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Provincia 53 Comisariado / Curatorship: Fechas / Dates: Juan Guardiola PROVINCIA 53 ART, TERRITORY AND DECOLONIZATION OF WESTERN SAHARA 16 de septiembre de 2017 Coordinación / Coordination: – 4 de febrero de 2018 Carlos Ordás September 16, 2017 Provincia 53. Art, territory and decolonization of Western Sahara is to go beyond the “metanarrative” built around the Sahara and its epic Diseño de cronograma / – February 4, 2018 a selection of art and culture on the region known as the Western tale, which has forged a highly ethical and aesthetically charged myth Diagram design: Sahara which reflects on this conflict from the aesthetic, educational but which holds no critical value. Sofía Jack Sala / Hall: 1 and political meanings of the concept of territory. In 1961, the so-called Spanish Sahara became a Spanish province, number 53. In the The exhibition brings together more than 50 national and international Autores y artistas / Authors and artists: face of UN demands to decolonize the territory, the government of artists and collectives through more than 100 objects, texts, documents, Antoni Abad, Miguel Abellán y Libia Pérez, Lara Almarcegui, Javier Andrada, the Spanish dictatorship was trying to legitimize its occupation by archive material and contemporary artistic projects. While the works Antropología en acción ONGD (Juan Robles, Bahia Mahmud Awah y Juan converting it from a colony into a province. In 1974, Spain announced vary greatly both formally and conceptually, one will notice certain Carlos Gimeno), ARTifariti, Tomás Azcárate Ristori, Julio Caro Baroja, Nuria its withdrawal as well as a referendum which never took place. issues coming up repeatedly such as collective memory from a rich Carrasco, Azahara Cerezo, Democracia (Pablo España e Iván López), Following dictator Franco’s death and the organization of the Green oral narrative recorded in sound documents; the exploitation of Sahrawi Rubén Díaz, Evru, La Familia Lavapiés, César Fernández Ardavín, Esther March, the Western Sahara was invaded by Morocco and Mauritania. natural resources (phosphates, minerals and fish stock); the division of Ferrer, FiSahara, Matthew Galloway, Daniel García Andújar, Alonso Gil, The creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was territory through the so-called “wall of shame” (which is surrounded by Francis Gomila, Lluís María Güell (con Antonio Velázquez e Isabel Terraza), unable to stop the invasion. An armed conflict with the Polisario minefields); or, the topic of freedom of expression and the stripping of Federico Guzmán, Hermic Films, Robin Kahn, Left Hand Rotation, Valeriano Front, legitimate representative of the population of the Western prisoners’ and missing persons’ of their human rights. At the same time, López, Rogelio López Cuenca y Elo Vega, Isidro López-Aparicio, La Más Sahara, erupted in 1976 and would last until 1991 when the UN a series of terms emerge from within the chosen works (tuiza, jaima, Bella, Javier Mariscal, Pilar Monsell, N.O.D.O., José Ortiz-Echagüe, Jesús declared a cease fire and deployed the MINURSO (UN Mission for daarna, legna, wilaya, daira, hamada, etc.) which, while very significant Palomino, Saray Pérez Castilla, Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, Sáhara Libre the Referendum in Western Sahara). The Baker Plan (Peace Plan for in the Sahrawi vocabulary, are unknown to the general public. Wear (Angustias García, Alonso Gil y Esther Regueira), Avelino Sala, Carmen Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara) was presented F. Sigler, Los Torreznos (Jaime Vallaure y Rafael Lamata), Colectivo Tuiza in 2003 and a referendum for auto-determination announced, which Provincia 53 is divided into three conceptual and spatial areas: Sahrawi (María José Ollero, Ana Pinilla, Carmen Sabalete), Valcárcel Medina Morocco rejected. In 2010, the “dignity camp”, a peaceful protest to Diagram, Jaima Cultures, and the Narratives of Exile. Artist Sofía Jack raise awareness of the plight of the Sahrawi people, was begun in has created a large diagram with a timeline and a central matrix where Gdeim Izik in the outskirts of the city of El Aaiún. It was attacked and texts and works of art in a variety of media are displayed together with Proyecto co-producido con / destroyed by the Moroccan armed and police forces, and the event is other visual documentation in order to bring the history of the Western Project co-produced with: considered to be the beginning of the Arab Spring. The Sahrawi people Sahara closer to the audience. The installation Tuiza. Las Culturas de SALA 1 have meanwhile been living in occupied territory, in refugee camps in la Jaima by Federico Guzmán will be exhibited on one side of the room. 16.09.17 - 04.02.18 Algeria, and exiled in the diaspora, under conditions of statelessness, The piece is comprised of a nomadic tent or “jaima” made of women’s Portada / Cover: Federico Guzmán, Tuiza. Las culturas de la jaima, 2015. Cortesía del artista maintained by international aid, awaiting the day their lands are traditional garments called “melfas”, and serves as a space for hosting returned