deep inequalities
Bada is a blessing for digital designer Anni Garza Lauwho exhibits his fictional computer-generated scientific images with the use of artificial intelligence.
“There isn’t a purely digital art gallery in Mexico City. Normally I don’t sell,” he says.
Buyers feel lucky too. “You can get good works at more affordable prices and not inflated as they already are in a gallery,” says Cecilia de la Vega, an art lover.
Bridge between the United States and Latin America, Mexico, with 126 million inhabitants, is a country with deep economic inequalities.
According to a recent estimate published by the Spanish newspaper The country, The Mexican upper class occupies 1,467 km2, which represents barely 0.07% of the country’s territory, but controls 47% of the wealth.
“First the poor” is one of the slogans of the Mexican president, the leftist and nationalist Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Its cultural policy consists of supporting artistic or craft expressions of indigenous communities, the most affected by poverty.
In recent years, the government has ignored another international event, the Guadalajara International Book Fair.labeled a “conservatism forum” by the president.
Zonamaco “is a very unique event, very important for Mexico,” however, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard acknowledged at the inauguration.
“Mexico has considerable cultural potential,” added the also candidate for the ruling party’s presidential candidacy for the 2024 elections.