RAÍCES AFUERA. PERFORMANCE CYCLE. ART MADRID'25

Art Madrid celebrates twenty years of contemporary art from March 5 to 9, 2025, at the Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles. During Art Week, it becomes an exhibition platform for national and international galleries and artists. In this edition, with the aim of providing a space for artists working in the realm of performance art, the fair presents Raíces Afuera, a performance cycle that explores notions of belonging and the need for rootedness in a contemporary world marked by fragmentation, displacement, and disconnection. Positioned within the fair as a critical and reflective space, the project challenges the individual’s relationship with their environment, community, and sense of identity.

PERFORMANCE: ENSAYOS DE DESPLAZAMIENTOS. BY JOSEFINA BARDI

March 5 | 19:00h. Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles.

The project is framed within the artist's research on her relationship with her twin sister, a theme she has been exploring since 2018. Over this time, a series of live actions and visual experiences have been developed, linked to sculptural concepts such as weight, gravity, form, and space—all in tension with the notion of duplicity. This research examines how two twin bodies connect and interact with each other, as well as with the spaces/territories they inhabit. Within this context, "taking root" is approached through the displacement of bodies, exploring the theme of connection and its relationship with distance and territory.

Ensayos de desplazamientos. 2025. Scketch. Josefina Bardi.

ABOUT JOSEFINA BARDI

Josefina Bardi Prida (Santiago, Chile, 1996) is a visual artist and educator, currently based in Madrid, Spain. She holds a degree in Visual Arts from the Universidad Diego Portales and has complemented her education with a Master's in Plastic, Artistic, and Visual Education from Universidad Nebrija and the Instituto Cervantes. Her teaching career spans institutions in Chile and Spain, where she has worked as an art teacher and collaborator in workshops with prominent artists.

In her professional career, she has been the head of the ceramics workshop at Brio Atelier, production and artwork assistant for artists such as Cristóbal Ochoa, Camila Ramírez, and Sebastián Mahaluf, and has also worked in graphic design.

Her work has been recognized with various awards, including First Place in the Municipal Award for Young Art of Santiago (2024) and the PAAL residency at Zapadores Ciudad del Arte (2023). She has held solo exhibitions in Santiago and Madrid, and participated in numerous collective shows across America and Europe, including the Biennial at the Museum of Memory and the MAC Quinta Normal.

PERFORMANCES:

March, 5 | 19:00h. Josefina Bardi. Ensayos de desplazamientos

March, 6 | 19:00h. Eléonore Ozanne. Las fornteras siempre tienen dos lados

March, 7 | 19:00h. Valentina Alvarado Matos. voy raspando la hoja y la voz

March, 8| 19:00h. Ra Asensi. Ese entorno endurece mi piel

March, 9 | 17:00h. Agustina Palazzo. El peso de la ciudad lo llevo conmigo