Contemporary art practices III

PRÁCTICAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS III PRÁCTICAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS III PRÁCTICAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS III

centro negra 18th /21st of may 2017 blanca murcia

edition iii edition iii edition iii AADK Spain organises, on the Museums Day, a special program in which to show to the general audience as well as to a specific cultural programmers, national and international, the work of Spanish artists.

This event highlights Blanca’s Council support of the local artist’s work. It also constitutes a starting point for a serie of international collaborations willing to create alliances that work on the development and diffusion of contemporary art practices.

In this edition, a number of meetings will be carried out with the purpose of settling down the bases for a Trans-Local network. We will also set up an open round table to discuss different approaches on contemporary art practice, and organize a guided tour through Blanca’s main cultural venues and urban interventions. We will share a welcome dinner with the guests programmers and the artists, and will join again for a closure event with live music, a video installation and the current projects of Centro Negra’s residents.

transloca meeting transloca meeting transloca meeting The main aim for the Trans-Local European network that we attempt to create is to take the challenges and supply the needs for unconventional contemporary art practices that resist to traditional forms and ways of production. The members of the network attempt to reinforce the value of creative process over the outcomes of the art production. Furthermore, they seek to expand and create new circuits for its diffusion.

The Museum’s Day in Blanca holds a numerous assistance of regional and national artists. Welcoming our guests programmers will not only set the possibility for our local artists to be known and sponsored internationally, but will also develop strategies to work peer to peer between the different sectors of the art circuit: the public, the private and the independent.

We consider that, in these times of crisis, developing and establishing these alliances fortify the possibilities of professionalization and promotion of the spanish art beyond its borders.

network TRANS-LOCAL network TRANS-LOCAL network TRANS-LOCAL

(c) Abraham Hurtado

program may 18-21 2017 program may18-21 2017 program may18-21 2017 In May 2016 we established the first contact with 5 outlander cultural agents, who manifested a strong interest to reinforce the connection with our country by incorporating new spanish agents to their platforms as well as having access to the regional and national artists participating on Blanca’s Museums Day this current year.

Blanca’s City Council manifested its interest in our program by affording the expenses of the spanish cultural agents invited to take part in the event, as well as those from the artists participating on Museum’s Day. Among the national and international guests we find agents of the public, the private and the independent scene, as well as commissioners of projects which are settled in what is considered cultural centers of Europe as well as in peripheral areas.

Our main goals for this encounter are: to set the ground for collaborative projects in our trans-local european network promoting the creation of cultural programs and the artists mobility; And to introduce new cultural spanish agents to our international network in seek of establishing cross sectoral cultural practices (publicprivate independent). Also, the idea of a trans-local network can reach peripheral projects,encouraging the identity of a productive cultural “center” in sights of national and international production.

This international encounter its supported thanks to Acción Cultural Española (A/CE)

(c) Selu Herraiz

program 20th may 2017 program 20th may 2017 program 20th may 2017 12h round table

Sandra Moros | Conservadora and curator of IVAM Marisa Mancilla Abril | Grupo de Fe Santiago Arroyo | Fundación Iberoamericana de las Industrias Culturales Björn Säfsten | Transloca network James Simbouras | Contemporary Art Showcase Athens

16h-17h siesta sonora Úrsula Bravo & Josman live

17h-19h visit edom - Centro Nacional de Videoarte

Bernardí Roig “Viaje a ninguna parte” Artists nationals of AADK Spain: Isaac Cordal, Alejandro Cerón, Selu Herraiz, Daniel Hernández, Abraham Hurtado, Pablo Jordán, Victoria Macarte y Sara Fontán, Lorenzo Sandoval, Sergio Sotomayor.

20h open studios artists in residence

Jorge Gonçalves (Portugal) | Gilles Viandier (France) | Marcelo Salum (Brazil)

Archive: body territory espatiality Installationn by Elena Azzedin and Marta Rabadán

