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AudiovisualsThe main objective of the audiovisual programs of Museo Reina Sofía is to offer a programming which reflects the plurality of subject matter and the diversity of vantage points in the field of avant-garde film and video creation, both in Spain and internationally. Seeking to attract a wide and diverse audience, promoting experimental video and film works, as well as performances, the Museum is committed to the crossroads between the production of young authors and that of recognized artists, within a free program removed from the commercial circuits. Specifically, the cycles and programs offered to the public follow two general curatorial lines, focused on:
At the same time, and as usual when making the works more accessible to the public, the Museum presents talks and presentations by the artists themselves and the curators of the programs.
The Storyteller Dates: September 13 - 26 The political, economic, and social transformations of the first decade of the 21st Century have prompted a desire in contemporary artists to revive the documentary dimension of art. TheStoryteller includes new narratives about realities which are still under development, or whose echoes of past conflict continue to impact the lives of their characters or of the very artists that engage them. + info
Date: September 30 Memorias del futuro social is the title of this presentation by artist Jenny Marketou, which is divided in two parts. The first part consists in a screening of her video We Love Candy but Our Passion Is Collecting Art (2008-2009). The second part consists in the screening of three audiovisual documents of her most recent works: The Lounge of Ethereal Fun (2008), Red Eyed Sky Walkers (2008-2010) and FRAGILE (2010). + info Miralda Dates: October 4, 6 y 7 Screening of seven videos by artist Antoni Miralda, which explain his vision of art in the context of the exhibition De gustibus non disputandum (June 24 - October 11 2010). The program includes a lecture by Antoni Mercader, professor at the Department of Visual and Art Education at the University of Barcelona, and the participation of artist Benet Rosell. 4x2. Four openings: Two screenings Date: October 14-27 The Reina Sofía Museum presents for the first time in Madrid four films exhibited and awarded in different international festivals. Among them, Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His past Lives, by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Golden Palm at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Date: 28 de October Creation and Identity in Movement is a selection of works by film director and video artist Cecilia Barriga. Among them are Meeting Two Queens (1990), En el río (2006) and an excerpt from her latest project, Granada, Thirty Years Later (2010), which recounts, three decades later, the historic demonstration of women in the Andalusian city, one of the landmarks of feminism in Spain.+ info Bruce Conner Date: November 10 – 18 A retrospective of the experimental film production of American artist Bruce Conner. The program includes a lecture by Bruce Jenkins, professor at the Department of Film, Video, and New Media at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Tattooed Skeleton Date: November 24, 2010 The Tattooed Skeleton is a multidisciplinary project by American artist Suzanne Lazy, derived from an initiative of th Audiovisual Area of the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, with the collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Equality, which engages domestic violence against women, in the context of the International Day Against Gender Violence (November 25 2010). |
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