EL DESPACHO was founded in 1998 and it is runned by:
- Diego Gutiérrez (Mexico City, 1966). Departing as a visual artist, Gutiérrez actively participated in the world of the visual arts in Mexico and abroad, between the mid-1980s and the late 1990s. In 1996, he travels to the Netherlands for an artist residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, where he meets Dutch filmmaker Kees Hin (1936-2021). Following this encounter, Gutiérrez increasingly gravitates more and more towards film-related practices. In 1998, he founds El Despacho at the Torre Latinoamericana in Mexico City.
- Linda Bannink (Alkmaar, 1975) is a Dutch visual artist, filmmaker and elementary school teacher. She lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
VIDEO:
A talk with Dutch filmmaker Kees Hin (Haarlem 1936), frequently involved at El Despacho.
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EL DESPACHO has received the support of:
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
The Netherlands
Arts Collaboratory
The Netherlands
CoBo fonds
The Netherlands
CONACULTA
Mexico
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Netherlands
Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Mexico
FOPROCINE
Mexico
Hivos
The Netherlands
Human broadcaster
The Netherlands
IKON
The Netherlands
Institute National des Beaux-Arts de Tetouan
Morocco
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Mexico
Mondriaan Foundation
The Netherlands
Museo Experimental El Eco
Mexico
NCRV
The Netherlands
Netherlands Film Fund
The Netherlands
Prince Claus Fund
The Netherlands
RAIN Artists Initiatives
International
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
The Netherlands
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México
Mexico
Smart Project Space
The Netherlands
Stichting Doen
The Netherlands
VPRO
The Netherlands
