https://marcvillanuevamir.com Marc Villanueva Mir Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:50:04 +0000 https://marcvillanuevamir.com en https://marcvillanuevamir.com/The-transparent-factory Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:50:04 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/The-transparent-factory The transparent factoryVisual arts exhibition curated by Marc Villanueva Mir <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4c4f50aae601bb193ddc776b298b9dcb937970dfb07993d66a91fda7c26cbfd/fabrica01.jpg" data-mid="215616496" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e4c4f50aae601bb193ddc776b298b9dcb937970dfb07993d66a91fda7c26cbfd/fabrica01.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf3c272a35276a7741caca2c015620a89475556aaefe1fee14c1d130cb9f87cc/fabrica02.jpg" data-mid="215616500" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/cf3c272a35276a7741caca2c015620a89475556aaefe1fee14c1d130cb9f87cc/fabrica02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/892aa6a6d812f8b98deaf9f4a631663dafc961dcbbf24802c1047d772704c33a/fabrica04.jpg" data-mid="215616499" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/892aa6a6d812f8b98deaf9f4a631663dafc961dcbbf24802c1047d772704c33a/fabrica04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d4501ad143f89f6bb6f1b199e5c20cc697e0f2c7002db6819cdbc09c955bae3/fabrica05.jpg" data-mid="215616498" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/1d4501ad143f89f6bb6f1b199e5c20cc697e0f2c7002db6819cdbc09c955bae3/fabrica05.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9894cf64c12ab3bdf2751710365b5f60d62c40341586524f4a3575ec87c04af2/fabrica03.jpg" data-mid="215616497" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/9894cf64c12ab3bdf2751710365b5f60d62c40341586524f4a3575ec87c04af2/fabrica03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec8f6c57c82921e215c7623e3d80555fb718069ce35619d4ff6fa0ba8fd435a9/fabrica06.jpg" data-mid="215616495" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ec8f6c57c82921e215c7623e3d80555fb718069ce35619d4ff6fa0ba8fd435a9/fabrica06.jpg" /> One of the first shots in the history of cinema is the exit from a factory. Filmed in 1895 by the Lumière brothers in front of their own photographic equipment factory, the famous sequence shows us how, in 45 seconds and at the moment of crossing the threshold, the workers cease to be a homogeneous group and become a scattered multitude. Taking as its title the research by the artist Octavi Comeron on art and post-Fordism, The Transparent Factory invites us to rethink our relationships with work and leisure in an increasingly digital and automated world. In the transparent factory, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish when we are inside and when we are outside. The pieces that make up the exhibition invite us to think about the automation of gestures, the routines of video games, the bodily memory of work, voluntarily exploiting ourselves, and wasting time. And, in parallel, they also question how our relationship with images is transforming as a way of approaching reality. Artists Marta Azparren, Alán Carrasco, Raquel Friera, Roc Parés, Mónica Rikić, Total Refusal, Ezequiel Soriano and Marc Villanueva Mir Curated by Marc Villanueva Mir Panòptic Team Roc Domingo and Elisenda Triadó Photography Helena Roig Graphic Design Octavi Serra Organised by&nbsp;Associació Cultural Panòptic, a resident project at&nbsp;M|A|C (Museum of Contemporary Art in Mataró), with the collaboration of&nbsp;New Art Foundation. CAT/ EN/ ES WithMarta Azparren Alán Carrasco Raquel FrieraRoc Parés Mónica Rikić Total RefusalEzequiel Soriano Festival Panòptic Currently on displayMartorell | Muxart02.10.26-10.01.27 Upcoming datesGranollers | Roca Umbert21.01.26-14.03.26 Past datesVilanova i la Geltrú | Centre d’art contemporani La Sala15.05.-28.06.26 Sabadell | Museu d’Art de Sabadell29.02.-03.05.26 Vic | ACVIC 07.10.25-10.01.26 Mataró | M|A|C30.05.-23.06.24 https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Understory-2 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:53:03 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Understory-2 Understory CAT/ EN/ ES In 2020, we started Understory with the desire to bring the perspective of the microscopic world to the stage and listen to other stories, not necessarily told by humans. Bacteria that live without oxygen and breathe gold, cells that change gender, organisms composed of more than one individual, extraterrestrial fungi, or plants from other worlds. Together, the five pieces that make up Understory invite us to adopt a new perspective on what we do not see or understand, approaching different ways of explaining it: from scientific discourse to popular traditions; from colonial narratives to alien contact. https://marcvillanuevamir.com/When-we-leave-the-school-the-lights-come-on Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:47:53 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/When-we-leave-the-school-the-lights-come-on When we leave the school, the lights come onMarc Villanueva Mir IN RESIDENCE at INS Maria Espinalt <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72a65987a9a28171ef9ad63b3d21085ac9da63a71a4cbfb28fcff6d278d3573e/Violeta_IMG-20210526-WA0011.jpg" data-mid="109810595" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/72a65987a9a28171ef9ad63b3d21085ac9da63a71a4cbfb28fcff6d278d3573e/Violeta_IMG-20210526-WA0011.