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Diane Guyot de St Michel, T-shirts on the Washing Line. Wild Boar Serie, 2015

8–9 August 2015 VII JAFRE BIENNIAL François Bonnet. ofelectroacoustic musicby AmaliaPica.Andaconcert composer artist JamesWebb andtheArgentine theSouthAfricanartist Levi Orta; artist Tonyartist CiprianHomorodean; Chakar; theRomanian the Cuban artist and DianeGuyot JoanaBastos; ofStMichel;thePortuguese theLebanese Asunción MolinosGordo andJuanUgalde;theFrench JohnDeneuve artists ÀngelsRibéandPep Vidal; the Spanishartists Duran, LluísHortalà EnricFarrésof thestreets and publicspacesofJafreby Catalanartists There willbeinterventions andsite specificprojects made for thecontext society. to explore, question andcelebrate themeaningoffreedomintoday’s In thisseventh have editionoftheBiennialJafre,artists beeninvited the peoplefrom Jafremake theBiennialaunique event intheworld. ofdifferent generationstogetherhas becomeaplatform with whereartists edition oftheBiennialJafrein Since thefirst year 2003,this event ephemeral character. ofelectroacoustic musicgenerallyofagestural, There isaconcert interventions inthehousesandstreets andperformances ofthevillage. For two days, presentinstallations, nationalandinternational artists and culturallife ofJafre. andcombiningthemwiththehistorical,in aglobaldiscourse economic trendsoutside urbanspacesintegrating thesemi-ruralcommunity artistic project isto inCatalonia. Theaimoftheorganisers visual arts explore new The JafreBiennalcelebrates its12thyear asanalternative, innovative PRESENTATION

Española] another, andnot to act,beingresponsiblefor hisactions.[Real Academia Libertad VII BIENAL: society today. are invited to explore, question andcelebrate themeaningoffreedomin into culturalacceptance. Intheseventh editionoftheJafreBiennial,artists ideas andemotions ofacommunityandtransform thesignalsoffreedom writers, musiciansandcreative intellectualsjob ofvisualartists, to usethe ful vehicle withwhichto manifest, defend andpromote anopinion. Itisthe expression continuesto artistic bethemostpower ofcensorship, any sort effectively creation.Capableoftakingastance against isthrough artistic able to activate andrepresenttheactexecution offreedomthemost cal andpoliticallevel althoughperhaps theaspectwhichcontinuesto be perspectives. At aphilosophical,sociological,anthropological, psychologi Freedom isacomplex conceptwhichcanbeanalysedfrom different individual. Aclearbarometer ofthisisinternet access. the samelegalsystems thatreducetherightsof citizens. Today, inanattempt to improve nationalorder andsecurity, itis countries andregionsisnoticeable by thelevel offreedomgranted to its context inwhichitdevelops. Theinequality ofconditionsindifferent reason freedombecomesanabstractobjectmarked by thehistorical off tioned by theeconomic,politicalandreligiousneedsofsociety. For this In order to organisecommunitylife, democraciesestablishrulescondi also themostcostlyto obtainandpreserve. freedom hasbeenthemostvalued rightahumanbeingcanpossessyet European democracies.SinceitsoriginsaslegalstatusinRoman law, Freedom isoneofthewords mostfrequently usedintherhetoric of : (From Latin libertas LIBERTAS ) 1. f.Man’scapacityto actinoneway or

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- 8–9 AUGUST 2015 AUGUST 8–9 VII JAFRE BIENNIAL 12:00 Sunday 9August 21:45 Local Social. 21:00 –21:30 cake. party birthday 20:00 Words the of 19:15 toCasa delaVilawithasymbolicdelivery thepeopleofJafre.. 18:30 Meeting pointatCarrerFerreries 4. Biennial willreadtheprohibitions containedinthenew PublicSafety Act. 18:00 and JamesWebb. VideosdeTony Chakar andJuanUgalde. AsunciónMolinosGordo,Michel, JohnDeneuve, Pep LluísHortalà, Vidal Works by EnricFarrés Duran,CiprianHomorodean, DianeGuyot deSt 18:00 Saturday 8August PROGRAM DinneratthePlazadelCastillo(tickets saleinFerreries 4Carrer). Event ofJoanaBastos, I Performance created by AmaliaPica, Action by ÀngelsRibé.From CarrerDeFerreries 4we headto the Officiallyopenedtheprojects onshow inthevillage.

