Culture
Art on Mars: from the optimism of Space Art to the capitalist logic of contemporary art
Déborah Camañes
With their work, artists anticipate and prefigure the fundamental questions surrounding the future of humanity and its drift.
Culture
William Kentridge: “There are fault lines that come from the colonial period throughout the world”
Gemma Parellada
We talk to the South African artist about segregation, the echoes of colonialism and the anti-racist struggle.
Culture
Kentridge. That Which is Not Written
Neus Miró | Aída Esther Bueno Sarduy | Lucía Piedra Galarraga | Beatriz Leal Riesco
We invite an art critic, a specialist in contemporary African film, an anthropologist and documentary maker, and a researcher of anti-racist activism to share their insight into William Kentridge.
Culture
Dadaism in William Kentridge
Déborah Camañes
The absurd, the paradox and humour are some of the links between the work of the South African artist and the Dada movement.
Planet
Reimagining the human-virus entanglement
Ignasi Torrent
Away from human-centred forms of knowledge production, the pandemic opens up the possibility of speculation about more-than-human forms of storytelling
Culture
Lessons from the Bauhaus for the 21st century
Ferran Esteve
On the centenary of its foundation, we trace the influence of the Bauhaus in such diverse spheres as education, innovation and digital culture.
Commons
Science
Citizen Science and the Arts
OpenSystems
Science and art may find common ground in the drive to conduct serious scientific research through shared experiences.
Science
Quantum Agencies
Libby Heaney
What does it mean to intersect our everyday world with the seemingly counter-intuitive field of quantum science? And how have these entanglements been interrogated through art?
Planet
(des)vestim(la): Art and Responsible Consumption
Ricard Espelt | Enric Senabre
An artistic and co-creation intervention at El Konvent in Berga which reflects on the hidden aspects of consumption and the traceability of food products.
Planet
Can the Arts Help Us to See Climate Change?
Lucy Wood
Arts and climate science collaboration can contribute to reach an audience as wide and varied as possible.
Culture
Artists in the laboratory
Clara Bofill
Why use an a priori scientific term to describe a place for artistic creation? What does the existence of these spaces mean?
Storytelling
Politicization of art vs aestheticization of politics
Gonzalo de Lucas
The main commercial and promotional objectives of the Internet force a multitude of windows that hinder ideological control of the transit of the videos.