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccb64a66875c302ead63af497650ded5b46217195f49989a584592f2d6ca3ca1/er02.jpg" data-mid="109809659" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ccb64a66875c302ead63af497650ded5b46217195f49989a584592f2d6ca3ca1/er02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09d899326026a99dc2a47c1f13845666523ebedf59e0c46f231d85492fa055fb/er03.jpg" data-mid="109809660" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/09d899326026a99dc2a47c1f13845666523ebedf59e0c46f231d85492fa055fb/er03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0308547654a6dafb79803e5383397d1c5e87dec5f118b760f2c352b248bcab3/er04.jpg" data-mid="109809661" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e0308547654a6dafb79803e5383397d1c5e87dec5f118b760f2c352b248bcab3/er04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13257024ddae81cb1c571a2052e3288a0a2aeb2bac30c731d0329949b260ddf2/er05.jpg" data-mid="109809662" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/13257024ddae81cb1c571a2052e3288a0a2aeb2bac30c731d0329949b260ddf2/er05.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4049daf879b48d8bd4126220af5ddb6844fbb0316a7f61bfd099e17231c7c319/er01.jpg" data-mid="109809658" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/4049daf879b48d8bd4126220af5ddb6844fbb0316a7f61bfd099e17231c7c319/er01.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/959c88503d443330caabbcf2326e039ddf0e217dac3cbea8d0c6812d0ca28571/er07.jpg" data-mid="109809664" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/959c88503d443330caabbcf2326e039ddf0e217dac3cbea8d0c6812d0ca28571/er07.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f485e774a14e15945296a4181e45daebb133b94b5cbd2ce1b514260932780335/er08.jpg" data-mid="109809665" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/f485e774a14e15945296a4181e45daebb133b94b5cbd2ce1b514260932780335/er08.jpg" /> The Teatre Lliure passes the baton in the Creadors en RESiDÈNCiA [Artists in RESIDENCE] programme in the 20/21 season to the artist Marc Villanueva Mir, who is undertaking his project with the students at the Maria Espinalt Secondary Institute in Barcelona. Marc Villanueva Mir began the process with an interest in how adolescents had experienced lockdown, and how they continued to relate to the disciplinary and authoritarian issues involved in the pandemic. Since this initial impetus, the project has been transformed into an exploration of the concept of work: what does work mean? Why do we work? What is the difference between working and not working? What activities would we like to earn a salary for? They are immersing themselves in the world of video games to answer these questions. This is a universe with very close links to adolescence (perhaps more than ever, at a time of pandemics and social distancing), which is full of loops, routines, customisable avatars and virtual currencies. It is also an economic sector that has seen its profits soar during the pandemic, and which primarily targets boys and girls aged between 8 and 15 years old. Together, they attempt to understand video games as a foreshadowing and model of the labour market. By and with Nisha Andrade, Mario Anthonysz, Sara Bernal, Maxi Cano, Mar Canosa, Lara Giménez, Muhammad Gondal, Ninna Guardiani, Iker Iglesias, Tadeo Kompare, Ona Laguarde, Ziyu Liu, Valeria Nicolás, Berta Núñez and Armand Rodrigo Professor Guillem Baladia Teatre Lliure Curators Alícia Gorina and Violeta Sugranyes With the special collaboration of Carlos Gallardo, Pau Matas, Xesca Salvà, Gerard Valverde With special thanks to Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raquel Cors, Francesco Giaveri, Dani Lacasa, Blanca Munarriz, and Teatre Lliure’s crew Creadors En RESiDÈNCiA [Artists in RESIDENCE] is a programme by the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB)&nbsp;and the Barcelona Education Consortium (CEB), with the involvement of the Teatre Lliure, which aims to encourage contemporary artistic creation in secondary schools by placing the students in direct and continuous contact with an artist. CAT/ EN/ ES Previous dates Barcelona | Teatre Lliure26.05.2021 16h/ 17:30h/ 19h https://marcvillanuevamir.com/El-candidato-o-candidata-2 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:28:45 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/El-candidato-o-candidata-2 El candidato (o candidata)Marc Villanueva Mir <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04f93ccee3df1dfd57393f752a78759d61b27c8f7397b5d432c75770076e4c63/ecoc01.jpg" data-mid="65591761" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/04f93ccee3df1dfd57393f752a78759d61b27c8f7397b5d432c75770076e4c63/ecoc01.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d145277e4eb281b88c06ae0ffe5931f1a225997c9912e83f388994a34907e92/ecoc02.jpg" data-mid="65591764" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/1d145277e4eb281b88c06ae0ffe5931f1a225997c9912e83f388994a34907e92/ecoc02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c422ceaeb5fe82d9d7a7ea1e9be5605a6e9a1767d534d3cc6f280fff97e9c18/ecoc03.jpg" data-mid="65591766" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0c422ceaeb5fe82d9d7a7ea1e9be5605a6e9a1767d534d3cc6f280fff97e9c18/ecoc03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06baf66eaef28537b428ee20a22997c6d790d1b2f84c69cd3e20c945646e230f/ecoc04.jpg" data-mid="65591769" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/06baf66eaef28537b428ee20a22997c6d790d1b2f84c69cd3e20c945646e230f/ecoc04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e605600ad0298c2c0985b7e3a0f56a7b2a478245cbec126dd3cc3c06df4f21e8/ecoc05.jpg" data-mid="65591771" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e605600ad0298c2c0985b7e3a0f56a7b2a478245cbec126dd3cc3c06df4f21e8/ecoc05.