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H Committee of Human Vindication

January 01, 1970

The H Committee of Human Vindication (Spanish: H Comité de Reivindicación Humana), better known by its initials HCRH, is a Mexican art collective founded by Rodrigo Azaola, Artemio Narro and Octavio Serra that operated as a phantom and universal pseudo-organization, supposedly founded in 1947.[1] The HCRH created numerous conferences, texts, actions, editorial projects, music, radio programs and artworks that utilize a highly ironic and intellectual language for "ridiculing the hollow pomposity of institutional culture."[2] The public art activities of the HCRH, in festivals for example,[3] were produced between 1996 and 2004, a period in which globalization and neoliberal politics in Mexico were incipient and the market-driven art world was consolidated.

HCRH logo

Its work has been shown at various venues including: Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Havana Biennial, Cuba; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam;[4] CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco;[5] National Centre of Contemporary Arts, Moscow; Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City;[6] Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona; Ex-Teresa, Mexico City; Americas Society, New York;[7] Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; among others.

In 1999, the HCRH created one of its more notable actions: The Universal Destitution Campaign, which consisted of a letter sent by fax to several Mexican political and cultural personalities, ordering them to abandon their posts on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance. The extensive list of recipients included presidential candidates, politicians, social activists, artists, writers, art critics and journalists.The campaign ended up with officials from the Ministry of Interior visiting the HCRH members' homes.[8]

Another campaign by the HCRH was the massive distribution of stickers (1998-1999) in Mexico City that read, "When injustice is law, resistance is a must."[8] In 2002, the ephemeral and phantasmagoric nature of their work materialized in an image of the HCRH logo, drawn with salt on the entrance floor of the Carrillo Gil Museum, and which the passage of visitors and workers of the museum blurred as they stepped in."[9]

For the 7th Havana Biennial (2000) the HCRH created a free ice cream distribution project, as well as the distribution of hundreds of books, among them: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and 1984 by George Orwell.[10]

The HCRH also organized several academic conferences with fictitious international scholars in different universities and museums --such as Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Intercontinental, Museo Rufino Tamayo and Faculty of Arts and Design (formerly known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas or ENAP). They also created numerous fictional radio programs that were transmitted on XEUN-FM, the radio station of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

While the work of the HCRH is mostly intangible and ephemeral, they created a number of architectural drawings and blueprints for fictional urbanization plans, such as the Children Vineyard (a chain of orphanages built along the Northern Hemisphere wine regions), the Payoff Memorial, the Air Crash Memorial (as part of the 1998 project NY AWAKE: "long before the collapse of the twin towers, 'monuments unequivocally indicate that Man learns from his own history, and —contrary to popular belief— he enjoys repeating it")[11] and The Museum of Good (2003).

Conceptualized as a spherical building, The Museum of Good is a two-faced institution. In one side, everything that throughout human history may be considered as culturally good and kind it's collected and exhibited. In the other side, all things considered as shameful and ignominious are represented.The fictitious architectural model refers to the dual character of cultural institutions, not only as places of knowledge, but also as systems that operate according to political and cultural ideologies, occasionally financed by questionable corporations, for which art serves as a tool to achieve political and economical aims. The Museum of Good was last exhibited in 2016 at the Jumex Museum.[12]

In 2019, the monograph HCRH: Septuagésimo Aniversario 1947-2017 was published by Alumnos 47 Foundation.[13] The book was edited by Rodrigo Azaola and Eva Posas.[14]

Rodrigo Azaola and Artemio Narro are fellows of the National System of Artistic Creators of the National Fund of Culture and Arts (FONCA).

References edit

  1. ^ Biesenbach, Klaus (2003). Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values. NY: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. p. 45. ISBN 978-0970442840.
  2. ^ Adell, Anna (2012). El Arte del Sabotaje y otros textos (in Spanish). Pluma Eléctrica.
  3. ^ Alcázar, Josefina (2005). Performance y arte-acción en América Latina (in Spanish). Mexico City: CITRU / Ex Teresa / Ediciones sin nombre. p. 157. ISBN 978-9685793445.
  4. ^ "HCRH". Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. ^ "Prophets of Deceit". CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  6. ^ "Do It, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, with Pamela Echeverría". e-flux. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  7. ^ "As a Satellite Space: La Panaderia". AbsoluteArts. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  8. ^ a b Reyes Palma, Francisco (22–24 January 2004). Soft Resistance and Mediation as Work (PDF). Third International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory: Resistance. Mexico City. pp. 299–312. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ Medina, Cuauhtémoc (2001-07-11). "Gustos efímeros". Reforma. Mexico City. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  10. ^ "7th Havana Biennial: Extramuros - Actions and Performances". Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  11. ^ Arriola, Magali; Maneros, Erlea (Autumn–Winter 2005). "A Victim and a Viewer: Some Thoughts on Anticipated Ruins". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry. 12: 109–115. doi:10.1086/aft.12.20711594. S2CID 192675596 – via JSTOR.
  12. ^ "The Natural Order of Things". Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  13. ^ HCRH: Septuagesimo Aniversario 1947-2017 (in Spanish). Mexico City: Alumnos 47. 2019. ISBN 9786079703431.
  14. ^ "The H Committee of Human Vindication ~ HCRH". Eva Posas. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

