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Description

Banana Craze is a research project on banana imagery in contemporary Latin American art created by Dr. Juanita Solano and Dr. Blanca Serrano with the support of the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
The project is structured around an online exhibition with more than 175 artworks on how bananas have contributed to the shaping of identities, ecosystems and violences in Latin America's history. Banana Craze is also a digital archive that may be searched geographically and chronologically. Banana Craze includes a compendium of publications in the form of a blog and academic articles, as well as a selection of bibliographical references and documentary sources, and a syllabus. Banana Craze organizes a series of online public programs, including talks, workshops and film screenings.

Contributors

Juanita Solano | Blanca Serrano

Institutional Affiliation

Universidad de los Andes

Sponsors

Universidad de los Andes | Equifruit | Banana Link

Is this project Alive?

Yes

Year: Known Start

2021

Decades

2020-2030

Software and Technologies

Database

Reviewed

No

Project Images

Photo of the work "Banana Flag," an american flag where the stars in the blue ground are replaced by a photo of a banana
Luis Camnitzer (Uruguay/USA), Banana Flag, 2018-2020. Digital Image. Variable dimensions
Photograph of a gold banana plant in a grove of other banana trees
María José Argenzio (Ecuador), 3° 16' 0" S, 79° 58' 0" W, 2010. Multimedia installation. Variable dimensions.
A painting of giant bananas on a pink background, superimposed by two dinosaurs
Moisés Barrios (Guatemala). Bananasaurious, 2000Oil on canvas. 130 x 150 cm
An artistic rendering of a map of the New York City area where the island of manhattan has been rendered as a banana. The map is colored yellow and superimposed by a red circle and arrow pointing at the top right corner of the banana with the text, "We are here"
Yunior Chiqui Mendoza (República Dominicana) Bananhattan, from the portfolio Manifestaciones, 2010 Ink and silkscreen on paper. 24.1 x 17.8 cm.
A triptych of paintings with flowers, butterflies, and birds, superimposed by a large orange rectangle.
Gabriela Betini (Argentina-Spain). Musa X Paradisiaca, 2019 Oil on linen canvas and wooden frame. 200 x 200 cm.
A photograph of a bunch of bananas. On one banana the words "Libertad O Bananas" has been carved into the skin of the fruit.
Jean François Boclé (Martinique) Tears of Bananaman, 2009-12. 300 kg of bananas with incisions made by the artist, and wooden base.
Photo of the work "Banana Flag," an american flag where the stars in the blue ground are replaced by a photo of a banana Banana flag_Camnitzer_Banana Craze
Photograph of a gold banana plant in a grove of other banana trees 3° 16′ 0″ S, 79° 58′ 0″ W_Maria Jose Argenzio_Banana Craze
A painting of giant bananas on a pink background, superimposed by two dinosaurs Bananasaurius_Moisés Barrios_Banana Craze
An artistic rendering of a map of the New York City area where the island of manhattan has been rendered as a banana. The map is colored yellow and superimposed by a red circle and arrow pointing at the top right corner of the banana with the text, "We are here" 2013.28.3.10_2.tif
A triptych of paintings with flowers, butterflies, and birds, superimposed by a large orange rectangle. Musa-Paradisiaca_I_Gabriela Bettini_Banana Craze
A photograph of a bunch of bananas. On one banana the words "Libertad O Bananas" has been carved into the skin of the fruit. Tears of Bananaman_Jean Francois Bocle_Banana Craze2