lunes, enero 19, 2026

TALLER MAGAZIN SURSYSTEM 3R EN EL INSTITUTO BOGOTANO DE CORTE

Hola todxs, feliz año, primero que todo! 

Faltando dos días para que se terminara el 2025, tuve la oportunidad de realizar el taller de autoproducción del Magazin Sursystem 3R (Reusar, Reciclar y Repensar), en el Instituto Bogotano de Corte (IBDC); este fue el quinto taller del SSyS_3R que he realizado en BGT en los últimos 12 años, esta vez gracias a la gestión de Omar en el IBDC. 

En total fueron nueve talleristas, algunxs muy jovenes, que aportaron desde su talento piezas artísticas, realizadas usando el collage, la ilustración y/o la composición, para el contenido del magazín; además de la creación de las portadas y contraportadas que utilizaron para sus ejemplares, que ellxs mismos aprendieron a armar. 

Fue un taller de seis horas donde ningunx de los asistentes abandonó o se quejó del trabajo que se estaba realizando. Todxs terminaron el taller y se llevaron a casa un ejemplar del Sursystem 3R elaborado por ellxs mismxs, decorado por ellxs mismxs y ensamblado por ellxs mismxs, donde la principal característica no era sólo su originalidad y utilidad, sino lo paradójico de su existencia: todos los ejemplares realizados en el taller tienen el mismo contenido: catorce instructivos más las nueve piezas originales que se elaboraron para su contenido; pero ninguno de los magazines elaborados en el taller es igual a otro, debido a la reutilización del papel donado por el IBDC y a los papeles para reusar aportados por lxs asistentes para la impresión del contenido.

Para este post, quiero compartir las portadas de los ejemplares realizadas por lxs asistentes al taller, más la que yo realicé para mi ejemplar y que contiene 14 sellos diferentes. 

De nuevo quiero agradecer a Omar por abrir el espacio para realizar el taller pero también por su trabajo y apoyo durante el mismo; igualmente mil gracias a lxs asistentes por su interés y por no caducar durante todo el proceso de elaboración del SSyS_3R. 

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Hello everyone, happy new year, first of all!

With two days left until the end of 2025, I had the opportunity to conduct the Sursystem 3R (Reuse, Recycle, and Rethink) magazine workshop at the Bogotá Institute of Cutting (IBDC). This was the fourth or fifth SSyS_3R workshop I've held in Bogotá in the last 12 years, thanks to Omar's efforts at the IBDC.

There were nine participants in total, some very young, who contributed artistic pieces using collage, illustration, and/or composition for the magazine's content. They also created the front and back covers for their copies, which they learned to assemble themselves.

It was a six-hour workshop where none of the participants left or complained about the work. Everyone finished the workshop and took home a copy of Sursystem 3R that they had created, decorated, and assembled themselves. The main characteristic of these magazines is not only their originality and usefulness, but also the paradoxical nature of their existence: all the copies made in the workshop have the same content—fourteen instruction sheets plus the nine original pieces created for the magazine—but none are exactly alike, due to the reuse of paper donated by the IBDC for printing the content and the recycled paper brought by the participants.

For this post, I want to share the covers of the magazines created by the workshop participants, plus the one I made for my own copy, which contains 14 different stamps.

Again, I want to thank Omar for providing the space to hold the workshop, but also for his work and support throughout the process. Likewise, a huge thank you to the participants for their interest and for their perseverance throughout the entire creation of SSyS_3R.





@raw_violence




@individuo6_6





@airesintonizado




@luscus99




@magazinsursystem


                                     

  

@signarconfervor


 


@cavee_176




                                             @chueca543









@fanzinerosa




@stinkfishstink

Nos vemos!
Marcelo Arroyave
Último miembro activo del Colectivo Sursystem.
Transmitiendo desde el frio polar







martes, diciembre 16, 2025

LOS HEREDEROS RADIO: SOUND MAP OF SALSA MUSIC IN NYC PODCAST, PART #2

Hi Everyone! 

Here is the QR code of the second part of the Sound Map of Salsa Music podcast made at LHRadionyc last November 15. I wanted to say thanks to @adrianishungry for the music selection; one of the things that I like most of this lecture is that every time we do it, the music selection is different but came from the same period of time and brings different sounds and messages. Also, many thanks to Mauricio Bayona from @lhradionyc for the invitation, the logistics and the amazing space at the 74th St. and Broadway Subway station. 