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/746ac70a631ce8f89c567c83f61400f70849fd36a90e2cc7a9f9154a69bdec33/ecoc06.jpg" data-mid="65591773" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/746ac70a631ce8f89c567c83f61400f70849fd36a90e2cc7a9f9154a69bdec33/ecoc06.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d481f10d6de7ef54076ee80dce17e46b50849305e72a7415b00831ceb29c4249/ecoc07.jpg" data-mid="65591775" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/d481f10d6de7ef54076ee80dce17e46b50849305e72a7415b00831ceb29c4249/ecoc07.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6852cbf4df7e3366c97972ec0ae17d6d1bcc86d7b7a624023d2402b3d8757b10/ecoc08.jpg" data-mid="65591777" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/6852cbf4df7e3366c97972ec0ae17d6d1bcc86d7b7a624023d2402b3d8757b10/ecoc08.jpg" /> El candidato (o candidata) is a second stage of development of the project El candidato. The rare strategy board game known in French as djambi, which seemed to have first appeared in Paris during the May 1968, is retrieved as a stage for political dispute, now in three simultaneous boards by three groups of players. Big screw heads are arranged on top of boards made of paving stones and manhole covers, and become militants, candidates, journalists and murderers. These figures are engaged, in the hands of the players, in a merciless fight over power. Spectators become players and political representatives, as well as part of an immersive apparatus where sound, video and lighting react directly according to their choices, and which produces a tense atmosphere that amplifies the conflict. El candidato (o candidata) uses a game as a reflection on the mechanisms of power production and perpetuation. This performance was granted the Audience Award at the Fast Forward Festival 2022 in Dresden. “The game scalates incredibly fast: we hold political speeches, whisper to each other between move and move, giggle about our strategic thoughts. It feels as if our whole mistrust and disappointment about all the wrongs of human societies could be all of a sudden emotionally expressed in a muddled way: through our embodiment of the role of politicians in the utmost cynical and dark way.” Sebastian Köhte, “Mach auch kaputt, was dich nicht kaputt macht”, Theater der Dinge - Festival-BlogWith Marc Villanueva Mir and Gerard Valverde Ros Concept and performance Marc Villanueva MirSound design Gerard Valverde Ros Electronics and video design Marc Villanueva Mir Board construction Marc Villanueva Mir and EGM Artistic advisory&nbsp;Alán Carrasco and Mònica Almirall Production Viola Sprengel Photography Sílvia Poch With special thanks to Estanis Aboal, Dominique Doguet, Carlos Franke, Li Lorian, Thomas Meckel, Carme Mir, Hèctor Mora Campón, Verónica Navas, Xavier Le Roy, Xesca Salvà, Nora Schneider, Bernhard Siebert, Gerald Siegmund, Ricard Villanueva Coproduction of&nbsp;Festival TNT - Terrassa Noves Tendències, Teatre Lliure, Theater neben dem Turm, Hessische Theaterakademie and&nbsp;Institut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, with the collaboration of&nbsp;Giessener Hochschulgesellschaft CAT/ EN/ ES With Gerard Valverde RosPrevious datesBarcelona | Fundació Joan Brossa12.-14.12.24 18h/ 21h15.12.24 12:30h Barcelona | Santa Mònica08.11.24 17h/ 19h Figueres | Això al poble no li agradarà02.06.24 11h/ 19h Dresden | Fast Forward Festival11.11.22 18h/ 21h12.11.22 14h/ 20h13.11.22 14h/ 18h Barcelona | Institut del Teatre13.10.20 12:45h Marburg | Theater neben dem Turm13.03.20 18h/ 22h Barcelona | Teatre Lliure24.01.20 18h/ 21h25.01.20 18h/ 21h https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Prospective-Actions-Catalunya-2004-2018 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:40:58 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Prospective-Actions-Catalunya-2004-2018 Prospective Actions (Catalunya 2004 - 2018)Laura Clos Closca, Pau Masaló, Xesca Salvà, Marc Villanueva Mir <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71e17589854c65b82ac2bb222d0a38c8b40333e07c543bb4f00e3a1c99a5e88c/prospective01.jpg" data-mid="47199180" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/71e17589854c65b82ac2bb222d0a38c8b40333e07c543bb4f00e3a1c99a5e88c/prospective01.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/486e303adae5019a0d8c25cc82859a52511178edabd14f97e743628495970330/prospective02.jpg" data-mid="47199181" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/486e303adae5019a0d8c25cc82859a52511178edabd14f97e743628495970330/prospective02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05e82427cc9180416ec4f80efe4508c0fdd79fe5e029e68b4b67f6a89d6d8852/prospective03.jpg" data-mid="47199182" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/05e82427cc9180416ec4f80efe4508c0fdd79fe5e029e68b4b67f6a89d6d8852/prospective03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4e3473e671daba8d476d055e3da6553a32452d4b4d73cef2fd9cf71116a8ba8/prospective04.jpg" data-mid="47199183" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/d4e3473e671daba8d476d055e3da6553a32452d4b4d73cef2fd9cf71116a8ba8/prospective04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c64f8be3676b748fb327a2dfa588ca9ed0a0703d88775109e488f72d71144c54/prospective05.jpg" data-mid="47199184" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c64f8be3676b748fb327a2dfa588ca9ed0a0703d88775109e488f72d71144c54/prospective05.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e992b7ea39d1524eaab2f5fb14f549d1855384d8d6e9d7e1004899041f41ce8b/prospective06.jpg" data-mid="47199186" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e992b7ea39d1524eaab2f5fb14f549d1855384d8d6e9d7e1004899041f41ce8b/prospective06.