PRESS RELEASE
TO THE EXHIBITORS, PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES OF XTANT 2021 AND TEXTO 2020
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
TEXTO TRADICION, AC (CREATOR AND ORGANIZER OF TEXTO 2020) PROMOTORA CULTURAL TEXTO, SAPI DE CV, FUNDACION CULTURAL TETETLAN, AC, AND AFFILIATES, FOUNDERS AND ASSOCIATES (JOINTLY, “TEXTO”), STATE AND REPRESENT THAT THEY HAVE NO PARTICIPATION OF ANY NATURE IN THE XTANT EVENT TO BE HELD IN MALLORCA FROM JUNE 15 TO 26, 2021, ORGANIZED BY MARCELA ECHAVARRIA SALDARIAGA AND KAVITA PARMAR PARMAR.
TEXTO HAS NOT GRANTED ANY LICENSE OR PERMIT IN FAVOR OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO THE BRAND TEXTO, THE IMAGES OF THE EVENT TEXTO 2020, CASA PEDREGAL OF LUIS BARRAGAN, AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPANTS AND EXHIBITORS OF TEXTO 2020, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, BY MARCELA ECHAVARRIA SALDARIAGA AND KAVITA PARMAR PARMAR.
TEXTO HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED EVENT, AND THEREFORE DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY IN RELATION TO SAID EVENT.
MARCELA ECHAVARRIA SALDARIAGA AND KAVITA PARMAR PARMAR HAVE MISUSED THE REGISTERED TRADEMARK TEXTO, VARIOUS IMAGES THAT ARE THE PROPERTY OF TEXTO AND/OR THIRD PARTIES, AND HAVE PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS THE CREATORS OF TEXTO 2020.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN MEXICO AGAINST MARCELA ECHAVARRIA SALDARIAGA Y KAVITA PARMAR PARMAR FOR ALLEGED FRAUD RELATED TO THE MISHANDLING OF THE FUNDS RAISED DURING THE EVENT TEXTO 2020. THIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO BE PRESENTED TO VARIOUS AUTHORITIES, DERIVED FROM THE ALLEGED ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY MARCELA ECHAVARRIA SALDARIAGA AND KAVITA PARMAR PARMAR.
TEXTO 2020 WAS AND WILL BE CONCEIVED IN ITS FOLLOWING EDITIONS AS AN EVENT OF CULTURAL PROMOTION, WHEREAS XTANT MALLORCA IS CLEARLY A COMMERCIAL EVENT THAT DETRACTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND CULTURAL PROMOTION THAT CHARACTERIZES TEXTO.
TEXTO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MARCELA ECHAVARRIA SALDARIAGA AND KAVITA PARMAR PARMAR AND/OR OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED ACTS.
FOR TEXTO, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE SOWN A SEED THAT GROWS IN FAVOR OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS, OF SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND ACTIONS IN FAVOR OF THESE EFFORTS, AND WE WILL NEVER SUPPORT ABUSE, LIES AND FRAUD.
TEXTO TRADICIÓN, AC,
PROMOTORA CULTURAL TEXTO, SAPI DE CV,
FUNDACIÓN CULTURAL TETETLAN, AC
TEXTO 2020 was a raging success that surpassed all expectations.
“What a wonderful time. It is kind of similar to spending summer vacation in your grand parent’s home” - Sanjay Garg from Raw Mango.
“TEXTO 2020 seems like a dream, a fairytale” - Chinar Faroqui from Injiri.
“TEXTO 2020 seems a long way and yet very close” - Lee Chinalai from Chinalai Modern.
Masters artisans and dreamers were on site for 5 days of inspiration, conversations, panel discussions and celebrations of the importance of looking back to move forward, to value and appreciate heritage and to discuss a way forward.
When
TEXTO 2020 | 5 -8 Feb
Exhibition Timings
11AM - 7:45PM
Last day: 11AM - 4PM
Where
Casa Pedregal, Ciudad de México
Considered part of Mexico’s cultural heritage and a masterpiece of modern architecture, conceived and built by the most important Mexican architect, winner of Pritzker Prize: Luis Barragán.
Around Casa Pedregal, towards the south of Mexico City, there’s a cumulus of cultural landmarks such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Anahuacalli by Diego Rivera, Xochimilco and its invaluable Natural Heritage, San Ángel and its “Bazar del Sábado”, its markets and alleys,
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo’s spectacular “casa-estudio”; Cuicuilco and its circular pyramid testimony of the oldest civilization in the region; the historic Tlalpan and the “Capilla de las Capuchinas”;
Coyoacán and its main square, markets, Frida Kahlo’s “Casa Azul”, Leon Trotsky’s house and the “Ruta Olímpica de la Amistad” that links the south of Mexico City from Xochimilco to Pedregal.
For TEXTO every detail mattered. Having Casa Pedregal and its more than 3,000 m2 as the venue was a huge privilege.
