Delve: Una exposición que explora lo fantástico en relación con el espacio

Translated title of the contribution: Delve: An exhibition exploring the relationship of space and the fantastic

Lucia King (Curator/Producer), Helena Goldwater, Javier Olivera, Mochu Mochu, Pak-Keung Wan, Lucia King, Mia Taylor, Laura Silvestre Garcia (Other), Miguel Angel Herrero (Other), Miriam Del Saz (Other)

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Abstract

Project Concept:
Delve is an exhibition with an associated research events programme exploring the relationship between concept of space and the fantastic. It explores space from the point of view of decolonising processes in art practices; ones that can be realised through translocal friendships and cross regional collaboration. Space cannot be other than an idea created and imagined by humans; an expression in language and art that is necessarily geopolitical. The exhibition explores the subversive and countercultural role that the fantastic can play in the creative re-imagining of space inter-culturally. The exhibition convened artists whose practices represented notions of space and place through the drawing, painting, photography and the moving image as their media, where each of the works presented an opportunity for the public to enter into a parallel space-time through the work.

Coinciding with the exhibition, Delve explores and develops research on transnational artists’ curatorial network-creation, promoting inclusivity and opportunity for diverse artists to exhibit according to a self-led curatorial ethos and process.

The represented artists were:
Helena Goldwater (UK) Pak-Keung Wan (UK/Hong Kong) Mochu (India) Javier Olivera, (Spain/Argentina) Mia Taylor (UK) and Lucia King (UK/Spain)

The exhibition was curated from a concept authored by Lucia King, who organised and managed the exhibition and public talks events. Five of her own artworks (in painting) also featured in the exhibition itself.

The exhibition and events were hosted by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) where the gallery venue was curated by Laura Silvestre Garcia, Dean of Culture at the UPV and Miguel Angel Herrero, International Relations Officers (UPV) The logistics and events management was conducted by Artist/Senior Lecturer Printmaking (UPV) Miriam Del Saz.

The exhibition ran for one month (11/9/24 to 10/10/24) at the Josep Renau Gallery housed within the Faculty of Fine Art San Carlos, Universitat Politècnica de València (henceforth UPV) included the following associated events:

1. The exhibition, which included over 50 artworks.
2. Five artists’ presentations delivered by 5 of the six exhibiting artists
3. Three public gallery tours delivered by Miriam Del Saz (Project Manager, Spain)
4. Keynote presentation: an inter-disciplinary Literary-Fine Art dialogue between Prof. Patricia García and Dr. Lucía I. King on the project theme.
Two versions of an e-catalogue were produced and circulated to disseminate the project’s identity and targets.

What I set out to learn and disseminate from mounting the exhibition and talks was:
How can I meet the challenge of convening a range of artists from international sources (across world regions) to illuminate the project themes from their geopolitical positioning, converting this into a trans-cultural site of discourse? This was successfully achieved in a context where new knowledge was also disseminated to students of the UPV and wider public via the open talks series.
Other knowledge transfer achieved was in the realm of interdisciplinary dialogue in the curated talks of the exhibition which included literary scholar, Patricia Garcia (See Activities for details) The focus here was on Literary-Fine Art interchange on the subject of space and the fantastic.
Translated title of the contributionDelve: An exhibition exploring the relationship of space and the fantastic
Original languageSpanish
Publication statusPublished - 11 Sept 2024
EventDelve - Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
Duration: 12 Sept 202411 Oct 2024
https://culturabbaa.webs.upv.es/exposicion-delve/

Keywords

  • Space and Place
  • Transcultural theory
  • The Fantastic
  • Transnational networks
  • Art and Curation

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