DA2 hosts the exhibition 'Home Videos by Artists'
This proposal, curated by Carlos Trigueros, includes videos by Chechu Álava, José María Benéitez, Carlos Ceesepe, Eugenio Merino, and Silvia Prada. It can be visited at DA2 until January 10.
The Filmoteca will host this year the screening of recovered images from family films deposited by institutions or individuals, the presentation of 'Domestic Glances'; as well as the screening of the film 'Emergo' and a meeting with artist Javier Codesal.
The Filmoteca will host this year the screening of recovered images from family films deposited by institutions or individuals, the presentation of 'Domestic Glances'; as well as the screening of the film 'Emergo' and a meeting with artist Javier Codesal.
The contemporary art center of Salamanca, DA2, will participate once again in the commemoration of the International Home Movie/Video Day in collaboration with the Elektronova Cultural Association.
From today until January 10, the third edition of the exhibition 'Home Videos by Artists 2015' will be available, featuring Chechu Álava, José María Benéitez, Carlos Ceesepe, Eugenio Merino, and Silvia Prada, and curated by Carlos Trigueros. In the exhibition, these artists step out of their studio practice to delve into the vicissitudes of the screen. Most of these videos can be seen as an extension of their work, either as a contemporary sketching process, an exploration of space, or merely trivial situations.
The premise that activated this project, demonstrating that 'artists are also human,' is perfectly fulfilled through the exhibition of these home videos by five artists with very different trajectories and objectives, belonging to different generations, and who would hardly coincide in the same exhibition, except for this reason. Different perspectives on everyday matters that stand out from other home productions by addressing themes that are somewhat unorthodox in the genre. Examples that any visitor could take to develop their own home videos and, in this way, the ultimate goal of the exhibition would be met: that anyone can become an artist.
Additionally, on October 17, for the sixth consecutive year, DA2 will host the commemorative events for International Home Movie/Video Day. At six thirty in the afternoon, there will be a concert-performance by Hugo Alonso, in which he experiments with the sonic possibilities of the domestic. The sound he works with comes from nocturnal field recordings and sounds of forgotten objects.
At seven in the evening, there will be a meeting with Gregorio Méndez and Julia Gründler, collectors of Super8 films.
And at eight in the evening, 'The Best of the Day 2015' will be screened, a compilation of home movies and videos deposited by filmmakers from Salamanca such as: Enrique Serrano Martín, Francisco Martín García, or Alejandro Ruano Rubio, among others.
Collaboration of the Filmoteca de Castilla y León
This year, the Filmoteca de Castilla y León collaborates with a family film recovery project that will take place on October 13. In the screening room of the Filmoteca de Castilla y León, a selection of films deposited by institutions and citizens in all types of formats and with a wide diversity of content will be offered, ranging from family images to political acts of great transcendence.
In addition, a series of family-origin films will be screened that go beyond the purpose for which they were shot and offer today's viewer historical, social, political, and even urbanistic information. The selected films with a common theme, travel, will be screened on October 13 at the Filmoteca and come from the deposits of Juan Francisco de Cárdenas, María Victoria Cordero Monroy, Ángel Sánchez, and Carmen and Ana Cabrera. The duration of each film ranges between one and a half minutes and 12 minutes. Furthermore, in the same session, the project 'Domestic Glances' will be presented for the management, recovery, and dissemination of family cinema and video in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.
On October 14 at 8:15 PM, 'Emergo (Apartment 143)' will be screened at the Filmoteca de Castilla y León, directed in the United States in 2011 by Carles Torrens from a screenplay by Salamanca-native Rodrigo Cortés, who also produced it, and features a soundtrack by Víctor Reyes, also born in Salamanca.
And on Friday, October 15 at 8:15 PM, a meeting with artist Javier Codesal will be held in the screening room of the Filmoteca de Castilla y León. After having worked at RTVE in the eighties and made several short films, this artist and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Salamanca has, in recent years, resorted to domestic practice and aesthetics for the creation of his videos.
From today until January 10, the third edition of the exhibition 'Home Videos by Artists 2015' will be available, featuring Chechu Álava, José María Benéitez, Carlos Ceesepe, Eugenio Merino, and Silvia Prada, and curated by Carlos Trigueros. In the exhibition, these artists step out of their studio practice to delve into the vicissitudes of the screen. Most of these videos can be seen as an extension of their work, either as a contemporary sketching process, an exploration of space, or merely trivial situations.
The premise that activated this project, demonstrating that 'artists are also human,' is perfectly fulfilled through the exhibition of these home videos by five artists with very different trajectories and objectives, belonging to different generations, and who would hardly coincide in the same exhibition, except for this reason. Different perspectives on everyday matters that stand out from other home productions by addressing themes that are somewhat unorthodox in the genre. Examples that any visitor could take to develop their own home videos and, in this way, the ultimate goal of the exhibition would be met: that anyone can become an artist.
Additionally, on October 17, for the sixth consecutive year, DA2 will host the commemorative events for International Home Movie/Video Day. At six thirty in the afternoon, there will be a concert-performance by Hugo Alonso, in which he experiments with the sonic possibilities of the domestic. The sound he works with comes from nocturnal field recordings and sounds of forgotten objects.
At seven in the evening, there will be a meeting with Gregorio Méndez and Julia Gründler, collectors of Super8 films.
And at eight in the evening, 'The Best of the Day 2015' will be screened, a compilation of home movies and videos deposited by filmmakers from Salamanca such as: Enrique Serrano Martín, Francisco Martín García, or Alejandro Ruano Rubio, among others.
Collaboration of the Filmoteca de Castilla y León
This year, the Filmoteca de Castilla y León collaborates with a family film recovery project that will take place on October 13. In the screening room of the Filmoteca de Castilla y León, a selection of films deposited by institutions and citizens in all types of formats and with a wide diversity of content will be offered, ranging from family images to political acts of great transcendence.
In addition, a series of family-origin films will be screened that go beyond the purpose for which they were shot and offer today's viewer historical, social, political, and even urbanistic information. The selected films with a common theme, travel, will be screened on October 13 at the Filmoteca and come from the deposits of Juan Francisco de Cárdenas, María Victoria Cordero Monroy, Ángel Sánchez, and Carmen and Ana Cabrera. The duration of each film ranges between one and a half minutes and 12 minutes. Furthermore, in the same session, the project 'Domestic Glances' will be presented for the management, recovery, and dissemination of family cinema and video in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León.
On October 14 at 8:15 PM, 'Emergo (Apartment 143)' will be screened at the Filmoteca de Castilla y León, directed in the United States in 2011 by Carles Torrens from a screenplay by Salamanca-native Rodrigo Cortés, who also produced it, and features a soundtrack by Víctor Reyes, also born in Salamanca.
And on Friday, October 15 at 8:15 PM, a meeting with artist Javier Codesal will be held in the screening room of the Filmoteca de Castilla y León. After having worked at RTVE in the eighties and made several short films, this artist and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Salamanca has, in recent years, resorted to domestic practice and aesthetics for the creation of his videos.