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18:00 readby ClaraGari. , 2015. Joinusto sing‘Moltes thebirthday Felicitats’ andtry Electroacoustic music concert by Electroacoustic François musicconcert Bonnet inthe CasadelaVilaandprojects onshow inthe village. , intervention of Levi Orta wherethedirectors, intervention ofLevi ofthe Orta would like to invite you to my daughter’s daughter’s my to you invite to like would Retrospective in the Museum Museum the in Retrospective

in New York whereshejoinedthegroup movements ofnew ofpioneers art conceptual installations.Between 1972–1979, shelived inChicagoand 1969 inParis makingsculpture,from whichshegraduallyevolved into Àngels Ribé(Barcelona,1943) THE ARTISTS He lives between ElEscorial andBerlin. projects andinstallations thataregraduallygaining moreimportance. onwards, andinparallelto his pictorial doingvideo work, hestarted dealing withissuessuchas socialrealityandmarginality. From 2001 early 1980s. Over theyears hasworked withdifferentmediaandformats, Juan Ugalde(Bilbao, 1958) the sametime,freedom. both asproducts requiring curiosity asinstinct,allowing knowledge andat The project proposes understood andbeers, ananalogy between artists globalism ofitsdisplay anditsdistributionin placesasspecificJafre. are established,between theuniqueness ofthelocalproduction, the the proposal ofFarres Duranquestions thecurrentgameofrelationsthat not know? Through thevaried offeredby collectionofbeers thevillagebar, Everything What isthepointofhaving greater freedomofchoiceinafieldthat we do is There Jafre In of hisdegree atthe Willem de Kooning Academy inRotterdam, Netherlands. in Philosophy (Universitat de Barcelona) 2012. He completed the finalproject and Design (Escola Massana,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) 2011 and Enric Farrés Duran (, , 1983) the localauthority. to ÀngelsRibéintheCasadelaVilawithasymbolicdelivery Catalan artist The BiennialofJafreopensitsVIIeditionwiththeintervention ofthe Pujadas iHernández(1988) man andthatturnsoutto benot placeandmoment”. wanted inacertain “Plant thatgrows always orpredominantlyinsituationsstrongly altered by (Weed) Hierba Mala Barcelona whereshelives andworks. installations).In1980 shereturned to bodyart, performance, (land art, , 2015. Action , 2015. Installation Started exhibitingStarted inMadridthe Began her artistic careerin Began herartistic Graduated in Art Graduated in Art

8–9 AUGUST 2015 AUGUST 8–9 VII JAFRE BIENNIAL changes thattake placeintheruralenvironment. ethnography andanthropological research methods to the understand issues ofruralityandrural culturefrom atransnationalperspective, using her project WAM (World Museum).MolinosGordo Agricultural works with others. Shewas thewinnerofbiennialSharjah (UAE) in2015 with (Burgos), LaCasaEncendida(Madrid)andTravesia Cuatro (Madrid)among Al Funun (Amman),Delfina Foundation (London),Arnolfini(Bristol), CAB at MUSAC (León), Matadero (Madrid),TheTownhouse (Cairo), Darat Gallery Madrid. Shelives inEgypt,OmanandSpain.Herwork hasbeenexhibited 1979) Asunción MolinosGordo(Arandade Duero,Burgos, and confront other realities. us theworld from anew criticalperspective andforces usto both imagine as awhole.Manipulatingtheliterality ofthematerial, Homorodean shows fundamental rightsandprivilegesthattend to drive 21st society Century behind afence, other contexts thelossof inparticular cometo surface, Lookingdeeperinto thefield,whichsituatesof self-worth. us,theviewer, thatsurroundof vanity butalsoofinevitable ourperceptions uncertainties approachA first-degree confronts uswithour own image, evoking feelings wysiwyg wysiwyg of theworld, viewed through amagnifyingfilter ofhumorandirony. his ideasto life. draws andobservations Hisvocabulary history onpersonal conception ofhisprojects, heuseswhatever mediaisappropriate to bring aform.discourse Althoughasculpturalapproach presentinthe isoften asaunique language,onethatmay art Considers beusedto give his Ciprian Homorodean,(Timisoara,Romania, 1982) ofthought. disparate elementsinaso-calleddrift from theideaofflotation, society, in contemporary time. Itdeparts ofmany for adrawing, having breakfast andreadingthe newspaper atthesame Marcel Broodthaers. Inthiscase,ratherthanatext project, itisaproject Broodthaers It proposes areinterpretation of Marcel after Flotation , 2015. Installation is a reflection of our imaginary/imagined freedoms. is areflectionofourimaginary/imagined Graduated in Fine Arts fromGraduated theComplutense inFine Arts University of La Pluie Pluie La , 2014. Video,51 min. ( projet pour a texte a pour projet ) of1969 by

