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.

Máscara. Video still. 2021. Javier Olivera

INTERVENTION BY JAVIER OLIVERA: DE LOS OJOS A LOS OJOS

When: Sunday March 9th. 17:00h

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

The face is presented as a map of identity, a unique combination of skin, bones, muscles and holes that seeks to highlight its particularity in a crowd, a sea of otherness. Two gazes intersect in the crowd, creating a dialogue in which looking at the other becomes a way of questioning ourselves, in a game of mirrors that defines us. For the artist, the face has been and continues to be an object of study, approached through various media and formats such as drawing, photography, video installation and film, exploring its transformation, manipulation and alteration. Through the twisting of the face image, the artist seeks keys to define its ontological and identity value, while rescuing its semblance as a poetic space, both individual and universal. In this encounter, the artist will take a journey through his work, citing authors and references that have influenced his process, culminating in the participation of the audience, making them an active part of the work.

ABOUT JAVIER OLIVERA

Javier Olivera (Argentina, 1969) is a visual artist and filmmaker. Since 1990, he has developed a body of work that includes paintings, photographs, single-channel videos, video installations, films, and artist’s books. His work explores the relationship between memory and culture as fundamental elements in shaping identity. He applies both craft and technological skills, acquired in the industrial fields of cinema and television, to an independent production methodology, ensuring an authorial discourse and a continuous formal exploration. In film, he wrote and directed the fiction feature El visitante (1999) and the documentaries Mika, mi guerra de España (2013), La sombra (2015), La extraña. Notas sobre el (auto) exilio (2018), Una habitación en Bangkok (2025), and La piel (2025). His films, primarily audiovisual essays, have been screened at international festivals and exhibitions, including MOMA (New York), Viennale (Austria), BAFICI (Buenos Aires), and Márgenes (Spain), among others.