RUINS YOU (DON’T) SEE
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A factory. A slaughterhouse. A power plant. Some shipyards. A gasometer. Architectural spaces, once industrial, that have been rescued from oblivion through cultural action.
Ruins you (don’t) see by Jorge Conde proposes a reflection on the role of the cultural institution in the construction of historical accounts, as well as in the recovery of memory and the critical analysis of the development model born of the Industrial Revolution and of the European colonial economic-productive system.
A dialogue with time and space. And a questioning of the prevailing models of recovery of the industrial legacy for defining cultural uses of the contemporary European city.
Over the course of more than a decade, the artist has traveled through 17 Western European countries, mapping old reused industrial spaces. Through his work, Conde analyzes how its transformation has changed the physiognomy of the territory and reflects on phenomena such as gentrification, speculation, the recovery of industrial heritage and the preservation of urban identity.
Ruins you (don’t) see is a research project carried out and produced with the support of Tabacalera Promoción del Arte, the Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte (MCD), VEGAP, the CoNCA (Generalitat de Catalunya) and the Real Academia de España in Rome
Jorge Conde
Life under pressure, the excesses of the hyperconsumption society, the climate emergency and the tensions between history and memory are recurring themes in Jorge Conde’s artistic career (Barcelona, 1968).
In his works he reflects on the social, urban and environmental impact of the transformations experienced by contemporary cities and their peripheries, using photography, image, sound and installation.
He has exhibited his work in different institutions such as the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), the Real Academia de España in Rome, the Instituto Cervantes in Berlin, Fabienne Levy Gallery in Lausanne (Switzerland), Artissima Turin (Italy) Art Miami (United States of America), the Museo Siqueiros in Mexico, Tabacalera Promoción del Arte, the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, PHotoEspaña and ARCO festival in Madrid, Arts Santa Monica and the Centro Cultural Círculo de Lectores in Barcelona, Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània CCCC and the IVAM in Valencia, among others.
Graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, he studied Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego (USA) and cinema at the National Film and Television School in London (UK). He has been resident artist at the Real Académica de España in Rome, the Museo Siqueiros de Cuernavaca in Mexico and the Chelsea College of Arts and Design in London.
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