JOUR DE FÊTE- THE PRIVATE SPACE GALLERY MAY 20 – JUNE 9, 2011, BARCELONA, SPAIN LOOP FESTIVAL 2011, BARCELONA, SPAIN
Jour de Fête
May 20th – June 9th 2011
TPS Gallery joins the Loop Festival with “Jour de Fête”, a video art exhibition exploring the concepts of festivityand celebration.
The Private Space Gallery is part of the official programme for this year’s international video art Festival Loop / Screen from Barcelona 2011, which takes place from May 11th to 21st.
Jour de Fête
May 20th – June 9th 2011
TPS Gallery joins the Loop Festival with “Jour de Fête”, a video art exhibition exploring the concepts of festivityand celebration.
The Private Space Gallery is part of the official programme for this year’s international video art Festival Loop / Screen from Barcelona 2011, which takes place from May 11th to 21st.
“Jour de Fête”, is an exhibition of video art works exploring the concepts of festivity and celebration, comprising of thirty-four pieces selected from an initial three hundred submission to an international open call. The final thirty-four works that make up the exhibition have been selected by curators Alexandra Laudo [Heroínas de la Cultura] and Pedro Torres, from an initial three hundred submissions to an international open call.
Characterised throughout the selected videos is the exploration of the concept of ‘collective identity’ – the symbols of patriotic and religious festivities, the essential role of expression through dance and music, and how communal meals and food can convey the coming together of families within the domestic sphere. All these play some part in creating a kaleidoscopic and rich, often complex, view of the nature and concepts of festivity and celebration.
Artists: Abbas Akhavan / Laura Bel, Ciara Mahon & Ellen Wilkinson / Juanma Carrillo / Fito Conesa / Juan Crespo / Mia Degner / Paul Destieu / Hondartza Fraga / Míriam Grau / Luna Haro / Maud Haya-Baviera / Dan Hudson / Jaume.tv / Carlos Jiménez / Avi Krispin / Marco Montiel-Soto / Guillem Morales – Erre que Erre / Anna Moreno / Luisa Mota / Damir Ocko / Andreas Pashias / Mònica Porta / Gintare Rakickaite / Augustin Rebetez / Leyla Rodriguez & Cristian Straub / Alicja Rogalska / Xavi S.H / Pilar Talavera / Albert Triviño / Keren Zaltz.
Come and join the celebration from Friday 20th May (opening at 7pm) to Thursday 9th June
Friday 20th May (7 pm): opening.
Thursday 9th June (7:30pm): talk with the curators and some of the participating artists.
Wednesday 1st June (7pm): Conference “New techniques and formats to show videos in exhibiting contexts” by Miguel Tresserras (Project Director, Charmex Internacional S. A.), with the participation of artists and curators of the exhibition.
Images: ©Bastet (2008) Alicja Rogalska / ©Three Quarter (2010) Gintare Rakickaite / ©Une Sensation de vide (2011) Juanma Carrillo