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PARAÍSO FRAGMENTADO
PARADISO SPEZZATO
Spanish Pavilion / 52 nd Venice Biennale
PARAÍSO FRAGMENTADO PARADISO SPEZZATO Spanish Pavilion 52 nd Venice Biennale
Los Torreznos
Jaime Vallaure, Asturias 1965 & Rafael Lamata, Valencia 1959.
Rafael Lamata, Valencia 1959 & Jaime Vallaure, Asturias 1965.
Los Torreznos are a duo who perform a conceptual exploration of time-honoured
customs and of contemporary society and politics. Their start point is reality
itself, direct and familiar.
Los Torreznos are Los Torreznos.
Los Torreznos are, and have been in the past, members of independent artistic
groups.
Los Torreznos were first known as such in the year 2000. Before that, Rafael
Lamata and Jaime Vallaure worked together on many projects. They were
founding members of and continue to be active in the experimental troupe
Circo Interior Bruto 2000/05. Previously, they each created and developed their
own artistic works.
WORK BY LOS TORREZNOS
2006
Energía Española Normal (Normal Spanish Energy)
Festival Periferias 06.
October. Huesca.
Tratado de algunas emociones (On certain emotions)
and De Perejil a Diwanija (from Perejil to Diwanija)
Expo and Encounters with Young Artists.
Instituto de la Juventud.
September. Mollina (province of Málaga).
De Perejil a Diwanija (from Perejil to Diwanija)
Encounters of self-expression and action art.
CENDEAC.
September. Murcia.
2005
La Realidad Oficial (The Official Reality)
eBent 2005. International Performance Festival.
La Casa Encendida.
December. Madrid.
Tratado de algunas emociones (On certain emotions)
Action! 05MAD. 2nd International Encounter of Action Art.
Círculo de Bellas Artes.
November. Madrid.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Directorate General for Cultural and Scientific Relations
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Tratado de algunas emociones (On certain emotions)
BIDA. Third Sports Biennial.
International Biennial of Sport in Art. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.
October. Sevilla.
La noche electoral (Election Night)
Artistic Workshop, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.
July, Alcalá de Henares (province of Madrid).
Tratado de algunas emociones (On certain emotions)
CIB Hall.
June. Madrid.
La noche electoral (Election Night)
Presentation of the poetry journal Salamandria.
July, Almería.
La noche electoral (Election Night)
35 minutos (35 Minutes)
Festival “In-presentables”. Dance-Performance.
La Casa Encendida.
June. Madrid.
35 minutos (35 Minutes)
Performance. Presentation RAS 7. Sound-art Magazine.
Friday 11 February, Circo Interior Bruto.
Madrid.
2004
La noche electoral (Election Night)
Thursday 16 September, Chicoutimi. Quebec. Canada.
As part of “Rencontre internationale d’art performance de Québeq”.
35 minutos (35 Minutes)
Friday 17 September, Galerie Rouje, Quebec. Canada.
As part of “Rencontre internationale d’art performance de Québeq”.
Investigaciones linguísticas (Linguistic Investigations)
Saturday 29 May, Hausemechine, Essen, Germany.
35 minutos (35 Minutes)
Performance. Doméstico’03.
Saturday 28 February, Madrid.
2003
Confiando en Shakespeare (Trusting Shakespeare)
In collaboration with Los Superagradecidos.
CIB. February. Madrid.
Mis maletas, ¿dónde están mis maletas? (My luggage, where’s my luggage?)
De Perejil a Diwanija. (From Perejil to Diwanija)
CIB. October. Madrid.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Directorate General for Cultural and Scientific Relations
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Mis maletas, ¿dónde están mis maletas? (My luggage, where’s my luggage?)
Coslart’03. XII Encounter of Experimental Art.
Coslada. Madrid.
Mis maletas, ¿dónde están mis maletas? (My luggage, where’s my luggage?)
La noche electoral. (Election Night)
Rivas Vaciamadrid. Centro Che Guevara.
Madrid.
2002
35 minutos (35 Minutes)
Vacío. Art Gallery.
Madrid.
