Spolia Haus

Spolia Haus

Address

Calle de Arganzuela, 11, Nave Izquierda, Centro, 28005 Madrid

Web

https://www.instagram.com/spolia.haus/

Opening

14.09.2024 19:30

Schedule

Jueves 19/09 / 19-22h.
Viernes 20/09 / 17-20h.
Sábado 21/09 / 17-20h.
Domingo 22/09 / 11-15h.

Spolia Haus

The exhibition is a dialogue between two artists, perhaps two poets with two independent pieces that share the same space, Spolia Haus, perhaps they are unknowingly plundering a new space in the center of Madrid.
Two works that speak to us about memory, breathing, entering and leaving, life and death.

We begin with the work La Carencia by Analía Villanueva. In this installation, temporality, ephemerality and disintegration are manifested through a series of slides that capture happy moments: vacations, birthdays, family gatherings, landscapes. However, these images do not belong to any known family album, but are found, anonymous material. The viewer is invited to tour the work, projecting themselves into those unknown but intimate images at the same time.

The work poses a break when these images, static like immaculate memories, begin to fade organically in front of the viewer’s eyes. This irreversible process of destruction turns the viewer into a witness of a memory that will never exist in that form again. As González Requena mentions, «Distance as a constitutive element of the spectacle is revealed to us as a trace of a lack… the viewer experiences this destruction in person.»

The plastic-coated slides, associated with the imperturbability of time, reveal the place for oblivion, thus raising a reflection on the fragility of memory and constancy. Lack leads us to question the possibility of reducing time and memory to a static image, opening a dialogue about the impossibility of freezing the passage of time.

On the other hand, we have the work Apnea by Antone Israel. In this expanded cinema installation, the figure of the swimmer emerges as an intermediary between the visible and the hidden. The mechanical ballet of the automatic loading of the projector gives consistency to the image of the swimmer who catches his breath, immersing himself again and again in the filmic space that separates vision from blindness. In this loop without a stitch, Apnea invites us to reflect on the relationship between perception and reality, exploring the limits of the visible and the invisible in the context of expanded cinema.

By confronting these two works in this industrial space, which in turn contains the memory of Madrid, of a trade that has already disappeared, of walls that in themselves speak to us, a dialogue is established between the fragility of memory, and exploration. of the limits of perception. Each work invites us to reflect on the ephemeral nature of life and the inevitable march of time, exploring the beauty and complexity of what surrounds us.

Text: Mario Gutiérrez Cru

FESTIVAL 2024

11.09.2024

2024 arrives full of moving images with a new edition of the PROYECTOR Festival: New Hertzog Da Silva Awards, 2nd Edition of VERTICAL <25

The PROYECTOR platform showcases and distributes the most experimental and cutting-edge proposals on the international scene. The Festival is known for its non-cinemanormative works—pieces that fall outside traditional approaches, engaging with the space and the active viewer who experiences them.

From September 11 to 22, 2024, 33 venues across the city of Madrid will converge to present new languages and formats through around 100 works of expanded cinema, performance, video art, site-specific and interactive pieces, and unique works premiering at the Festival.

PROYECTOR collaborates with both independent and established spaces, spanning from central neighborhoods to surrounding districts of the capital. These venues are filled with video art proposals curated by the PROYECTOR platform as well as by the galleries and museums participating in the OFF Circuit, each presenting their own programming and resources.

Additionally, PROYECTOR partners with festivals specializing in experimental video art and moving image, such as Loops.Expanded, Muestra Internacional de Videonarración A/R/Tográfica, FIVA, PLAY or Fonlad, Mostra Brasilenha Pioneiras da Videoarte.

But there’s more!

In its 17th edition, the Hertzog Da Silva Awards return! Up to five awards will be awarded to selected works through a public call, judged by this edition’s jury. Each year, the jury features international professionals specializing in experimental video art. This year’s jury includes artist and curator Andrés Denegri (Argentina), curator Marcela Andino (Argentina), and last year’s award-winning artists Amaya Hernández Sigüenza (Spain) and Ting Tong Chang (Taiwan).

Thanks to Hertzog Da Silva, we are launching for the second year the call for young creators who think vertically: VERTICAL <25. With a new public voting system via social media, you can help choose the winner of a production residency in 2025!

PROYECTOR continues to support Madrid’s contemporary art scene by collaborating with the Platform of Independent Contemporary Creation Spaces, which this year includes 16 new venues and, for the first time, opens the doors of artists’ studios. The festival also promotes equality and the internationalization of a free and accessible culture. As such, each year over half of the works presented are by women artists from up to 30 different countries, and all festival activities are free of charge.

Additionally, all events—openings, talks, performances, and workshops—will be streamed online (YouTube, Vimeo) to ensure international accessibility.

The platform collaborates with universities, offering new generations the opportunity to train and integrate into the cultural sector. We thank the associations, galleries, foundations, private companies, embassies, venues, and above all, the artists who make it all possible.

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Rebeca M Urizar, Coordinator
Mario Gutiérrez Cru, Director

CALENDAR

SPONSORSHIP

SUPPORT
Comunidad de Madrid

COLLABORATION
Foro Cultural de Austria, Institut Ramon Llull, Taiwan Ministry of Culture and the Department of Culture Affairs, Taipei City government

CURATORIALSHIP – FESTIVALS
FIVA, Fonlad, Loops.Expanded, Mostra Brasilenha Pioneiras da Videoarte y PLAY

PONSORHIP IN KIN
Bodegas PradoRey y LAV

THANKS
Josefa de la Roca y MIMP

MEDIAPARTNERS
Fluido Rosa

STAFF

Organizer: KREÆ [Instituto Creación Contemporánea
Director: Mario Gutiérrez Cru
Coordinator: Rebeca M Urizar
PROYECTOR OFF Coordinator: Gonzalo de Benito
LAP (Laboratorios Arte PROYECTOR) Coordinator: Ariadna Arce
Production Coordinator: Eloi Costilludo
Production Team: Cecilia Vieira, Giovanna Fernández, Julien Rose, Ramón García del Pomar, Raúl García Collado y Rebeca M Urizar
Marketing and Press Coordinator: Boreal Project
V.I.P. Coordinator: Federica Iozzia
Social Media/Marketing Coordinator: Rebeca M Urízar
Documentation Coordinator: Ángel Arroyo
Documentation and Visual Team: Araceli López, Cris Alonso, Rafhet Guerola, José Peris, Juan Caro, Julien Rose, Luis González, Nicolás Ibáñez
Curatorships: Cecilia Vieira, Mario Gutiérrez Cru, Mía de Diego, Rebeca M Urízar y Yese Astarloa
Mediation and protocol: Bárbara Luquero, Doménica Figari, Marta Delibes, Paula Ibarra, Sergio Agramunt y Tania Carrascosa
TrabslationsDaniel Bell y Teresa Del Pino
GFX Design Coordinator: Mario Gutiérrez Cru
Design Team: Froilán Blanco, Leonor Juárez y Lucía Salvatierra
Web: Mario Gutiérrez Cru
Texts: Agnieszka Jakób, Alain Fernández, Araceli López, Diego Prior, Domenica Figari, Francisco Pradilla, Joana Groba, Juanita Díaz, Luis Cemillán, Mario Gutiérrez Cru, Mía de Diego, Nicola Ibáñez, Rebeca M Urizar, Santiago Colombo y Yese Astarloa

PROYECTOR 2024

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