Conferences, THE CONTRACT
“The Power of the Ordinary” Just what it is that makes Comic Sans or Gandía Shore so irritating, so despicable? What are our stakes in this consensus? Playing with different senses of the ordinary can give us some clues. Ordinary things are vulgar, inferior. But they also have a lot to do with our…(Read More)
Illegal_cinema
Screening of a film proposed by Peio Aguirre, followed by a debate. Performance (Donald Cammell / Nicolas Roeg, 1970, 105 min.) Gangster in a tight corner finds shelter in the home of an elusive rock star. This might sum up Performance, co-directed by Donald Cammel and Nicolas Roeg in 1968 and first shown in the…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
“1992. Capital status, exhibitions and critical strategies”. Friday, 10 January, 2014 – 19:00 With the Universal Exposition of Seville, 1992, the politics of art and exhibitions in Spain was to experience a fundamental change of direction marked by the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Conquista. Using the moment as an obligatory starting point…(Read More)