answering machinereadyto meet therequests ofadministration, developed reversing theroles. Thistimethefarmer istheowner ofan the administration,asatireoftheseadministrative procedures hasbeen Through asoundpiecethatreproduces theanswering machinesusedby concern smallandmedium-sizedfarmers, andtheimpact ontheiractivity. Machine) This work orinstallationrevolves around thebureaucraticpracticesthat (Answering Contestador also refer to being“next to something ortangential.” doesn’t needto bethoughtofas“inoppositionto something,” butcould (or lives, orviewpoints) beingplacednext to eachother. Theword “against” against yours,” andhererefers to theidea oftwo people’sdifferent worlds interactions atwill. Thetitleisamisquotation ofthephrase“my word takes ontherole to interpret ofthecomposer andisatliberty these Yours The performer, whohasbeenasked to simply “play theradioandsing,” Against World My dynamics ofcommunicationinourcontemporary world. displacement and unannounced interventions makes inpublicspaces,often useofellipsis, framed inlarge-scaleinstallationsgalleriesand museums, oras Comparative Religion, University ofCapeTown, SouthAfrica.Hiswork, James Webb (South Africa,1975) retrospective sample. entering ininterpretations orspeculations to leave itto thespectator ofthe the bodyofhiswork. Keeping herspeech inthedescriptive level without a display ofherwork.words Withoutmorethanherown voice, through language, the of words Museum the of Museum AmaliaPica, oftheArgentineartist The performance the at Retrospective communicational inthewidestsense. forms, andisconcernedwiththecommunal,political conceptualpracticeishighlyattentiveLondon-based artist’s to imagesand Amalia Pica(Nehuquén,Argentina,1978) phytosanitary houses,banks,mechanicrepair, garages… détournement détournement , consistsofamonologuedescribingchronologically , 2012. Performance to explore thenature ofbeliefandthe , 2012. Installation , 2015. Performance Has a B.A. inDramaand Has aB.A. Retrospective at the the at Retrospective

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8–9 AUGUST 2015 AUGUST 8–9 VII JAFRE BIENNIAL twenty septillion ofpossiblemoves. 8x8 boxes –alternating inblackandwhite 32piecesand colors– round) a play (Let’s Chess isaformal clearrules)that consistsofaboard game(withavery of partidita una Qué, due to theinfinitesimal changes. or destroyed, for having new systems. Systems areconstantly modifying –each spacewithany kindofinteraction isasystem– hasto bemodified, changes produces biggerandperceptible changes.Andthen, systems The chainofinfinitesimal changesisinfinite andchaotic. Infinitesimal changes –changesreallysmall–thatareconstantly always everywhere. and atALBAsynchrotron (2014). Pep Vidalworks withinfinitesimal infinitesimal calculus, topology andinfinite series.PhDin Physics at UAB Universitat Autònoma ofBarcelona (UAB) (2008).Specialinterest in Pep Vidal(Barcelona,1980) Mouthless, Speak University ofBalamand,Beirut. Beaux-Arts, andarchitectureand teaches ofart attheAcadémie history Libanaisedes One This In Are such asthe31st SãoPaulo Biennialwiththework theory, andhasbeenincludedinnumerous exhibitions internationally, architect andwriter whosework incorporates literature, philosophy, and Tony Chakar(Beirut,Lebanon,1968) . Chakar contributes andarchitecture to art magazines 2012. Video,6min. , 2015. Installation Degree inMathematicsat Of Other Worlds That That Worlds Other Of IsaLebanese