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0648e51a970ddaad39db69c915020a3ceb176eb7240afafca19dffe10f4eb352/prospective07.jpg" data-mid="47199187" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0648e51a970ddaad39db69c915020a3ceb176eb7240afafca19dffe10f4eb352/prospective07.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e050fe06c966a62d3b9d0e6b224b44b4fdfe90f98cfae48c38c68429c32f3ee/prospective08.jpg" data-mid="47199189" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/7e050fe06c966a62d3b9d0e6b224b44b4fdfe90f98cfae48c38c68429c32f3ee/prospective08.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4eda67e70e48920ab762206b8f8481bf779f7623e03992cae98305cccd72185f/prospective09.jpg" data-mid="47199190" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/4eda67e70e48920ab762206b8f8481bf779f7623e03992cae98305cccd72185f/prospective09.jpg" /> If performative strategies are constantly enacted by states to sustain their power structures, we also see an increasing number of resistance actions being deployed by grassroots movements that rely on alternative performances of spaces and bodies, and which become able to inspire and challenge stage design. Prospective Actions (Catalunya 2004-2018) is a participative multimedia installation that approaches this question ahead of six social conflicts that took place in Catalonia in the last 15 years, and which showcase a strong tension between police control and the opening up of new forms to use and produce public space. We invited six Catalan scenographers who started working in the nineties to help us think about these conflicts, as well as about the position of arts in front of political struggles and the interweavings between studio and street. A big round table becomes a board game, a stage for potential actions and a meeting point between two generations, separated by the breakout of the financial crisis and its impact on life, working conditions and worldviews. This installation was granted the Best Exhibition Award in the Exhibition of Countries and Regions at the Praque Quadriennal 2019. “The disembodied voice of a Catalan designer tells me to take the objects out of the white Formica drawer in front of me. I lay a table. I make a barricade. I watch a video of Spanish police brutally beat Catalans trying to vote in Barcelona. I look across to see my neighbour arrange pins in felt to mimic the groupings of protestors. There are six of us sat at this table, each meditatively engaged in minute tasks that re-enact Catalan politics, six social conflicts over the last 15 years with nothing more complex that balloons, stickers, tableware and pins.” Francesca Pechier, “A transformative tour of Prague Quadriennal”, Exeunt Magazine Concept and design Laura Clos Closca, Pau Masaló, Xesca Salvà, Marc Villanueva MirCurated by Bibiana Puigdefàbregas, Marta Rafa Invited scenographers&nbsp;Anna Alcubierre, Paco Azorín, Cube.bz, Sílvia Delagneau, Max Glaenzel, Eugenio Szwarcer Construction Jorba-Miró, Estudi Taller d’Escenografia Electronic design Carlos Franke Sound design Gerard Valverde Video Alfonso Ferri Video assistant Laia Tubío Technical management Roger Orra Photography Julia Bauer, Xenia Cubí Production Maria Guillén English translation Pere Bramon, Neil Charlton Czech translation Eliška Raiterová Catalan voiceover Núria Martínez-Vernis English voiceover Herbert Graf, Amélie Haller, Maria Huber, Martin Müller Czech voiceover Nina Jacques, Bořek Joura, Nataša Mikulová, Ian Mikyska With special thanks to Eduardo Cáliz, Toni Cervantes, Cesca Fora Production of Institut del Teatre with the collaboration of Institut Ramon Llull [+ info and documentation] CAT/ EN/ ES Previous dates Olot | Teatre Principal30.9.-3.10.202118h - 20h Barcelona | Mercat de les Flors15.10.-22.11.202018h/ 19h/ 20h Prague | PQ19 6.-16.6.2019 https://marcvillanuevamir.com/El-candidato Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:43:51 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/El-candidato El candidatoMarc Villanueva Mir <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f98580de192f5d55b6290d093e48d23fbdf4774d1d6b4f7d4b0c1640b16025c2/elcandidato09.jpg" data-mid="25983885" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/f98580de192f5d55b6290d093e48d23fbdf4774d1d6b4f7d4b0c1640b16025c2/elcandidato09.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e2e75ea2d6e6dce542ef487d56e9760a7b08494156a594c9ad11fb10cac0216/elcandidato03.jpg" data-mid="25983878" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/4e2e75ea2d6e6dce542ef487d56e9760a7b08494156a594c9ad11fb10cac0216/elcandidato03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/354fe8a9ad6f838604155b509a384e41ce82fb50904538d233390a6701620d65/elcandidato07.jpg" data-mid="25983883" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/354fe8a9ad6f838604155b509a384e41ce82fb50904538d233390a6701620d65/elcandidato07.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5c04d4932a36ec905cc4af8fab0152ca53156436bdd8ed2b760a40a7afde70b/elcandidato02.jpg" data-mid="25983877" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/f5c04d4932a36ec905cc4af8fab0152ca53156436bdd8ed2b760a40a7afde70b/elcandidato02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/398ce17ad5a3090f9cb00a685a174c2e0ad4c0ab461d5e0826e321a02d89e10c/elcandidato08.jpg" data-mid="25983884" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/398ce17ad5a3090f9cb00a685a174c2e0ad4c0ab461d5e0826e321a02d89e10c/elcandidato08.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0787d63615a9b03d1684fa4ab8cfdb7a372e1581246f7cd2de13cdd5bffb2c13/elcandidato05.jpg" data-mid="25983880" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0787d63615a9b03d1684fa4ab8cfdb7a372e1581246f7cd2de13cdd5bffb2c13/elcandidato05.