Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara (born December 2, 1987) is a Cuban performance artist and dissident, known for his public performances that openly criticize the Cuban government and its policies.[1][2] A self-taught artist, Alcántara lives in the El Cerro neighborhood of Havana.[3] Since 2018 Alcántara has been arrested dozens of times[4] for his performances in violation of Decree 349, a Cuban law requiring artists to obtain advance permission for public and private exhibitions and performances.[5][6][7]

Arrests

In 2017 Alcántara was arrested for "being in illicit possession of construction materials" in relation to his work as a cofounder of the #00 bienal de la Habana, an alterantive event to the official Havana Biennial.[8][9]

In April 2019 Alcántara was arrested by the Cuban police during his participation in a satellite event of the Havana Biennial.[6][10]

On August 10, 2019 Alcántara was arrested in Havana during part of his performance Drapeau. In the work, he wore a Cuban flag draped over his shoulders, in defiance of a 2019 law dictating how the flag could be used.[3][11][12]

In March 1, 2020 Alcántara was arrested in Havana on the charges of defiling patriotic symbols and property damage.[13][4] At the time of the arrest, was on the way to join a protest at the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television against the censorship of a two men kissing on television.[14][15]

References
  1. Fusco, Coco (September 19, 2019). "Cuba's Campaign Against Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. "Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, born December 12, 1987, Cuba. - Archivo Digital de Efímera de América Latina y el Caribe". lae.princeton.edu.
  3. Santiago, Fabiola (11 March 2020). "Cuban artist jailed for using flag as performance art". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. "El proceso al artista Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara juzga la libertad de expresión en Cuba". 9 March 2020.
  5. Allen, Esther (June 15, 2019). "The Art of the Possible at Havana's Bienal". The New York Review of Books.
  6. Viveros-Fauné, Christian (19 April 2019). "The 2019 Havana Biennial is a smokescreen for government censorship". www.theartnewspaper.com.
  7. "Imprisonment of Cuban 'art-ivist' sparks charges of censorship". Reuters. 2020-03-10.
  8. Sutton, Benjamin (November 22, 2017). "Alternative Havana Biennial Organizers Detained After Filing a Complaint About Previous Detainment". Hyperallergic.
  9. Marsh, Sarah (May 7, 2018). "Cuban artists launch music festival after government cancels official event". The Independent.
  10. "Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Arrested Ahead of Havana Biennial". Artforum. April 12, 2019.
  11. "Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Arrested over Performance with Cuban Flag". Artforum. August 13, 2019.
  12. "Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrested / ArtReview". artreview.com.
  13. "Opinion | Cuba arrested a performance artist because he's everything the regime can't control". Washington Post. 11 March 2020.
  14. Käufer, Tobias (11 March 2020). "Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara: Verprügelt, verhaftet, vergessen". Berliner Zeitung.
  15. Angeletti, Gabriela (3 March 2020). "Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrested on way to a LGBTQ+ censorship protest".
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