Tomorrow will open a new exhibition in Barcelona that I am taking part of:


A cop d'ull. Recent Photographic Visual Culture in Barcelona

This exhibition draws together the photographic visual culture of the city of Barcelona over the last decade, not as a canon or a solution but rather as a venue for questions: Is it possible to speak of a visual identity in Barcelona? Is it possible to speak of a different perspective based on local photographic practice leading to a series of common and also differential representations?

Divided into thematic blocks, its journey alternates historically renowned figures and creators from recent generations, ranging from internationally acclaimed Catalan photographers to those who shape the image of everyday life in the city’s media, in a narrated series about the social uses of photography in the production of the imaginaries that make up the visual culture of Barcelona. It also includes a large quantity of media, ranging from analogue photography to digital manipulation, file montages and slideshows, and also explores every possible genre, from the photography of urban forms to fashion, including its uses in contemporary art, counter-photographic practice, portraiture and photojournalism. It is a choral portrait which also seeks to encourage debate, thinking and the production of public knowledge about the contemporary photographic sector.

Opening: Wednesday 4 December 2013, at 7.30 pm.

CURATORS: Alex Brahim, Manuel Segade

ADVISERS: David Balsells, Pepe Font de Mora, Juan Naranjo

AUTHORS:
Francesc Abad, Bèla Adler, David Airob, Nacho Alegre, Samuel Aranda, Bernat Armangué, Arnau Bach, Sandra Balsells, Coke Bartrina, Consuelo Bautista, Antoni Bernad, Jordi Bernadó, Pep Bonet, Íñigo Bujedo Aguirre, Biel Capllonch, Eugenio del Castillo, Francesc Català-Roca, Toni Catany, Gregori Civera, Colita, Hannah Collins, Joan Colom, Jordi Colomer, Carles Congost, Jordi Cotrina, Paco Elvira, Pepe Encinas, Manel Esclusa, María Espeus, Gerard Estadella, Jordi Esteva, Jm Ferrater, Anna Ferrer, Joan Fontcuberta, Eugeni Forcano, Pere Formiguera, Albert Gusi, Roc Herms, Sergi Jasanada, Manolo Laguillo, Martí Llorens, Pedro Madueño, Anna Malagrida, Kim Manresa, Guido Manuilo, Enric Martí, Ramón Masats, Oriol Maspons, José Luis Méndez, Leila Méndez, Xavier Miserachs, Fernando Moleres, Santos Montes, Julia Montilla, Joan Morey, Xevi Muntané, Rebecca Mutell, Manuel Outumuro, Paco y Manolo, Eva Padró, Mabel Palacín, Leopoldo Pomés, Sergi Pons, Rosa Puig, Ramiro E, Jorge Ribalta, Xavier Ribas, Daniel Riera, Nuria Rius, Humberto Rivas, Josep Ros Ribas, Txema Salvans, Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés, Carmen Secanella, Ton Sirera, Tino Soriano, Montserrat Soto, Ricard Terré, Javier Tles, Hernando Toro Botero, Francesc Torres, Miguel Trillo, Manel Úbeda, Julio Ubiña, David Urbano, Eulàlia Valldosera, Mayte Vieta, Pere Vivas, Txema Yeste.

05.12.2013 - 16.03.2014