REPENSAR L’OLIVERA, de Rafel G. Bianchi
Here Now. Mapping the context
The coincidence in time of the 10th Biennial of Art Leandre Cristòfol at the Centre d’Art La Panera in Lleida, Matèria Prima at Fabra i Coats, Centre d’Art Contemporani and the current exhibitions at ADN Platform, in Sant Cugat, draw a “here and now” of the panorama of artistic production in Catalonia, as were in […]
Where are the iconic works of our time?
Iconic has to do with image and the creation/incarnation/representation of the Zeitgeist, the spirit of an era. An example is Just What is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? (1956), the small collage by Richard Hamilton that included some of the most representative elements of society in those years: the perfect housewife, […]
Projects expanded in time
Projects expanded in time If this text had a soundtrack, it would begin with Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones (‘Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is. Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is’) because time is relative, experienced as subjective, a scarce resource that can be managed, administered, lost […]
Projectes expandits en el temps
Projectes expandits en el temps Si aquest text tingués una banda sonora, arrencaria amb Time is on my side de The Rolling Stones (Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is. Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is…) perquè el temps és relatiu, experimentat com a subjectiu i un bé escàs que es pot […]
Projects expanded in time
Projects expanded in time If this text had a soundtrack, it would begin with Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones (’Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is. Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is’) because time is relative, experienced as subjective, a scarce resource that can be managed, administered, lost or enjoyed. […]
Steal this Book
Books have always been related to knowledge and the transmission of knowledge. The loss and destruction of books (the disappearance of the Library of Alexandria, the burning of books by the Nazis or as a plot point in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, among others) has been identified with the end of a civilization or […]
Building stories
We need stories. Our collective imagination works from narratives that, from the stories we are told as children before going to bed, help us to distinguish our emotions and overcome our fears. Stories accompany us throughout our lives. Politics also creates stories, as a tool of political communication that allows us to build a novel […]
Contemporary Revisions
CONTEMPORARY REVISIONS This year Loop is fifteen years old and brings with it a gift, under the guidance of two classics of the genre, Eugeni Bonet and Antoni Mercader (spoiler alert: next week we’re interviewing them at A*DESK). One that delves into the history of the pioneers of video and brings to light documents […]
A*DESK: marcas de escritorio. BABELIA – EL PAÍS
A*DESK: marcas de escritorio, por Bea Espejo Babelia – El País, 20-4-2017
