences.
Gracias
We were able to publish Sounds and Colours Argentina thanks to the amazing contributors who bought a copy of the publication, as well as other perks, in advance. You can see our fundraising campaign here. Here are those great people:
A. Maya Pielak • Adam Fry • Adrian Potter • Alex King • Alexis Piquee • Amaya García-Velasco • Amy Story • Andrew Ashley Angus • Arsen Sogoyan • Caleb Connor • Callum Simpson • Cameron Beauclerk • Carla Conte • Carolina Nunes • Christine Lofgren • Christine Slater • Claire Hutchinson • Damian Platt • Dan Williamson • Daniel Luke • David Dhannoo • David Horrocks • David Thomas • edwardiansnow • Gordon Elcock • Jesse Milden • Jim Zalles • Karin Lock • Karl Hildebrandt • Kathryn Cooper • Kosmas Chatzimichalis • Kristin Pouw • Lesley Wylie • Luis Ignacio • Matt Burnett • Matthew Slater • Matthias Koch • Michael Mannefeld • Nick Gold • Nick Fitzgerald • Oliver Arditi • Oscar Arriagada • Pablo Navarrete • Paul Pasco • Pete Heskett • Richard Gustave • Richard Kemp • Robert Bresnan • Roberta Schwambach • Russell White • Ryan Bestford • Sarah Jacobs • Slawomir Olszewski • Sophie Johnson • Sue Johnson • Thomas Glenn • Thomas Higinbotham Tim Lee • Wayne Gilbert • Will Stocker