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee10ddcbf82f1578425e09e494fcfdf390134ea99b4e2b45ab4212989901f69b/elcandidato04.jpg" data-mid="25983879" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/ee10ddcbf82f1578425e09e494fcfdf390134ea99b4e2b45ab4212989901f69b/elcandidato04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b06c3c32d74056bcd53870b57107b2162eb2b79670cc8af4bc8b15fccfd1624f/elcandidato12.jpg" data-mid="25983891" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/b06c3c32d74056bcd53870b57107b2162eb2b79670cc8af4bc8b15fccfd1624f/elcandidato12.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95939ded1294bf3cbe952ca7a4b4855cc77f76a20752ff98aa12dc5eadc1ec6/elcandidato06.jpg" data-mid="25983881" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/d95939ded1294bf3cbe952ca7a4b4855cc77f76a20752ff98aa12dc5eadc1ec6/elcandidato06.jpg" /> 1969. In the midst of the very singular political situation that followed May 1968, the independent bookshop and publisher&nbsp;L’Impensé Radical, specialised in rare strategy games, opens in Paris (Rue de Médicis 1). One of its particular aims: to deploy strategy games as a model to decipher the mechanisms of political power and practices of domination. Fifty years after the demonstrations and occupations of May 1968, El Candidato retrieves one of the board games published by L’Impensé, and invites you to a performative game night for eight players in a private flat. El Candidato creates a playful situation around a table, in order to think collectively of what “politics” currently may mean, and specially of what “political” actually means. “The Candidate retrieves a board game of the seventies in order to think about the most savage political logics. The spectators are therefore turned into candidates lead by two goals: knock down their opponents and reach the top of the hill. The performative game is much more than just a game, and becomes soon a direct mirror of the highest political levels to show how any good will is unavoidably crushed by the voracious and destructive seduction of power.” Núria Juanico, “El TNT escanya el poder i celebra la vida”, AraBy and with Marc Villanueva MirSound composition&nbsp;Gerard Valverde Ros Artistic advisory Alán Carrasco Production Viola Sprengel Photography Elisenda Triadó With special thanks to Estanis Aboal, Dominique Doguet, Carlos Franke, Li Lorian, Thomas Meckel, Carme Mir, Hèctor Mora Campón, Verónica Navas, Xesca Salvà, Ricard Villanueva Coproduction of Festival TNT - Terrassa Noves Tendències, with the support of Giessener Hochschulgesellschaft and Institut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft CAT/ EN/ ES With Gerard Valverde Ros Previous dates Berlin | Theater der Dinge25.10.19 17h/ 19:30h26.10.19 17h/ 19:30h27.10.19 17h/ 19:30h Urones de Castroponce | Fetal9.8.19. 17h/ 19:30h 10.8.19. 17h/ 19:30h 11.8.19. 17h/ 19:30h Terrassa | Festival TNT28.9.18. 10h/ 12:30h/ 17h 29.9.18.&nbsp;10h/ 12:30h/ 17h 30.9.18.&nbsp;10h/ 12:30h/ 17h https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Correspondence-1-on-the-importance-of-time-and-place-the-territory Tue, 13 Mar 2018 23:37:10 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Correspondence-1-on-the-importance-of-time-and-place-the-territory Correspondence #1 on the importance of time and place, the territoryLi Lorian &amp; Marc Villanueva Mir <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/095ec2145227e5fad526a69e4996ffb4a927c37ce717d7e3382574027ca1b060/cor05.jpg" data-mid="16396550" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/095ec2145227e5fad526a69e4996ffb4a927c37ce717d7e3382574027ca1b060/cor05.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a34dcf693373ba174babbd9c9335810c98798ff5452cc4c2103d06f3f790a6e/cor03.jpg" data-mid="16396548" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5a34dcf693373ba174babbd9c9335810c98798ff5452cc4c2103d06f3f790a6e/cor03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd8e286085b6e56a126980dc35104512b200cb8c64c2f220180580e2a1e19576/cor02.jpg" data-mid="16396547" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/dd8e286085b6e56a126980dc35104512b200cb8c64c2f220180580e2a1e19576/cor02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cd5da7af95c4f519604fca79fd640a84adde0dd2ff5f965cd17b297879d4428/correspondence04.jpg" data-mid="12919353" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/0cd5da7af95c4f519604fca79fd640a84adde0dd2ff5f965cd17b297879d4428/correspondence04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/533e9a6867a6ad2fd14227d57501f1def14088b2ea48e0767df1ce70abf7d970/correspondence03.jpg" data-mid="12919352" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/533e9a6867a6ad2fd14227d57501f1def14088b2ea48e0767df1ce70abf7d970/correspondence03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/064a6d1cd9b1d8e35980092e051a3cbb6958accc21dd0c046168f0a574e4d699/cor06.jpg" data-mid="16396551" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/064a6d1cd9b1d8e35980092e051a3cbb6958accc21dd0c046168f0a574e4d699/cor06.jpg" /> When thinking of “landscape”, the first idea that usually comes to mind is of a static and peaceful view on a territory. But when we think of the landscapes of the countries we come from (Israel/Palestine and Spain/ Catalonia) we have to see in them unceasing conflicts. Checkpoints, urban development prompted by racist agendas and/or attempts to contrive an urban utopia by means of demographic engineering shape our landscapes, through operations that demand and