A Xornada Arte e Participación starts the participatory process in Betanzos
Date 10/10/2019
Place Blue Room Lyceum
Address Praza de Galicia, Betanzos (A Coruña)
Timetable 20:00
In Betanzos, a participative process begins in which to think collectively about the commission for the production of a contemporary work of art.
From October 2019 until 2021 there will be an artistic intervention project that seeks to turn civil society into a community promoter of a work of art. Through the Concomitentes (www.concomitentes.org) and with the support and impulse of the Asociación Amigas del Parque del Pasatiempo, ACLP Roxin Roxal e a Asociación Amigos do Casco Histórico de Betanzos, The project, as well as the collaboration of the Betanzos City Council, intends to open a participatory process in which residents can request a work of art from an internationally renowned artist, which will be chosen after the participatory process that will take place in the coming months. The proposal of intervention is articulated around the legacy of the brothers García Naveira, as exponents of Galician migration and great philanthropists. The question on which the project is based is what this legacy means for the whole of the local population, so that the work of art can address issues such as philanthropy, return, reading, heritage, migration or encyclopaedic knowledge.
The participatory process begins in October and ends with the open day Art and Participation with which we intend to get to know the theoretical and practical frameworks on which the project will be based.. This first session will be held in the Salón Azul of the Liceo on Friday 11 October at 20:00 and will be hosted by Comba Campoy. Comba is an actress, journalist and has a degree in communication from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Her field of research revolves around subalternity and discourse analysis.
As rapporteurs will be Fran Quiroga, Mediator in Concomitentes. Transdisciplinary researcher, who directed research such as Ruraldecolonizado or Fiestas Raras, who will explain the modes of participation in the process, and the objectives of this pioneering project. With Pilar Cagiao, PhD in history and Professor of American History at the University of Santiago de Compostela, we will address the legacy of the Indians in Galicia, as well as explore the potential of this fact in the country. With the coordinator of exhibitions and the Laboratorio 987 of MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla León), Eneas Bernal, we will focus on artistic processes in which citizens are at the centre, paying attention to the importance of the process and uncertainty as a way of living these projects. And with Cristina Sánchez Carretero, PhD in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and currently a tenured scientist at the Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit) of the CSIC, we will analyse the conflicts between heritage and society, and the need to implement participatory methods in the custody of heritage.
This day is open to participation and is the first of those that will take place until January. In November, on the 16th of November, a walking day will take place, with whom we will be talking while we walk through spaces such as the Lavadoiro or the Parque do Pasatempo itself. This pioneering project is the brainchild of Concomitentes, an association that promotes a programme for the production of works of art commissioned by the public. This programme underlines the importance of art in social life. Thanks to the generous support and encouragement of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, Concomitentes is starting up in Spain with a solid pilot project, which will include projects in Catalonia, the Canary Islands and Madrid, as well as in Betanzos. Concomitentes is the Spanish version of the French programme Nouveaux Commanditaires. In 1990 the artist François Hers laid the foundations for this programme by drawing up a protocol, in which he outlined the terms of this methodology, whereby civil society can become the commissioners [the group of promoters] of an artist's work.
In Betanzos, a participatory process is initiated in order to think collectively about the production of a work of contemporary art.
From October 2019 to 2021, an artistic intervention project will be carried out that seeks to turn civil society into the promoter of a work of art. Through Concomitentes and with the support and encouragement of the Asociación Amigas del Parque del Pasatiempo, ACLP Roxin Roxal and the Asociación Amigos del Casco Histórico de Betanzos, as well as the collaboration of the Ayuntamiento de Betanzos, the aim is to open a participatory process in which neighbours can request a work of art from an internationally renowned artist, who will be chosen after the participatory process that will take place in the coming months.
The intervention proposal is articulated around the legacy of the García Naveira brothers, as exponents of Galician migration and great philanthropists. The question from which the project starts is what this legacy represents for all the neighbours, hence the artwork can address issues such as philanthropy, return, leisure, heritage, migration or encyclopaedic knowledge.
The participatory process begins in October with the Art and Participation open day, with which we intend to approach the theoretical and practical frameworks on which the project will revolve. This first day will be held in the Salón Azul of the Liceo on Friday 11 October at 20:00 hrs and will include the participation of Comba Campoy, -actress, journalist and doctor in communication from the University of Santiago de Compostela-, who will lead the session. Her field of research revolves around subalternity and discourse analysis.
Speakers will include Fran Quiroga, Pilar Cagiao, -mediator in Concomitentes and transdisciplinary researcher, who has led investigations such as Ruraldecolonizado or Fiestas Raras-, who will explain the ways to participate in the process, and the objectives of this pioneering project; Pilar Cagiao, -Doctor in History and Professor of American History at the University of Santiago de Compostela-, with whom we will address the indigenous legacy in Galicia, as well as the potential at a national level; and the coordinator of exhibitions and Laboratorio 987 at MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla León), Eneas Bernal, with whom we will discuss artistic processes in which citizens are at the centre, addressing the importance of process and uncertainty as a way of experiencing these projects.
This day is open to participation and is the first to be held until January. On 16 November, there will be a day of walking, with whom we will talk while we walk through spaces such as the Lavadoiro or the Pasatempo Park itself.
This pioneering project was born from the hand of Concomitentes, an association that promotes a programme for the production of works of art commissioned by the public, the programme emphasises the importance of art in social life. Thanks to the generous support and encouragement of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, Concomitentes starts in Spain with a solid pilot project in which projects will be developed in Catalonia, the Canary Islands and Madrid, in addition to Betanzos. Concomitentes, in the Spanish version of the French programme Nouveaux Commanditaires. In 1990 the artist François Hers laid the foundations for this programme with the drafting of a protocol outlining the terms of this methodology whereby civil society can become the promoter [the group of patrons] of a work of art.
See the full photo gallery of the event here.
