martes, 30 de septiembre de 2014


The Ball of Letters







The first function was held in February 2004 at Hard Rock Cafe Bogota, and to date Andrés López still showing The Ball of Letters in different scenarios in Colombia and abroad. This work has been regarded as a socio-anthropological analysis of the last four generations in Colombia. More than 1500 functions were performed with a total of more than 2 million attendees and their versions differ according to the country or region in which  presents Andres Lopez.

The title of the work refers to a type of rubber ball that was used by the children of the decades of 1970-1980 and which relates the changes of different generations who understood during the second half of the twentieth century.
In La Pelota de Letras Andrés López divides the generations:

1.  Generation W: What is alluding to the artistic, literary and youth vanguards in Colombia between 19XX to 1968. of this are moms and dads for conviction not by accident.

2. Generation Guava: This generation is both the author (1969-1974) belongs and gives predominance to merengue music and the introduction of the first Japanese cartoons known as anime, and American series on TV Colombiana, in short .; Nuclear Man
3 Generation X: is the period from 1975 to 1980 and gives the development and experience of the first cultural exchanges and dissemination of other languages​​. Their motto is Confuse and conquer. "It is characterized by confusion of thought, word, deed and profession, perhaps because it is a generation of children of divorce, or what is the same, the dreamers hippies of the 60s are the ones who are doing post degree working in multinational

4 Generation Y: Comprised of 1981-1992, characterized by the exaltation of beauty and art "All are beautiful." Their motto We have a world apart, nobody knows it's .;

5 Generation Z: From 1993 to September 11, 2001 morning, characterized by globalization and diffuser predominance of European and American animation .; They want to dominate the world.


6. the last generation is the AA, which comes after the September 11, 2001 afternoon, which could be characterized, according to the author, for the atmosphere of terrorism and the spread of intensive video games. They want to press "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del" on the keyboard in the world.

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