enact oppression. Recent events like the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem or the clashes during the Catalan referendum show the underlying tensions and the fragility of these environments. Always on the edge, the proximity of a breaking point constantly threatens the spaces that bear a reality that is already broken. Either Franco’s dictatorship in Spain or the Palestinian Nakba, our approach in this performance consists of tracing back the current struggles to their respective breaking point, in order to understand the present we inherited. Correspondence #1 is a lecture-performance fruit of the collaboration between Li Lorian (Jerusalem) and Marc Villanueva Mir (Barcelona). What starts as a lecture on spatial conceptualization of utopian and dystopian thinking, transforms into a travel through personal archives, political statements, accents, screenshots, bookmarks, subtitles and voice-overs. The shared narrative we weave in form of a staged-correspondence aims to draw a visual and conceptual journey between Jerusalem, Barcelona and Gießen; a collage of memories, observations and representations of the multiple and complex realities we inhabit and that at the same time inhabit us.&nbsp;Using the performative power and discourse that both utopia and dystopia nowadays entail, we explore interferences between actual and ideal, politics and literature, reality and fiction, spaces and places, in order to revisit the cities and landscapes we come from and our concerns with them, and to question the role they play in constituting our sense of home and notion of belonging. “The artists are engaged in a personally close and at the same time geographically distant correspondence, which opens up windows towards actual as well as imaginary landscapes and architectures, towards a complex weaving of countries and continents, self-images and successive approaches to each other. Their cultural and political backgrounds are revealed as shaped by power structures as much as by the potentials of a transformation which is initiated by the people that dwell in them.” Ellen WagnerBy and with Li Lorian &amp; Marc Villanueva Mir Photography Annika Weertz Video documentation Nora Schneider With special thanks to Tal Haran, Sarianna Kankkunen, Danny Kronberg, Mireia Pérez, Martina Ruhsam, Ia Tanskanen,&nbsp;Aviv Tatarsky, The Mouth and the Foot, Navadei Haukaf With the support of Festival der jungen Talente, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Gießener Hochschulgesellschaft and Institut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft CAT/ EN/ ES WithLi Lorian Previous dates Bremen | Outnow! Festival8.6.19. 17h Madrid | Teatro Pradillo21.2.19. 21h22.2.19. 21h23.2.19. 21h Budapest | FACT Festival2.2.19. 21h Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurt LAB · HTA-Werkschau20.10.18. 17h Frankfurt am Main | Festival der jungen Talente4.5.18. 21h5.5.18. 14:15h https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Sous-la-plage Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:52:23 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/Sous-la-plage Sous la plageMarc Villanueva Mir, Gerard Valverde Ros, Mohammad Bitari <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26672476db79632716d21500d6ff7be1a5fbe6668284b865f40d3c30e6164fe2/slp01.jpg" data-mid="12313948" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/26672476db79632716d21500d6ff7be1a5fbe6668284b865f40d3c30e6164fe2/slp01.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb5ed9e8caecab8d547387b00de31b7a5683d34568202d601465693c946b7879/slp09.jpg" data-mid="12344619" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/eb5ed9e8caecab8d547387b00de31b7a5683d34568202d601465693c946b7879/slp09.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ad36ee4aa8e05ed8056f9c5b516de8bd72f106e8bce3afa7e39a0affbbfff6c/slp08.jpg" data-mid="12344620" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/2ad36ee4aa8e05ed8056f9c5b516de8bd72f106e8bce3afa7e39a0affbbfff6c/slp08.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84907cef6cc161819c4a635ca3e66d1c4dac934bc55f9bd4d0a1755da5fbc279/slp04.jpg" data-mid="12313944" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/84907cef6cc161819c4a635ca3e66d1c4dac934bc55f9bd4d0a1755da5fbc279/slp04.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="901" width_o="600" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b7c1a00fa0afb0bf30de17488414c5d4f3b50e347ea47cea865411484355d5f/slp05.jpg" data-mid="12313946" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/7b7c1a00fa0afb0bf30de17488414c5d4f3b50e347ea47cea865411484355d5f/slp05.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="804" width_o="1200" height_o="804" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a8c349a27a028f670c5d28b0b158469f36c721dd90e1d2daedc1e62abf92c15/slp07.jpg" data-mid="12344615" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a8c349a27a028f670c5d28b0b158469f36c721dd90e1d2daedc1e62abf92c15/slp07.