The music of our lives
A few weeks ago, TV3 broadcast Jaume Bratolí’s documentary, Les músiques d’Obama, a journey through the legislature of the outgoing president of the United States, based on the music that has accompanied him at every political moment and has been consciously used to reinforce certain messages, from the hip hop of “Yes, we can” to […]
In his own voice
“Instead of a hermeneutics, we need an erotics of art.” This is how Susan Sontag concluded her essay “Against Interpretation” (1964), in which she alluded to the need for all commentary on art to make the works – and by analogy, our personal experience – more real. A good way to achieve this is to […]
Contemporary Prisoners. Working and selling yourself
Contemporary Prisoners. Working and selling yourself Work and how the nature of work is transforming, what is considered to be work, where, and when it happens, working relations and the implications of all of this is a subject that concerns us, giving rise to much reflection by economists, sociologists and naturally, artists. Harun Farocki, for […]
“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution”
“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution” are the words attributed to Emma Goldman, a well-known Lithuanian feminist and anarchist activist who was reprimanded for dancing too excitedly, questioning her seriousness and commitment to the cause. “I cannot believe that a cause that defends a beautiful ideal, such as […]
Burning onto a hard drive. Percentage completed 99%
Burning onto a hard drive. Percentage completed 99 % About the exhibition, reception, distribution, marketing, collection and preservation of digital works Moving images, and image-time are two of the vehicles more widely used to experience image in contemporary society. This is precisely why many contemporary artists work in this field. This type of image brought […]
Burning onto a hard drive. Percentage completed: 99 %
Moving images, and image-time are two of the vehicles more widely used to experience image in contemporary society. This is precisely why many contemporary artists work in this field. This type of image brought by technical devices of image generation and distribution, determines a extended perception of time, which is not unique and […]
Artists, impossible adventures and frustrated journeys
Often, art work consists of managing projects, negotiating, convincing and balancing budgets, and those of us who dedicate ourselves to this run the risk of forgetting the most important thing: the artists. They are the ones who give meaning to this whole framework that governs exhibitions, biennials, institutions, art schools and galleries. The art world […]
Art and the great themes
One of the contradictions of art is that, even when dealing with themes that directly appeal to issues that affect us, its reflections are often framed in a context that is only accessible to groups of experts. Sometimes it happens that thematic exhibitions conceived from cultural spaces accustomed to working in a transdisciplinary manner, incorporate […]
“You’d like to do the least possible and you end up making more than you’d like”. An interview with Ignasi Aballí
Aballí is a long distant runner. Discrete be nature, generous, open to dialogue and with a sense of humour that isn’t obvious but is very much present. For decades now he has been methodically developing a solid body of work that is very much his own. He is a figure who acts as a bridge […]
“YOU’D LIKE TO DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE AND YOU END UP MAKING MORE THAN YOU’D LIKE”. AN INTERVIEW WITH IGNASI ABALLÍ
“YOU’D LIKE TO DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE AND YOU END UP MAKING MORE THAN YOU’D LIKE”. AN INTERVIEW WITH IGNASI ABALLÍ Aballí is a long distant runner. Discrete be nature, generous, open to dialogue and with a sense of humour that isn’t obvious but is very much present. For decades now he has been methodically […]