Luces 2021 Awards: we are turning 18 and this time we recognize the work of podcasts and influencers from Peru

Little by little, carefully, after months of confinement, the long-awaited reunion with the public arrived. After a year of virtual experiences, in 2021 they opted for a progressive presence: attentive to sanitary measures, with capacity at 50%, in theaters and cinema the sighs, murmurs, and applause of a audience that missed the scenic rite. A reactivation experienced more in emotional terms than in economic terms, certainly. But this “survivor’s stubbornness”, according to the playwright Eduardo Adrianzén, manifests itself beyond the stage: galleries once again hosted exhibitions, restaurants distanced their tables to regain their guests, national films once again fought for their screen share on a billboard dominated by superheroes, publishers wrote the story of his visible recovery.

The return has been with responsibility and emotion, but also with the certainty that there are practices that are here to stay: the face-to-face consumption of culture can no longer be detached without the possibilities allowed by virtuality. It is because of that .

And, of course, we also highlight the accomplices who offered us new shelters: from those independent bookstores, be they traditional or newcomers, who re-powered their delivery service, to the new cafes, bars and restaurants, vital to cope with difficult times. The Luces Prize, which is coming of age in its eighteenth edition, is for them. Now it’s up to the El Comercio reader to review the different categories and vote on our website for their favorite nominees, from today until Sunday, February 13. You decide.