You can scam the QR code to listen the second part podcast or you can click in the LHRadio picture to go to its webpage to play the second session, also, you can click in the link below the picture too. 

I Hope you can enjoy this second episode of the Sound Map of Salsa Music in NYC! 



Salsa Sound Map of New York City #2

Inspired by the deep history of salsa in New York City, Sursystem Magazine created a map highlighting the genre’s origins, evolution, and key landmarks across the city. Originally featured as a centerfold in Sursystem Magazine 08, the map is now coming to life on the airwaves in a three-part live radio series, debuting its first episode today. Hosted by Marcelo Arroyave and Adrian Patiño, the series guides listeners through 23 key points on the map, each representing a neighborhood, venue, character, or landmark that shaped the story of salsa in NYC. At each point, listen to a track that not only contextualizes the discussion, but immerses the audience in the soundscape of salsa’s evolution. In today’s episode, learn more about the project and its creators, and begin the tour through New York City salsa.

Marcelo Arroyave

Broadcasting from Da Bronx!

sábado, noviembre 01, 2025

LOS HEREDEROS RADIO: SOUND MAP OF SALSA MUSIC IN NYC PODCAST, PART #1

I was invited to do the Sound Map of Salsa Music in NYC lecture at Los Herederos Radio last month. Adrian and I went to the 74th Street Subway station in Jackson Heights, Queens, to record the first part of the podcast. Below is the link to listen to it, as Adrian made a new selection of music for this occasion. Also, this Wednesday, November 5th, we will go again to record the second part of the lecture. You can tune in that day at 7PM through the Los Herederos Radio link that is below the flyer to listen to the last part of it.

 Sound Map of Salsa Music in NYC Podcast part#1


Los Herederos Radio Instagram Account


Enjoy!
Marcelo Arroyave
Broadcasting from the fall of the empire!

viernes, septiembre 26, 2025

University Open Air: From Fields to Cities: The Journey of Sayings

This lecture explores the fascinating evolution of popular sayings, tracing their roots in rural communities and examining how they’ve been reshaped in urban environments. We’ll look at how these expressions reflect cultural and social changes as they move from agrarian life into city living.

We’ll begin by discussing the role of oral tradition in preserving cultural wisdom, and how sayings have served as tools for teaching values, caution, and humor. Then, we’ll explore the historical shift during industrialization, when rural populations migrated to cities, bringing their language with them. We’ll see how these sayings adapted to new urban realities and how they continue to bridge generational and cultural divides.

At the end of the lecture, participants will be invited to share rural sayings that are still used today, as well as sayings from their own backgrounds that have had a positive impact on their lives in New York City.







I hope you can join me at this lecture. The people who share their sayings will get the sayings book if their saying is selected to be published. 


Marcelo Arroyave
Last member of the Sursystem Collective 
Transmitting from the falling Empire!


domingo, agosto 24, 2025

SOUND MAP OF SALSA MUSIC IN NYC - BARCELONA LECTURE

Last June, I had the privilege of visiting Barcelona, a city I cherish for many reasons. The trip began in Madrid as a gift to myself to celebrate my birthday. Thanks to the efforts of Sara, @musicas.sospechosas, and Marcelo from @afrolatinjamallstars, along with the collaboration of Dilla Barcelona, I had the opportunity to do the lecture Sound Map of Salsa Music in NYC there. It was heartwarming to be surrounded by friends I hadn’t seen in eight years, whom I love deeply while I was doing it.



Holding the conference in Barcelona was a dream come true. It was wonderful to see the Sursystem magazine end up in the hands of people eager to learn more about the history of Salsa and Sursystem itself. The impact of the Sursystem 3R edition, La Linterna, on attendees unfamiliar with it was truly gratifying, especially since it was their first (and last) time in Barcelona.


The soundtrack for the conference was curated by Sara and Marcelo, and the photos included here were taken by Camila Gómez @camilag_ov. I wholeheartedly thank this remarkable group for enabling me to share my reading, and I am grateful to everyone who attended for supporting this independent initiative. To those who purchased Sursystem 08 and Sursystem 3R, I hope you enjoy them.











Enjoy!
Ens veiem!
Marcelo Arroyave