studied at the Sant Jordi Fine Arts School,inBarcelona,studied attheSantJordi 1977–78. FineArts (,Girona,1959) Lluís Hortalà the strategic gameofchess. limits thatgovern thedualitybetween thefreedomandrulesthrough Pep VidalinvitesThe Catalanartist usto reflectontheconditionsand report aboutit, thedirectors of theBiennialwillreadduring theopening report effective therecentlyapproved Public Safety Act duringtheBiennial.To “I asked thedirectors oftheVIIInternational Biennial ofJafreto make Democratically border. component ofpolitics,focusing ontheinaccuracies attheart-political Conducta Arte the Instituto inLaHavana SuperiordeArte in2010 andthe (HavanaLevi -,Cuba,1984) Orta space for freedom. of the‘oppressorwillbecomefor two biennialinto days a andthedraft this religiousbuildingisbuiltonanancientmedieval castle:theoldspace deJafre. Paradoxically,the ground withcentreintheparishofSantMartí in theeleventh century. Thework consistsindrawing upaperimeter on concept stems from allthepeopleofCataloniainahistoric setting located territory, protecting from farmers andtheirproperty feudal violence.The Sagrera, to thespacearound churchesof andithasthestatusofsacred right (The pointofthisintervention. origin andstarting llibertat de freedom) of peus feet How reinterpret events thathave beenforgotten isthe trenta inthehistory thirty de of radi un radius a Sagrera, de Dret El spaces. being makes ofnatureinhisdetermination to constructdomesticated working onanew seriesofworks thatexplores theusethathuman climbed thedifficult western face ofMountEverest. Heiscurrently experience perspective. In1982 asamountain-climberto he theartistic light installations,drawings andsculptures,relatinghispersonal Studios. Since1997, hehasbeenexploring the subjectoflandscapeusing Between 1995 and2001 helived andworked inLondonatDelfina in 2009. Levi Orta’s work in2009.Levi investigates Orta’s thecreative , 2015. Intervention , 2015. Intervention Sagrera

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8–9 AUGUST 2015 AUGUST 8–9 VII JAFRE BIENNIAL need sotheirdecisionscan beenforced continues between thelines.Thisgovernmental apparatusis regulatory Controlling isimpossible, users what happensatsea tennis court (Playtime) Plaisance towards thenonsenses by setting upcomicalsituations. and marketing communication.Absurdity, ridicule,naiveté, Ienjoy pointing parodying the“tools from seduction”,thefetiches we canfindinmedia decompartmentalizing ofJohn Deneuveand installation,theartwork isintended to bedecidedly combining music,acousticexperimentation, drawing, performance, video John Deneuve France, (Marseille, 1976) song.” celebration –onabirthday (). We butconnected willbephysically through apart this whileyou willbecelebratinginthesmallvillageofJafre´s in Portugal) time, IwillbecelebratinginPraiaGrande(atinny fishermen’svillage, andthefreedomofthischoice.Onsamedaybirthday atthesame weekend. Butwould love to invite you allto celebrate withusher4th party. Thereforeher birthday Iwon’t physically cometo Jafreonthat being responsiblefor hisactions–Ihave decidedto stay closedto heron party Latin birthday excited sheis?Inthecontext ofJafre´sBiennialtheme daughter’s my to you “On the8thofAugust 2015 shewillturn4years old!Canyou imaginehow invite to like would I Hons inpainting,from Lisbon,2004. University ofFineArts, with aPostgraduate from thesamecollege,2007 andgraduated withaBA MFA andDesign,London,2008;graduated from ChelseaCollegeofArt 1979) (Lisbon,Portugal, Joana Bastos power, inasubversive actthatviolates thelaw itself. context, makingitsapplication,whichisnothing morethanthedesireof makes usaware oftheapplication thePublicSafety Act intheartistic as therespective consequences incaseofbeingviolated.” ceremony oftheevent theprohibitions containedinthisnew law, aswell libertas ) –Man’scapacityto actinoneway oranother, andnot to act, , 2015. Intervention . For afew years Deneuve hasdeveloped aworld . Graduated witha , 2015. Event LIBERTAD Straightforwardly Democratically

