INTERVENTION CYCLE: 20 GRADOS

As part of the Parallel Program, the Tectónica Space will host the Intervention Cycle: 20 Grados. The research by the artists and curators presented in this section focuses on the dialogue between art and urban spaces, using different artistic practices to question the social structure of the cities we inhabit and the way we interact with their architectures and territories. Through these actions, bridges will be built between disciplines and diverse perspectives, expanding the understanding of how art is nourished by the urban fabric and how public space serves as a natural environment for artistic creation. The 20 Grados Intervention Cycle presents the work of 10 key artists in the contemporary art sector in an open, relaxed, and dynamic space.

Así están mis cosas estos días. Elena Arroyo.

INTERVENTION BY ELENA ARROYO: ASÍ ESTÁN MIS COSAS ESTOS DÍAS

When: Friday March 7th. 13:00h

Where: Tectónica Space. (Stand D3). Art Madrid Fair. Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles. C/ Montalbán, 1.

The proposed action is based on a performative adaptation of the video letter between the Japanese artists Shuntaro Tanikawa and Shuji Terayama, in which they reflect on identity, the body, the word and the image. In the performance, the space delineated on the floor becomes a place where objects fall, where a process of symbolic nudity is simulated, revealing existential questions about who we are and what it means to be. The action is recorded and projected in real time, questioning the relationship between the physical and the represented and inviting audience participation and reflection. The work adapts and improvises, incorporating elements from the correspondence between the artists and the performer's own practice.

ABOUT ELENA ARROYO

Elena Arroyo is an artist, performer and film maker. She studied Communication, Film, Photography and Contemporary Art. Some of what she studied interested her, others not. For a while she made some pieces, not many, in her own way: short pieces on the edge of narrative, on the edge of experimental, on the edge of conceptual. Some of them had more scope than others. None of them are important. During this time he worked on independent films made by friends. He would go to their homes to work, and from then on he would go through their libraries. He watched and read what was filmed and written, and what was neither filmed nor written. He also tended gardens, fell in love, travelled, became ill, was cured, fell out of love, moved, woke up.