22h back door party Radicalismo Abstracto live Lilith | Marinus Dj Transloca Birthday Cake

internationals guests internationals guests internationals guests Andrea Möller ( Media Art Festival, Leeuwarden Björn Säfsten (Säfsten Produktion, Estocolmo) Anja Arquist ( (Säfsten Produktion, Estocolmo) Caique Tizzi (Agora Collective, Berlin) Ana Rocha (Mezzanine, Porto) Jame Simbouras (Contemporary Art Showcase Athens) Marinus Groen (Media Art Foundation, Leeuwarden)

nationals guests nationals guests nationals guests Santiago Arroyo Fundación Iberoamericana de la industrias culturales Sandra Moros Conservadora y curadora del Museo IVAM, Valencia Marisa Mancilla Abril VICEDECANA DE EXTENSIÓN CULTURAL Y TRANSFERENCIA Facultad de Bellas Artes de Granada

artists in centro negra artists in centro negra artists in centro negra Radicalismo Abstracto (Blanca) Elena Azzedin (Madrid) Marta Rabadán (Murcia) Ursula Bravo (Murcia) ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Jorge Gonçalves (Portugal) Gilles Viandier (France) Marcelo Salum (Brazil)

artists in edom artists in edom artists in edom Alejandro Cerón (Eindhoven/Murcia) Isaac Cordal (Vigo/Bruselas) Daniel Hernández (Alicante) Selu Herráiz (Murcia) Abraham Hurtado (Murcia) Sergio Sotomayor (Murcia) Lorenzo Sandoval (Berlin/Murcia) Pablo Jordán (Murcia) Victoria Macarte y Sara Fontán (Barcelona) Pablo Goikoetxea (Vigo/Barcelona)

participants and organizations participants and organizations participants and organizations Caique Tizzi | Agora collective (Berlin, Germany) Caique Tizzi is the co-founder and artistic director of Agora Collective and is the mind behind AFFECT, Agora’s flagship artistic residency. Agora is interested in investigating the development of relational artistic practices, experimental methods of group work and interdisciplinary processes. It is also known for its artistic approach to food. Part studio, part laboratory – Agora’s kitchen has become a place where notions of collaboration, selforganisation and sustainability are put into practice. agoracollective.org Andrea Möller | Media Art Friesland (Leeuwarden) Andrea Möller is a director of Media Art Friesland, editor of Bidbook candidate Leeuwarden European Capital of Culture 2018 and advisor of LWD2018 Foundation.

Media Art Friesland is the only institute for media arts in the North of the Netherlands. The foundation organises the annual Media Art Festival in the city of Leeuwarden, which has been granted the title of Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018.

The festival features the best of young talents and a selection of experienced international artists. From 2016 on, Media Art Friesland also presents LUNA, the new Festival of Lights in Leeuwarden. From a start, this new and popular mass experience of media arts, is designed to be environmentally neutral as no non-sustainable sources of energy will be used. The festival is carried by the local community, its artists and business life. www.mediaartfriesland.nl

participants and organizations participants and organizations participants and organizations Björn Säfsten | Nordberg Movement (Stockholm, Sweden) Björn Säfsten is a dancer, choreographer and founder of Säfsten Production, which is part of Nordberg Movement. Nordberg Movement is an independent structure for development of choreographic projects. It works with a select group of independent choreographers and choreographic projects in Sweden. They also work with domestic and international coproduction projects, touring and pedagogical endeavours.

Through co-operations and co-productions the main aim is to strengthen the position of the artform in relation to public space, audience encounters and modes of production. nordbergmovement.se www.bjorn-safsten.com Anja Arnquist | Björn Säfsten Production (Stockholm, Sweden) Is a dancer, choreographer with a long history in dance productions and several international tours with choreographers such as Cristina Prioli or Björn Säfsten himself. Since 2014 her work has focused on curatorial projects and event organization highlighting the project BILL365 premiered in Umea in the framework of the European Culture Capital Umea 2014.

Another of the productions and curators to be highlighted together with Björn Säfsten at the Symposium organized in 2015: “Translate Interwine Transgress”, Moderna Muséet, Stockholm www.bjorn-safsten.com Ana Rocha | MEZZANINE (Porto, Portugal) Anna Rocha is one of the founders and artistic director of Mezzanine, structure for production and diffusion of performing arts. Mezzanine presents itself as a nonprofit organization for creation and programming, promoting awareness of the work dynamics between public and arts professionals. Mezzanine follows through into developing new collaboration and cooperation networks, by searching different organization modes. www.mezzanine.pt

participants and organizations participants and organizations participants and organizations Marisa Mancilla Abril | Grupo de Fe Marisa Mancilla Abril desarrolla sus proyectos aunando docencia y creación artística en la facultad de Bellas Artes de Granada.