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The H Committee of Human Vindication Spanish H Comite de Reivindicacion Humana better known by its initials HCRH is a Mexican art collective founded by Rodrigo Azaola Artemio Narro and Octavio Serra that operated as a phantom and universal pseudo organization supposedly founded in 1947 1 The HCRH created numerous conferences texts actions editorial projects music radio programs and artworks that utilize a highly ironic and intellectual language for ridiculing the hollow pomposity of institutional culture 2 The public art activities of the HCRH in festivals for example 3 were produced between 1996 and 2004 a period in which globalization and neoliberal politics in Mexico were incipient and the market driven art world was consolidated HCRH logo Its work has been shown at various venues including Museo Jumex Mexico City Havana Biennial Cuba Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art Rotterdam 4 CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San Francisco 5 National Centre of Contemporary Arts Moscow Museo Carrillo Gil Mexico City 6 Centre d Art Santa Monica Barcelona Ex Teresa Mexico City Americas Society New York 7 Museo Tamayo Mexico City among others In 1999 the HCRH created one of its more notable actions The Universal Destitution Campaign which consisted of a letter sent by fax to several Mexican political and cultural personalities ordering them to abandon their posts on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance The extensive list of recipients included presidential candidates politicians social activists artists writers art critics and journalists The campaign ended up with officials from the Ministry of Interior visiting the HCRH members homes 8 Another campaign by the HCRH was the massive distribution of stickers 1998 1999 in Mexico City that read When injustice is law resistance is a must 8 In 2002 the ephemeral and phantasmagoric nature of their work materialized in an image of the HCRH logo drawn with salt on the entrance floor of the Carrillo Gil Museum and which the passage of visitors and workers of the museum blurred as they stepped in 9 For the 7th Havana Biennial 2000 the HCRH created a free ice cream distribution project as well as the distribution of hundreds of books among them Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and 1984 by George Orwell 10 The HCRH also organized several academic conferences with fictitious international scholars in different universities and museums such as Universidad Iberoamericana Universidad Intercontinental Museo Rufino Tamayo and Faculty of Arts and Design formerly known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas or ENAP They also created numerous fictional radio programs that were transmitted on XEUN FM the radio station of the National Autonomous University of Mexico While the work of the HCRH is mostly intangible and ephemeral they created a number of architectural drawings and blueprints for fictional urbanization plans such as the Children Vineyard a chain of orphanages built along the Northern Hemisphere wine regions the Payoff Memorial the Air Crash Memorial as part of the 1998 project NY AWAKE long before the collapse of the twin towers monuments unequivocally indicate that Man learns from his own history and contrary to popular belief he enjoys repeating it 11 and The Museum of Good 2003 Conceptualized as a spherical building The Museum of Good is a two faced institution In one side everything that throughout human history may be considered as culturally good and kind it s collected and exhibited In the other side all things considered as shameful and ignominious are represented The fictitious architectural model refers to the dual character of cultural institutions not only as places of knowledge but also as systems that operate according to political and cultural ideologies occasionally financed by questionable corporations for which art serves as a tool to achieve political and economical aims The Museum of Good was last exhibited in 2016 at the Jumex Museum 12 In 2019 the monograph HCRH Septuagesimo Aniversario 1947 2017 was published by Alumnos 47 Foundation 13 The book was edited by Rodrigo Azaola and Eva Posas 14 Rodrigo Azaola and Artemio Narro are fellows of the National System of Artistic Creators of the National Fund of Culture and Arts FONCA References edit Biesenbach Klaus 2003 Mexico City An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values NY P S 1 Contemporary Art Center p 45 ISBN 978 0970442840 Adell Anna 2012 El Arte del Sabotaje y otros textos in Spanish Pluma Electrica Alcazar Josefina 2005 Performance y arte accion en America Latina in Spanish Mexico City CITRU Ex Teresa Ediciones sin nombre p 157 ISBN 978 9685793445 HCRH Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art Retrieved 2018 08 14 Prophets of Deceit CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art Retrieved 2018 09 22 Do It curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Pamela Echeverria e flux Retrieved 2018 10 25 As a Satellite Space La Panaderia AbsoluteArts Retrieved 2018 11 03 a b Reyes Palma Francisco 22 24 January 2004 Soft Resistance and Mediation as Work PDF Third International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory Resistance Mexico City pp 299 312 Retrieved 17 October 2018 Medina Cuauhtemoc 2001 07 11 Gustos efimeros Reforma Mexico City Retrieved 2018 09 03 7th Havana Biennial Extramuros Actions and Performances Retrieved 2019 01 14 Arriola Magali Maneros Erlea Autumn Winter 2005 A Victim and a Viewer Some Thoughts on Anticipated Ruins Afterall A Journal of Art Context and Enquiry 12 109 115 doi 10 1086 aft 12 20711594 S2CID 192675596 via JSTOR The Natural Order of Things Fundacion Jumex Arte Contemporaneo Retrieved 2019 01 03 HCRH Septuagesimo Aniversario 1947 2017 in Spanish Mexico City Alumnos 47 2019 ISBN 9786079703431 The H Committee of Human Vindication HCRH Eva Posas Retrieved August 30 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title H Committee of Human Vindication amp oldid 1172952839, wikipedia, 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