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="534" width_o="800" height_o="534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c067909b640b081fc1910c41399d64f95932b3e0c08df5e208e30f8876857ef2/slp06.jpg" data-mid="12313947" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c067909b640b081fc1910c41399d64f95932b3e0c08df5e208e30f8876857ef2/slp06.jpg" /> In May 1968, Paris was the scenario of an uprising in defence of freedom and against the established authority; an uprising that has become an icon in the European revolutionary tradition. Among the slogans shouted out on the streets, the most famous one was one that expressed the hope of finding a new beginning under the paving stones: Sous les pavés, la plage. However, the conflicts which had lately occurred in the Arab world have showed an opposite image to these words: hundreds of people drowning in the Mediterranean Sea; hundreds of people standing in front of a fence finding out that under the beaches of Europe there are paving stones as well. Sous la plage is a lecture performance on the construction of the European discourse on the Arab springs and the so-called “refugee crisis”, and a electroacoustic concert on the construction of identity and memory. With the help of a series of sound and video players, played live by the Syrian-born Palestinian journalist Mohammad Bitari, Sous la plage orchestrates a composition of acoustic and visual landscapes through the use and contraposition of documents coming as much from media as from subjective discourses, with the aim of providing a space of personal and critical reflection to counter the flood of of Europe-biased news. “Syria's hell has sent into exile almost five million refugees, including many activists who used art to denounce the oppression of the al-Assad’s regime. Mohammad Bitari is one of them. (...) Villanueva and Valverde remind us that ‘the refugee crisis is a European crisis’. A crisis that ‘is not humanitarian but political’.”Cristina Mas, “Sous la plage: una altra mirada als refugiats”, Ara Concept Marc Villanueva Mir &amp; Gerard Valverde Ros Performer Mohammad Bitari Sound composition Gerard Valverde Ros Text and direction Marc Villanueva Mir Research and documentation Mireia Pérez Teaser Mireia Pérez, Maria Besora Photography Lydia Cazorla, Anna Pujol Batllosera With the special collaboration of Mireia Sallarès With special thanks to Francesc Abad, Xavier Aragall, Núria Font, Jaume Forés, Rita Gratacòs, Nuria Legarda, Cristina Mas, Alessia Neumann, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Marcus Sanders, Miquel Santaulària, Luisa Sancho Escanero, Laura Sanz, Lluís Serra, Closca Turla, Tantàgora Serveis Culturals, Associació Cultural La Trilateral, Mònica Rius, Lluc Valverde, Ricard Villanueva, Hanke Wilsman A coproduction of Festival TNT - Terrassa Noves Tendències and Frankfurt LAB with the support of Sala d’Art Jove and Bòlit Contemporary Arts Centre, with the collaboration of European Institute of the Mediterranean, PEN International Catalan Centre&nbsp;and hangar.org Production prize Art Jove 2016 and shortlisted work at the Stückemarkt 2017 of Berlin download fanzine [en] download dossier [en] CAT/ EN/ ES With Gerard Valverde Ros Previous dates Lloret de Mar | Teatre de Lloret7.12.18. 21h Madrid | Festival ÍDEM15.9.18. 22h 16.9.18. 22h Barcelona | Festival Grec Pro 5.7.17. 16:30h Barcelona | La Casa Elizalde 15.6.17. 19h València | Festival Cabanyal Íntim 19.5.17. 19h Barcelona | La Casa Elizalde 16.2.17. 20:30h Barcelona | Sala Beckett 3.2.17. 19h 4.2.17. 19h Girona | Bòlit 21.1.17. 20h Terrassa | Festival TNT 1.10.16. 11h/ 16:30h/ 20h Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurt LAB 26.8.16. 19h https://marcvillanuevamir.com/BCN-enough-excuses Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:24:16 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/BCN-enough-excuses BCN enough excusesMarc&nbsp;Villanueva Mir &amp; Alán Carrasco <img width="800" height="534" width_o="800" height_o="534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aba931f3149c2d35ce2fa013e2018ef2ff48c36098acd876ef6f6dfdb317fd59/bcnpe01.jpg" data-mid="12893849" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/aba931f3149c2d35ce2fa013e2018ef2ff48c36098acd876ef6f6dfdb317fd59/bcnpe01.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/925bd0ff8399c8332b4afb25a4650d432556805f68e0aaeff1afb01e4c0cd52f/bcnpe02.jpg" data-mid="12893857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/925bd0ff8399c8332b4afb25a4650d432556805f68e0aaeff1afb01e4c0cd52f/bcnpe02.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5af3e4134cc1fe652d6abecf6ffe9fa369d977151721d41a7d9139c24b21a5e/bcnpe03.jpg" data-mid="12893864" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/e5af3e4134cc1fe652d6abecf6ffe9fa369d977151721d41a7d9139c24b21a5e/bcnpe03.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cce1add991fd2bf14dbf386d1b784d32bff33c7a3ab06f3a678081d3476740e/bcnpe04.jpg" data-mid="12893870" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/3cce1add991fd2bf14dbf386d1b784d32bff33c7a3ab06f3a678081d3476740e/bcnpe04.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49be31ab9ae6c206b3dbda8a37139652a8b13a1f83f15fbfc9142a0039a815b3/bcnpe05.jpg" data-mid="12893875" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/49be31ab9ae6c206b3dbda8a37139652a8b13a1f83f15fbfc9142a0039a815b3/bcnpe05.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f1a3b7c5d85f7c8eb504c5ae3d70d5c307cead309777318ac83037a682154bb/bcnpe06.jpg" data-mid="12893880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/4f1a3b7c5d85f7c8eb504c5ae3d70d5c307cead309777318ac83037a682154bb/bcnpe06.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2144dce636137800be26448800fe514cf613db671af4579681a0740fb921618b/bcnpe07.jpg" data-mid="12893887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/2144dce636137800be26448800fe514cf613db671af4579681a0740fb921618b/bcnpe07.jpg" /> The sheltering of Syrian refugees is, from Summer 2015, one of the most urgent challenges for European governments. It is no longer possible to think of the “idea of Europe” evoked by Steiner without facing the rough reality of this political neglect. From the reluctant attitudes of most European governments, the response of Spain is one of the most blatant.