to them. exhibition-related activities until it’s over. In parallel, micro-narratives made up of works of art by contemporary creators who reflect on and Provincia 53 is the first exhibition on modern day Western Sahrawi work with the Sahrawi culture in exile will be displayed throughout the PROVINCIA 53 culture to be organized in a Spanish visual arts museum. With this rest of the space and cross-cut the diagram or timeline. leitmotif as a starting point, a subjective narrative is created from its colonial past and global present which intends to question the Finally, the exhibition includes a documentation space with works ARTE, TERRITORIO Y mechanisms of control, power and repression which have taken place by Sahrawi artists that has been created in collaboration with two DESCOLONIZACIÓN DEL SÁHARA in this geographic area from the end of the 19th Century until today. festivals that take place in refugee camps in Tindouf: FiSahara, An analysis of the social and cultural realities of the Sahrawi people which has organized an annual film festival since 2004, and the is carried out through the study of artworks which, at the same time, ARTifariti organization, which has been holding an annual exhibition of www.musac.es reflect upon the concept of territory as a portion of the earth’s surface contemporary art since 2007. These have, in turn, led to the creation Musac. Avda. Reyes Leoneses, 24. ART, TERRITORY AND DECOLONIZATION OF WESTERN SAHARA 24003, León. T. 987 090 000 belonging to a community or nation in exile, as well as a field or area of the Abidin Kaid Saleh Audio Visual School (2010) and the Sahrawi of activity. This calls into question the failed process of decolonization School of Arts (2012) Camp Bojador, spaces for reflection, criticism which continues in the present day. The chosen body of works intends and aesthetic Sahrawi action. PROVINCIA 53 ARTE, TERRITORIO Y DESCOLONIZACIÓN DEL SÁHARA Provincia 53. Arte, territorio y descolonización del Sáhara es una que se reflexiona en torno al concepto de territorio, como una porción de funciona como un espacio que acoge actividades relacionadas con la Sábado 16 de septiembre, a las 19:30 h muestra de arte y cultura sobre el denominado Sáhara Occidental superficie terrestre perteneciente a una comunidad o nación en exilio, exposición hasta la clausura de esta. En paralelo, y distribuidos por el Federico Guzmán que reflexiona sobre este conflicto desde una acepción estética, pero también como un campo o esfera de acción, y se pone en cuestión resto del espacio de la sala, se expondrán micro relatos transversales al Presentación de Tuiza. Las culturas de la jaima educativa y política del concepto de territorio. En 1961 el denominado un proceso fallido de descolonización que continúa en el tiempo presente. diagrama o línea cronológica, compuestos por obras de arte realizadas Sáhara español se convirtió en una provincia española, la número La muestra intenta superar el “metarrelato” construido en torno al Sáhara, por creadores contemporáneos que reflexionan y trabajan en torno a la Jueves 19 de octubre, a las 19:00 h 53. El cambio de colonia a provincia fue un intento del gobierno de cuya narrativa épica ha forjado un mito, con una gran carga ética y cultura del exilio saharaui. Isidro López-Aparicio la dictadura por legitimar una ocupación ante las demandas de la estética, pero ausente de valor crítico. FREE Path Marker y pre-estreno de la película Latidos de mina ONU por la descolonización del territorio. En 1974 España anunció su salida y la celebración de un plebiscito que nunca se realizó. Tras Por último, dentro de la exposición se encuentra un espacio de Sábado 4 de noviembre, a las 20:00 h la muerte de Franco y la organización de la Marcha Verde, el Sáhara La exposición reúne más de cincuenta artistas y colectivos de ámbito documentación con obras de artistas saharauis, realizado en Colectivo TUIZA va a ser invadido por Marruecos y Mauritania sin que la fundación de nacional e internacional, a través de más de un centenar de objetos, colaboración con dos festivales que tienen lugar en los campamentos de Pan para los patos la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática (RASD) pudiera impedirlo. textos, documentos, materiales de archivo y propuestas artísticas refugiados en Tinduf: FiSahara, que desde 2004 organiza un certamen En 1976 se inició el conflicto armado con el Frente Polisario que se contemporáneas. De gran variedad formal y conceptual, en estas obras anual de cine, y la organización ARTifariti, que realiza desde 2007 una Jueves 16 de noviembre, a las 19:00 h extendió hasta 1991, fecha del alto el fuego decretado por la ONU se pueden encontrar ciertos temas recurrentes como son la memoria muestra anual de arte contemporáneo. Ambos, a su vez, han dado lugar Asociación Saharaui León (ASPED, León) y Asociación Saharaui y el repliegue de la MINURSO (Misión de las Naciones Unidas para colectiva, a través de una rica narrativa oral registrada en documentos a la creación de la Escuela de Formación Audiovisual Abidin Kaid Saleh del Bierzo el Referendo en el Sáhara Occidental).
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