"Processi 143". Accademia di Spagna in Rome_

Jorge Conde presents his latest project "A World-Size House" at the Spanish Academy in Rome (RAER). This is included in "Processi 143", the annual exhibition where artists, writers and researchers residing at the Academy exhibit their works focusing on their creative process.

For this event, Jorge Conde showcases a selection of 9 works he has created in Italy as resident artist at the Spanish Academy for the period 2015-16.

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« PROCESSI 143 »

Roma è una città eterna, ma soprattutto è una città infinita che mette a dura prova anche la curiosità più insaziabile. La densità e i contrasti storici, vitali e sociali che si accumulano in ogni dettaglio urbano provocano nel soggetto moderno, nel soggetto Wikipedia, uno scontro con il rumore e il caos. Trovare un significato in ciò che si vede – e costruire l’identità di chi guarda - diviene un’operazione densa d’ansia e complessità.

Giovedì 23 giugno, in occasione dei 143 anni della Real Academia de España, i 23 artisti ivi residenti esporranno ed illustreranno i loro lavori dedicati a Roma in un anno di residenza nella Città Eterna. Un saggio, un’esposizione, un momento di incontro che intende celebrare anche la lunga ed intensa attività della prestigiosa Accademia che continua da decenni, con il sostegno del Ministero degli Affari Esteri spagnolo, a dare ospitalità a talenti delle discipline più diversificate. Sotto l’egida dell’attuale “Directora”, María Ángeles Albert de León, a partire dalle 19 si darà vita ad un vero e proprio concentrato di cultura in cui, di persona, sarà possibile interagire con i creatori di progetti tanto innovativi quanto attuali, dal punto di vista concettuale, tecnologico e di argomentazione.

"Il Museo dell'Altro e dell'Altrove o Perché fare un museo sulla Luna?". Round table at the Spanish Academy in Rome_

Jorge Conde will be presenting at the round table on "Art, Occupation and Utopia" to be held today at the Spanish Academy in Rome.

PARTICIPANTS:

Giorgio de Finis, anthropologist, curator and founder of MAAM (Rome).
Jorge Conde, visual artist in residence at the Spanish Academy in Rome (RAER). Author of "A World-Size House Project".
Julia Ramírez Blanco, Art historian in residence at the Spanish Academy in Rome (RAER).

EVENT: “Il Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove o Perché fare un museo sulla Luna?” / Why to Build a Museum on the Moon? Round table on "Art, Occupation and Utopia".

DATE: June 14th at 8:30 pm.

PLACE: Academia de España / Spanish Academy (RAER). Piazza di San Pietro in Montorio, 3 (Gianicolo), 00153 ROME

TAVOLA ROTONDA “Il Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove o Perché fare un museo sulla Luna?”

Dopo quattro anni di percorso, Giorgio de Finis, ideatore del Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove, ci accompagnerà nella cornice dell’Accademia per riflettere su come è cambiato e sulla direzione che ha preso ciò che viene definito il “primo museo abitato del pianeta”. Insieme a lui ci saranno Jorge Conde e Julia Ramírez, artisti residenti dell’Accademia di Spagna a Roma, che, sulla base dei propri studi e lavori realizzati quest’anno, parteciperanno alla tavola rotonda.

INTERVENTI:

Giorgio de Finis, antropologo, artista e curatore indipendente.

Jorge Conde, artista visivo residente alla Real Academia de España en Roma

Julia Ramírez Blanco, residente alla Real Academia de España en Roma.

Jorge Conde participates in "Open Studios" at the Spanish Academy In Rome_

Next Thursday 17th, OPEN STUDIOS will be held at the Accademia di Spagna In Rome (RAER).
This show is conceived as an opportunity for professionals from the contemporary art sector and other cultural initiatives to get familiar with some of the projects resident artists are being developing as part of their residency program (ARP) at the Spanish Academy.

PLACE: STUDIO 6 (Jorge Conde will be showing his project "A World-Size House")

DATE: March 17th,  2016

TIMES: 10am - 5pm for professionals; 5pm - 7pm for the general public.

Start of the year at the Spanish Royal Academy in Rome_

and the field work starts... 

SALA 1, Rome

First photo shootings at some selected buildings and urban locations

GASOMETRO Riva Ostiense, Rome

Foreword_

Jorge Conde's A World-Size House project reflects upon the institutional model and the paradigms that nowadays prevail in Italy's contemporary culture, primarily focusing on the Lazio region and the city of Rome. Through various artistic means and different techniques and technologies, the artist wonders about the sustainability of the cultural utopia set forth by this model, the validity of its original objectives in a context of severe crisis (or early post-crisis period), and whether it has been successful in building deep, fruitful bonds with society.

To do so, Jorge Conde explores obsolete, disused urban spaces that in the past two decades have been transformed into cultural facilities or cutting-edge spaces for the arts, aiming at discovering each venue's history, mission, resources, and identifying the most significant challenges they'll be facing in the near future.

The transformation of disused spaces is a fairly effective strategy widely-used by the private and public sectors in many countries and territories not only to promote creation, speed up the cultural scene and articulate society, but also to stimulate growth, economic speculation and reactivate declining urban areas. This strategy, included in a more ambitious renovatio urbis, undoubtedly establishes new paradigms and introduces a clear notion of cultural utopia.

Needless to say that whilst some of these transformations have succeeded, some others have faced great difficulties being therefore forced to reinvent themselves or adapt their action to a worsened context with decreasing resources. In addition, there are cases which could be regarded as truly disappointing, a complete failure or projects that, due to various reasons (i.e. budget cuts, political disputes, poor management, change of priorities, etc.), still remain unfinished.

It is thus crucial to evaluate to what extent these transformations serve the purpose of getting people involved in the city’s cultural scene, or in delivering a higher quality cultural outcome. It is also worth analyzing whether this strategy only works well in the good times and in “healthy”, growing economies. From this perspective, crisis can be approached as an opportunity to rethink the role of cultural institutions, the concepts of social impact, creation and education, along with some utopia-generating mechanisms. Can this model survive and remain faithful to its essence?

| Una casa del tamaño del mundo | A World-Size House | Una casa grande come il mondo |

CREDITS_

As part of the institution's Artist Residency Program (ARP), A World-Size House will be created during the season October 2015-June 2016 at the Reale Accademia di Spagna in Rome (Italy), where it will be presented and exhibited in 2016.

This project is being created, developed and produced with a MAEC-AECID Visual Arts Grant, awarded in 2015 by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development.

| Una casa del tamaño del mundo | A World-Size House | Una casa grande come il mondo |