La pasión según Los Torreznos. (The Passion According to Los Torreznos)
Doméstico’02. 9 rooms within an Academy.
Saturday 16 February.
Circo Interior Bruto. Madrid.
La noche electoral (Election Night)
Espais Centre d´art Contemporani. Gerona.
2001
La noche electoral (Election Night)
Universidad de Valencia. School of Fine Arts.
Friday 9 November.
Circo Interior Bruto.
November-December.
Energía Española Normal (Normal Spanish Energy)
24 February. Nomad territories, cycle of performances. Galería Theredoom.
Barcelona.
19 March. La Fábrica, Photo Gallery. Madrid.
2000
Energía Española Normal. (Normal Spanish Energy)
3 September. Le lieu. Quebec. Canada.
24 November. Doméstico’00. Madrid.
Colocar 50 pajaritos de papel en una autopista, darles alpiste y esperar a que
canten. (Place 50 paper budgies on a motorway, give them birdseed and wait
for them to sing)
Participative action.
September.
L’ilot d’florieu. Quebec. Canada.
Puzzle canadiense para hacer con canadienses (Canadian puzzle to be done
with Canadians)
Participative action.
September.
L’ilot d’florieu. Quebec. Canada.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Directorate General for Cultural and Scientific Relations
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PUBLICATIONS IN THE CULTURAL SPHERE
Magazine “Creación” No. 9 Madrid. “Compruebe si esta página arde más que
su corazón” (See whether this page burns hotter than your heart) 1993.
Magazine “Fuera de Banda” No. 3. Valencia. 1996.
Desvíos. Publication of Arco 98 Art Fair “Estimado amigo” (Dear friend). p.25.
1998.
Magazine “Fuera de Banda” No. 5. Valencia. 1998.
Parallel catalogue. Barcelona 1999.
“Palabras contra Palabras” (Words versus Words) Text of 104 pages. Selfpublished. 1999.
“La actitud creativa” (The Creative Attitude) Text of 220 pages. Pub. Narcea.
2005.
REFERENCES IN PUBLICATIONS TO JAIME VALLAURE AND RAFAEL LAMATA
Art performance 04 international meeting.
Editions Intervention 2005 [Inter Editeur]. Quebec. Canada.
Inter. Art Actuel. No. 76. “L´art parallèle espagnol dans les annés quatre-vingtdix.” Nelo Vilar. 2000. Quebec.
Art Action 1958-1998. Sous la direction de Richard Martel. Inter Editeur.
Editions Intervention 2001. Quebec. Canada.
Arte Visión. “A history of electronic art in Spain”. Media Centre d´art i Disseny.
Barcelona. (CD-Rom). 2000. Spain.
No ref. Action Art.
Publication coordionated by Marta Pol and Jaime Vallaure.
Autumn Festival. Ddept. Of Education and Culture. Madrid Autonomous
Community.
Madrid. 1996.
Art Forum. “Los Torreznos. Circo Interior Bruto”. Pablo Llorca.
Pablo Llorca. “Arte por la ventana” (Art through the window) El periódico del
arte. Madrid. June 1999.
Pablo Corral Gómez. “Comentario a la obra de Rafael Lamata Cotanda”
(Commentary on the work of Rafael Lamata Cotanda)
School of Fine Arts. University of Valencia, 1997.
Paloma Cirujano. “Colectivo de Acción Artística A UA CRAG”
In Lapíz Magazine. No.112. Madrid. 1995.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Directorate General for Cultural and Scientific Relations
PARAÍSO FRAGMENTADO PARADISO SPEZZATO Spanish Pavilion 52 nd Venice Biennale
Fernando Castro Flórez. “Rafael Lamata. Volver la cabeza”. (Rafael Lamata.
Look back).
In “Geografía-Métodos”. Junta de Castilla y León. 1994.
Miguel Copon “Chercher de la nourriture” interview with Rafael Lamata
Cotanda.
In Art Presence No.4. París. 1993.
Laurence Debecq-Michel. “Castille-Bastille. Aller-retour”.
In Art Press No.155. París. 1991.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Directorate General for Cultural and Scientific Relations