!!!Sección ARTE
Nestor Siré
Offline text collection, 2021
Nestor Siré, !!!Sección ARTE

Active since 2015, !!!Sección ARTE is an offline curatorial project that examines informal practices of data circulation, forms of digital piracy, alternative networks, and the relationship between art and society in Cuba. Based on the concept of El Paquete Semanal - an offline distribution system for sharing digital materials that acted as a substitute for broadband Internet in Cuba - !!!Sección ARTE is a directory of folders, intended to be experienced offline, as a digital information package. Replicating El Paquete Semanal’s rules and aesthetics, !!!Sección ARTE is a collection of folders that includes inactive hyperlinks, news, exhibition invitations, books, documentaries, and a virtual gallery.

Included in !!!Sección ARTE is the public manifesto of the project - AVISO AL CONSUMIDOR (NOTICE TO THE CONSUMER) - a statement that includes a phrase that has a deep-rooted meaning in the imagination of revolutionary Cuba, and offers possibility of participation in the project through email.

Nestor Siré lives and works in Havana. Siré's practice intervenes directly in social contexts in order to analyze specific cultural phenomena. Often engaging with the particular idiosyncrasies of digital culture in the Cuban context.