&nbsp;From the 19,500 refugees that Spain should have already taken in, according to the Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601, on the 31st of March 2017 less than a 5% of this number has been fulfilled. Opposing this state policy, the Catalan society organized itself and demonstrated strongly in support of the reception of refugees, with the explicit commitment of the Catalan institutions. The numbers are still minimal though: in 2016, only 124 from the 4,500 expected people arrived to Catalonia. The Catalan authorities excuse their political passiveness by referring to the article 149.1.2 of the Spanish Constitution, which specifies that the right of asylum is an exclusive competence of the state. At this point, discussions often reach a dead end. With BCN enough excuses, we proposed an action of disobedience: chartering a bus in Greece for a group of refugees stuck there, and bringing them directly to Barcelona, skipping the red tape and relying on the good will of people and institutions to accomodate and integrate them. This proposal was intentionally naive, and practically impossible to carry out. Our aim was precisely to question and analyze that impossibility. The bus proposal should act as a trigger to interrogate the underlying problems in such an action (from a legal as well as an ethical point of view) and connect them to the struggles of individuals and groups working on that field. It should however be also a provocation to open up a discussion about concepts of legal competence and self-determination, disobedience and responsibility, as well as a question to the real commitment of Catalan authorities to take in refugees. That should be the starting point for a research project through which we would interview all the agents needed for the implementation of this action (from bus companies to local authorities, from the press to activists, from refugees to border police). The recording of all these interviews, together with related documentation, would be uploaded to a website in order to constitute a digital archive, probably rather a cartography of an impossibility than a success story. BCN enough excuses lacked of institutional support and therefore exists only as a project. Concept Marc Villanueva Mir &amp; Alán Carrasco CAT/ EN/ ES With Alán Carrasco https://marcvillanuevamir.com/El-satisfecho-vuelve-la-espalda-a-la-fuente-2 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:13:37 +0000 Marc Villanueva Mir https://marcvillanuevamir.com/El-satisfecho-vuelve-la-espalda-a-la-fuente-2 El satisfecho vuelve la espalda a la fuenteMarc Villanueva Mir &amp; Gerard Valverde Ros <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b29c3f8820f4c1a35198496dcceeba6d59fd8e947f5b9d4509a5ac3077b5b971/radio01.jpg" data-mid="12910237" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/b29c3f8820f4c1a35198496dcceeba6d59fd8e947f5b9d4509a5ac3077b5b971/radio01.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ecde3bb99b96dbfa36e800d14cf05247a8fedf2d1676c68659e8df1e0c24ae2/radio02.jpg" data-mid="12910238" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/6ecde3bb99b96dbfa36e800d14cf05247a8fedf2d1676c68659e8df1e0c24ae2/radio02.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/342733b9e4ac8703ab1e5b00eb6cb6648ec866fb12835c1025f0541f0796b58c/radio03.jpg" data-mid="12910239" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/342733b9e4ac8703ab1e5b00eb6cb6648ec866fb12835c1025f0541f0796b58c/radio03.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5495a581005184c7484c080ad7a916733326c49ecaf4915c8feaf572ddacc44f/radio04.jpg" data-mid="12910240" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5495a581005184c7484c080ad7a916733326c49ecaf4915c8feaf572ddacc44f/radio04.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfdf6c99621d57cacd1b5413313eba92b4d60373809667e0b30b3116cbc01b7e/radio05.jpg" data-mid="12910242" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/bfdf6c99621d57cacd1b5413313eba92b4d60373809667e0b30b3116cbc01b7e/radio05.jpg" /> El satisfecho vuelve la espalda a la fuente is a staged radio work for three performers and several coffee makers that plays with the interaction between the voices and the sounds of the coffee makers, electronically processed and manipulated live. The text materials the performers go through are a collage made of excerpts from the Balance of Payments Manual of the IMF and the user’s manual of a coffee machine, which are interwoven together with excerpts of economical news, users’ complaints about the coffee machine taken from online forums, statistical data and a list of eviction-related suicides in Spain. This superposition and confusion of voices and discourses outlines a reflection on the precariousness of the contemporary Spanish society. The reading of the text is timed and scored with different tasks related to how to read and how to interact with the amplified coffee makers, so hazard and improvisation play an important role in the final output. Text Marc Villanueva Mir Composition and live electronics Gerard Valverde Ros Performers Neus Pàmies, Laura Riera, Xavier Alomà, and several coffee makers Costumes &amp; scene design Alejandra Lorenzo, Patricia Albizu Production Rafael Plana Photography Sergi Panizo Video recording Eric de Gispert Radio work developed for scanner.fm with the support of Institut del Teatre de la Diputació de Barcelona and Fundació Teatre Romea download performance text [multiple languages] CAT/ EN/ ES With Gerard Valverde Ros Previous dates Barcelona | Teatre Romea15.5.17. 19h Barcelona | MAE (Performing Arts Museum)26.3.17. 20h