Project Por Amor unites Cubans and Americans through artistic collaboration. It was founded in 2005 by Peter Jensen, Sage Lewis, Aleigh Lewis, and Daisy Díaz. Various new works are being created and organized by emerging artists in both countries who are exploring creative ways of transcending political barriers imposed between blockaded nations. Our goal is to connect to a neighboring culture who has become lost from our community using art as a way of building friendship with our "enemies."
The Closest Farthest Away, a hybrid of theater and cinema is the first work produced by Project Por Amor. This international interdisciplinary performance was created by contemporary artists from the US and Cuba between the ages of 25 and 35. New media can break barriers and express through hyper-realism the absurd relationship between our present cultures. Cuban and American characters defy space and distance to resolve their struggles of immigration, love, patriotism, and freedom.
This past winter, two of the world's most gifted children's choirs The National Children's Chorus (LA & NYC) and Coro Diminuto (Havana) sang together, each from their own coast, using audio and video projection to bring each other together in song from "far away." The world premiere took place in Los Angeles at the National Children's Chorus' Fall concert entitled "Nuestra Musica" at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on December 18. The Cuba premiere was performed by Coro Diminuto at a Valentine's Day concert titled "Por Amor" in Havana's Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes on February 13.
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