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movements andtheenvironment. experiences: themeslike theeconomy, socialmores,law andorder, mass various forms ofpower andtheexploration ofoureveryday life France.Marseille, Thework ofDianeGuyot ischaracterized by itsstudyof spending threeyears inLiverpool, currentlyshelives andworks in DécoratifsdeParis, after deCergyandArts (both Hons)from BeauxArts Diane Guyot deSt (France, Michel 1980) mineral resonancesaudible. of NaturalHistory. Heusedeightchannelsinthemineralroom to make installation for theexhibition MultinaturalHistories attheHarvard Museum explores geologicalassociationswithsound,athemeheexpanded in an boutique record, CDimprint, Unfathomless. Deltas,Jaeger Inhisfifth Mego, theItalianexperimental label,Senufo Editions,aswell asthe released several well-received albumsonvarious labelsincludingEditions experimentalism, ambientnoise,andelectroacoustic improv. Hehas Rushford. Kassel Jaeger’sworks areacomplex balancebetween concrète Lelasi, Stephan Mathieu,JmO’Rourke, AkiraRabelaisandJames suchasOren Ambarchi, Giuseppe collaborating withartists where heworks ascurator. Heisalsoawriter andtheoretician. He’sbeen electroacoustic musician.BasedinParis, heis a memberofINA-GRM Jaeger istheproject ofFrançois Bonnet aFranco-Swiss composer and François Bonnet(Limoges,France, 1981) feast. easy to find. Today, thewildnessisleaving France to participate to Jafre’s suburban gardens andeven thesuburbanbigsupermarkets wherefood is are takingover France inrecentyears; they arenow invading towns, Biennal, Guyot deStMichelispresentingthe Thewashinghangers. lineremindsusofbodiesandgestures.For Jafre consumerism: they would have beenseenasproducts ifdisplayed on Serie Boar The washing lineisathinstringthatextracts these T-shirts from Wild Line. There isadomesticrelationto thisobjectthateveryone hasalreadyused. Washing the on T-shirts , 2015. Installation Wild Boar Series Boar Wild Has two masters Kassel

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8–9 AUGUST 2015 AUGUST 8–9 VII JAFRE BIENNIAL Joana Bastos, Tony Chakar, CiprianHomorodean, JamesWebb, Levi Orta, Molinos Gordo, JuanUgalde,JohnDeneuve, DianeGuyot deStMichel, Enric Farrés Duran, Lluís Hortalà, Àngels Ribé,PepEnric Farrés Vidal,Asunción Duran,LluísHortalà, And allthosepeoplewhohave helpedusinseveral ways Design: InésJover. Texts: InésJover, Carolina Grau,MarioFlecha Mario Flecha,Carolina Grau, DanielTeruggi ARTISTS VIIJAFREARTISTS BIENNIAL Anna MaríaandRosa Pibernet ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Amalia Pica,François Bonnet. ADJUNCT CURATOR LLuís Hortalá andfamily LLuís Hortalá Jover Casanovas Family Ramon MasAlcàntara Casal d’EstiudeJafre Carnisseria CanRaliu Grau RaholaFamily Town HallofJafre Èlia BantíAlabau Sebastià Alabau CURATORS Village ofJafre Sergi Padrosa Flecha Family Joan Bonany Local Social Inés Jover UE Jafre

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