31 Oct 2011

4th International Forum Art is Action: Performance & Architecture

4th International Forum Art is Action
Performance & Architecture

Antiguo Edificio de Tabacalera – MCU Auditorium

10 NOV• Performances
11 NOV• Forum P&A LAB
11 – 27 NOV• Exhibition

For the fourth year running, the Ministry of Culture is organising the International Art is Action Forum. Going under the title Performance & Architecture, it is made up of a performance workshop and an exhibition, both of which will be held in Antiguo Edificio de Tabacalera, and a forum for reflexion on art and architecture, which will be held at the Ministry of Culture Auditorium.

The project is curated by Ariadna Cantis, an independent architectural curator who divides her activities between spreading knowledge of architecture, research and curating, through projects, exhibitions and publications, with the aim of generating critical opinion on architecture and contemporary culture.

At this 4th Art is Action forum, artists and architects will be working at the limits of their disciplines, blurring the borders between them, in order to explore and reflect on the architectonic aspirations of art, and the artistic aspirations of architecture. Focussing on subjects such as the city, space, the body, and memory, they will tackle their disciplines 'speaking about art from architecture and about architecture from art'.

The participating artists, curators, architects and critics are: Didier Faustino, Pilar Echezarreta, Luis Úrculo, Martin Huberman, Darya von Berner, Andrés Jaque, Héctor Zamora, Bestué – Vives, Pedro Gadanho, Theo Lorenz, Iván López Munuera, Selina Blasco, Carson Chan and Ruth Estevez.

10 NOV ▪ PERFORMANCES
Antiguo Edificio de Tabacalera.
Each artist/architect will be allocated a specific space in which to carry out his/her performance, action or installation.

11 NOV ▪ FORUM P&A LAB
MCU Auditorium
Forum at which successive artists, architects and international curators will present their work, followed by discussion and reflection on the rise of performance in architecture as well as on the use of spatial practices by contemporary artists to colonize vacant plots.

11-27 NOV ▪ EXHIBITION
Antiguo Edificio de Tabacalera
The exhibition will display the work carried out during the development of the performances through a making of video, an installation, action or element that is a symbolic reminder of what happened there, as well as two video installations by artists, one on the city (Héctor Zamora) and the other on domestic space (Bestué Vives).


10 NOV ▪ PERFORMANCES
OPENS: 7pm
ANTIGUO EDIFICIO DE TABACALERA
Calle Embajadores, 53. Madrid

GETTING THERE:
Underground station: Embajadores and Lavapiés (Line 3)
Buses: Numbers 27, 34, 60, 119
Local trains: RENFE (Embajadores)
▪ FREE ENTRY
11 NOV ▪ PERFORMANCES & ARCHITECTURA LAB
MINISTRY OF CULTURE AUDITORIUM
Calle San Marcos, 40. Madrid

GETTING THERE:
Underground station: Chueca (Line 5) and Banco de España (Line 2)
Buses: Number 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 27, 34, 37, 41, 51, 52, 53, 74, 146, 150 y 202
Local trains: RENFE (Recoletos)
▪ OPEN: 19:00 – 22:00h
▪ SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION
▪ FREE ENTRY
11-27 NOV ▪ EXHIBITION
OPENS TO THE PUBLIC: 11 NOV – 7PM
ANTIGUO EDIFICIO DE TABACALERA
Calle Embajadores, 53. Madrid
▪ OPENING HOURS:
Tuesday-Friday: 12pm – 8pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 11am – 8pm
Closed Mondays
▪ FREE ENTRY


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