Mayor White, Rafael Laorden and Spain AADK director, Abraham Hurtado, presented the first of the interventions to be held on Black Centre, which, throughout this week, seven artists have worked with various groups in the municipality to create the one called 'Intervention I' to be held on Friday 20 and Saturday April 21.
Intervention, produced by the City of White and AADK Spain, remain in the Black Centre until 31 August.
Mayor White, Rafael Laorden and Spain AADK director, Abraham Hurtado, presented in the morning, in the press room at the Cultural Center The Clear, the first of artistic interventions hosted by the Center for Black, whose management and coordination has been commissioned by the City, to AADK Spain, which will be managed as an area of ​​contemporary research and development for a period of two years, extendable by both parties.
The 'Intervention I' is the first activity of several projects AADK Spain has designed for the center Negra, which will, in this first residence, with six artists are Bigum Anders (Denmark, 1970), Juan Conesa (Cartagena, 1962) Joa Gridfonte (Lisbon, 1983), Abraham Hurtado (Murcia, 1972), Pablo Lopez Jordan (Murcia, 1978), Lola Nieto (Cartagena, 1978), and Mario G. Persch Lummu
Saez (Murcia, 1973).
AADK Spain is integrated into the Berlin art platform Aktuelle Architektur Der Kultur (AADK), with the help of one of its founders, Abraham Hurtado Murcia, which, at present, is exhibiting at The Canning.
Convert the Ricote Valley in the heart of contemporary artistic research and creation with projected regional, national and international levels is the goal they have set the mayor of White, Rafael Laorden, and platform Current Architecture of Culture (AADK) , who co-produced the first home of Black from White Center.
AADK network is a Berlin-based art and associated centers in Lisbon, Istanbul, Brussels and Barcelona, ​​whose founding members is the Murcian artist Abraham Hurtado, as well as artists from around the world, now adds the Black center by transferring management and coordination of space AADK for two years, with Howard leading the artistic direction.
Pilot
In order to make known to the center of Blanca and to demonstrate that "there are some artists that we stay outside and paragraphs," the artistic team with six home-source components Murcia, one Danish and one Portuguese-chases involve neighbors and "collaborate in the creation of this area of ​​contemporary culture" that wants to stay with your feet anchored to tradition, Abraham Hurtado mind and remember that the space next to the Castle and has four studios - "still pending to furnish "detailed and six workshops are old barns and corrals rehabilitated with great success by the architect Manuel Ayala, which has retained its essence with wood, brass and stone.
From yesterday until Saturday 20, led by the actor, dancer and visual artist Abraham Hurtado (Murcia, 1972), artists Lola Nieto (Cartagena, 1980), Juan Conesa (Cartagena, 1972) and Joa Gridfonte (Lisbon, 1983), the visual artist Anders Bigum (Denmark, 1979), the dancer Mario Garcia Saez (Murcia, 1973), sound artist Pablo Lopez Jordan (Murcia, 1978) and the pop and folk Lummu Persch (Murcia) developed in this "natural laboratory for its location and embedded in the rock where it ends or begins the people" a home for six days in which created various 'pieces' that will serve as introduction to this new and exciting project, which will also assist the Band White Music, the Band of Bugles and Drums of the Royal and Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus of Nazareth, the Center for Women and the municipal group Te-atrovértigo theater.
Out to the street
Thus, each of the artists develop their own involvement and other artists working with the team to turn the conference on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 at a party.
"The activity Friday is specially designed for the people and consist of a circuit by the old town with massive intervention, as with Mario Garcia and Pablo Lopez, attended by the 40 employees of Blanca, a performance with dance and live sound center that seeks to bring Black to the streets to make it known to those of Blanca and urge them to come on Saturday to see what's going on. "
On Saturday 20 will be devoted also to visitors and the idea is "to come and spend the whole day," not in vain Black Center is part of the cultural tourism routes 'Way of Art' designed by the City of White , in 'Tradition and modernity'.
Therefore, parts and sound documentation, visual and audiovisual generated during the project will be shown at the experimental space until 31 August.
The opening will begin with a snack and dining facility by Lola Nieto and Juan Conesa, which play a vital role volunteers of the Center for Women, whose purpose is to be devoured by the attendees.
The festive artistic journey will last all day.
After 16 hours, Abraham Hurtado lead guided tours of the impressive Mirador del Alto bayna where Hurtado show its mobile photographic installation, "A metaphor for the visual memory of the beholder", summarizes the author.
The exhibition will continue, from 18.30 to 21 hours, with the 'performances' developed by various artists during the residency.
Thus, among other proposals, the dancer and member of Erre que Erre Mario Garcia Saez, with the cooperation of neighboring White will make his' performance ',' A job with the body in space "; Joa Gridfonte integrate landscape and body plastic intervention, Lopez Jordan will hear his sound installation inspired by the sounds of White, and Anders Bigum will feature photographs and videos made in White for the past six days, among other things.
The appointment with the reopening of the Center Black - "already opened in 2010, now show their operation", says Hurtado-end not the best parties, with a concert of Murcia Lummu Persch duet on the terrace with impressive views of care blanqueño center
Black Center
AADK Spain establishes a space of research and permanent contemporary art in southern Spain and choose Black White Center for their achievement and development, making this center in place of research and artistic creation in order to consolidate it as a benchmark in our international networks .
The peculiar location of the municipality and its geographical and landscape offer the possibility of using the environment as an integral part of the intervention, thus decentralizing and bringing art to people, both resident and visitor.
Black Center is part of the Tradition and Vanguard route designed by the City of White.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Blanca