The Laboratory of Investigation into Contemporary Art Practice is a dynamic, conversation-based work structure. LIPAC is comprised of 3 autonomous yet inter-related platforms, intended as zones for the circulation of knowledge, inspiration and reflection; spaces for engagement with the distinct forms of art, thought and their overspills.
To this end LiPac will organise calls for submissions to the various projects and activities throughout the year.

‘Projects’, platform or scenario 1, aims to constitute a space for the presentation and development of investigative artistic, curatorial and/or critical projects. Projects aspiring to experimental and textual development can be presented to this platform, where they will be discussed by established artists, artist-curators, artist-lecturers, critics and curators. This platform will take place once a year with participation by international open call.



Platform 2, ‘Interlinks’, is proposed as a zone of permanent traffic of invited participants across the academic year, with cycles of conferences, seminars, international visits, video programmes, informal and roaming gatherings, talks and the presentation of projects and publications.



Finally platform 3, ‘Angle of Impact’, will offer the possibility for reflection and discussion on the construction of new scenarios in the city and new roles in the artistic field. In its turn it will also function as a zone of self-reflection, an instrument of evaluation of LiPac itself.




LiPac is proposed as a sphere of relation between local and translocal artists and theoreticians, a production of local origin contributing to a wider debate. In addition to the external contributors the project will also encourage the active participation of artists, curators, art lecturers and students in LiPac activities. The aim is to construct a generic sphere-scene mechanism between the various contributions, creating relationships between ideas and projects and acting as a channel of circulation for cultural goods, all within the framework of the educational and professional activity of a public and autonomous university (UBA, the University of Buenos Aires), operating in a local and translocal social context.

LiPac gratefully acknowledges the collaboration of: CCEBA Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Instituto Goethe y CENDEAC - Centro de Documentación y Estudios Avanzados de Arte - España.

International guest, seminaries, conferences, workshops, talks, meetings

Lara Almarcegui (artist, Rotterdam)
Ibon Aramberri (artist, Bilbao)
Ricardo Basbaum (artist, Rio de Janeiro)
José Luís Brea (critic, publisher SalonKritik, Madrid)
Kalle Brolin (artist, Göteborg).
Minerva Cuevas (artist, México DF)
Raimond Chaves (artist, Lima)
Catherine David (curator, Paris)
Jon Mikel Euba (artist, Bilbao)
Dora García (artist, Bruselles)
Fran Ilich (artist, Mexico)
Anne Kersten (curator, Berlin)
Joep van Lieshout (artist, Rotterdam)
Nina Möntmann (curator, Stocolm/Hamburguer)
Liliana Porter (artist, New York)

Local guest, seminaries, conferences, workshops, talks, meetings, symposia

Gonzalo Aguilar (art researcher)
Alejandro Cesarco (artist/publisher)
Andrés Di Tella (filmmaker)
COLECTIVO LA TRIBU
Christian Ferrer (sociologist)
GAC
Belén Gache (writer, art critic)
Alejandro Grimson (antropologist)
Alicia B. Gutiérrez, Pedro Klimovsky y Santiago Druetta
(Reaserchers of the  Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)
ICONOCLASISTAS
IUNA
Claudo Katz (Marxist economist, member of Economist of left)
LA DARSENA
LABORATORIO AUDIOVISUAL COMUNITARIO
NOT MADE IN CHINA
Marta Minujin (artist)
Margarita Paksa (artist)
MUJERES PUBLICAS
REVISTA UNDERGROUND
Alfredo Zaiat (economist, director of Economy of pagina 12 Newspaper)

Developed of Project Staff

Esteban Álvarez (artist/curator) 2009/2010
Leticia El Halli Obeid (artist) 2009/2010
Leandro Erlich (artist) 2008
Mara Facchín (artist, professor IUNA) 2008/2009/2010
Gabriela Forcadell (artist) 2008
Alicia Herrero (artist and developer of LiPac) 2008/2009/2010
Claudio Iglesias (critic/publisher) 2009/2010
Jorge Macchi (artist) 2008
Teresa Riccardi (historiker) 2008
Gustavo Romano (artist/curator netartist) 2008/2009/2010
Cristina Schiavi (artist) 2008
Tamara Stuby (artist) 2010

Karina Granieri Assistant coordination 2009

LIPAC acts through its platfoms hosted at Centro Cultural Rojas, la Universidad de Buenos Aires, and with the occasional collaboration since 2007 of the   Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires


ALICIA HERRERO

Buenos Aires-based artist, co-curator/co-editor of Magazine in Situ, graduated from IUNA (National University Institute of Art - Buenos Aires) and has received grants from the Argentina National Art Fund and Antorchas Foundation (Barracas Studio).

Her project and works has been presented at: ICI, Spanish Cultural Centre of Buenos Aires (1998); Boijmans van Beauningen Museum, Rotterdam (2001); MAMBA-Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art 2002; NGBK (Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst), Berlin (2003); Shedhalle, Zurich (2003); MACRO-Rosario Contemporary Art Museum (2005); Contemporary Art Museum, Posadas (2006); Spanish Cultural Centre of Montevideo (2006 and 2007).
She had participated in biennials, residences and meetings at: 5th Havana Biennial(1994); Satelite-Göteborg Biennial-Rethinking Dissent(2007); The End of the World Biennial,Ushuaia (2007). She participated in residencies such as: Studios Duende (2000) and Kaus Australis Rotterdam (2001-02); Big River International in Trinidad (2001); RIAA Ostende (2006); ERA (Regional Art Encounter) in National Art Visuals Museum, Montevideo (2007); Be(com)ing Dutch Eindhoven Caucus, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven (2007).

Since 2004 has developed Magazine in situ in different cities and locations. In 2003 she created EPA (Experiences: Open Process) in conjunction with courses in CCRRojas-UBA.
Her artwork can be found in several public collections including: MAMBA (Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires); MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art, Rosario); Wilfredo Lam Centre, Havana; Mendes Centre for Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro and in private collections