LUIS LARA MALVACIAS
/ 3RD CLASS CITIZEN
I created 3RD CLASS CITIZEN in 2003. Formed initially with a focus on dance, visual arts and New Media, this collective was comprised of artists from a wide
range of the growing Latino populations living and working in New York. Its collective nature also encouraged the interaction of artists, musicians, designers and choreographers
from different cultural backgrounds. The project is constantly evolving and changing. The Not Festival is a result of this venture.
The Not Festival is a kaleidoscopic, ephemeral, erratic and nomadic artistic object. It embraces the ideas of global artistic collaboration and the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary,
DIY( Do It Yourself) attitudes. Through the use of old and new artistic approaches, technologies and media it exists outside the realm of the establishment, which implies generally
non-existing financial support. However, its inclusive nature allows it to move inside and outside of institutions and at the same time avoid the institutional restrictions. This political
“object” aims to fight the standardized and systematized commodification of the arts. Thus, it is NOT a FESTIVAL.
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Not 2011
Not Festival 2003
Not 2012
Not 2005
Not 2013
Not 2014
Not 2015