Sus proyectosse plantean como “estudios” (en el sentido de trabajo en proceso) que reflejan la dificultad para entender -desde el estrecho margen de las relaciones humanas y el entorno más íntimo- la tempestad de lo interno. Reflexionan sobre la dificultad para enfrentar la nostalgia, la melancolía del deseo, el secreto.

Grupo de Fe es un proyecto de producción musical, vinculado a la plataforma cultural TRN-Laboratorio artístico transfronterizo, cuyo principal objetivo es la edición de obras musicales de artistas plásticos que trabajan de forma paralela con la música. La idea surge de la necesidad de dar cabida a estos proyectos híbridos e inéditos que no encuentran un lugar idóneo dentro del panorama artístico y musical convencional.

Grupo de Fe continúa con la filosofía de TRN, una asociación independiente surgida en el año 2011 cuya finalidad es contribuir a dinamizar y fortalecer la escena y el tejido cultural de Granada. www.trn-grupodefe.blogspot.com.es/

participants and organizations participants and organizations participants and organizations Sandra Moros | Curator of IVAM Degree in Art History, “Master in Management and Analysis of Current Art” and “Master in History of Art and Visual Culture”.

She is a curator of the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), currently curating an exhibition by Robert Frank (June 2017). One of the lines of work that develops in the IVAM is the research around the context of the Mediterranean. Within this framework she is coordinating the exhibition “En rebeldía. Narrativas femeninas en el mundo árabe” (September 2017) and the Congress “Imaginar el Mediterráneo”. Sandra´s work in the museum covers a wide area, developing research on the IVAM collection and future acquisitions, working on publications, giving lectures, etc. www.ivam.es Santiago Arroyo | Fundación Iberoamericana de las Industrias Culturales Graduate of Philosophy and Public Management (ESADE), with an MA in Cultural Companies and Institutions (University of Salamanca).

With wide experience as a cultural manager in both public and private sectors and in the field of publishing.

He gives lectures as part of different postgraduate degrees: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad de Salamanca y Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes, where he is the manager of Instituto de Gestión Cultural y Artística.

He takes active part in the European program Up Skilling Cultural Managers, which is supported by the European Commission.

Currently, he is president of the Ibero-American Foundation for Cultural and Creative Industries (FIBICC), a fully-fledged member of the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC), which develops activities in more than 20 countries, specially in Europe and IberoAmerica. www.fibicc.org

participants and organizations participants and organizations participants and organizations James Simbouras | Contemporary Art Showcase Athens Founder & Chief Executive Officer C.A.S.A. is a non-profit, independent, collaborative cultural platform from Athens, Greece; activities involve contemporary art curation, organization of seminars and workshops, contextualization and facilitation in the development of individual and collaborative projects and exhibitions; the goals of the organization are achieved through overcoming the limited resources and challenges of the Greek economy and contemporary art industry by identifying common interests across the sector, and by proving and applying radically new work strategies based on collaboration and mutual benefit. Inspires collaborators, including art venues, cultural institutions, private investors, and art practitioners to become long-term supporters and non-equity allies that offer additional marketing and location services. Created, coordinated/organized, developed/ executed, curated, exhibited in, and funded the following exhibitions, festivals, workshops, and seminars: Acts of Engagmement: Work cycle for art in the public sphere. 2016 Transmission Art Festival. 2016 Charity Auction AIRE Center 2015 Athens Biennale 2015 to present among others projects www.c-a-s-athens.squarespace.com

HOSTS: Abraham Hurtado, Elena Azzedin | AADK Spain (Blanca, Spain) Abraham Hurtado (Artistic Director), Elena Azzedin (Residency Director) are part of the core team of AADK Spain. AADK (Aktuelle Architektur Der Kultur), is an artistic network, founded in 2006, with members from Lisbon (Portugal), Berlin (Germany), and Murcia (Spain).

The headquarters of AADK Spain is in Centro Negra, which is located in the peripheral town of Blanca (Murcia region, south of Spain). AADK Spain develops and implements different programmes focused on process and experimentation such as the Residency Program, Interventions, Contemporary Practices, or AADK Sonora. The main interest across all the programs is to explore the notions of body, spatiality and territory.

AADK Spain also works in close collaboration with other artistic and cultural spaces in Murcia region, Spain and other parts of Europe. The networks allow us to promote the mobility and exchange for our visiting artists and their works at a national and international levels. www.aadk.es

Communication Daniel Hernรกndez comunicacion@aadk.es Tel +34 62088 45 91