Performance Art in Spain 1964 - 2009

Performance Art
in Spain
1964 - 2009
ROOTS:
FLUXUX UNIVERSE
ZAJ
CONCEPTUAL ART
Conceptual Artists from Cataluña
Conceptual Artists from Madrid
Zaj – First Zaj Performance in Madrid – 1964
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JUAN HIDALGO
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WALTER MARCHETTI
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ESTHER FERRER
Conceptual artists from Cataluña about 1975
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JORDI BENITO
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PERE NOGUERA
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ANGELS RIVÉ
Conceptual artists from Madrid
about 1980
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NACHO CRIDADO
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CONCHA JEREZ
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ISIDORO VALCARCEL MEDINA
THE ART ENVIROMENT IN
SPAIN 1980 - 1990
The “official culture” wanted to forget
everything about our recent past
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It is necesary to create something new
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The maing goals in that time were
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THE ART OBJECT - Painting
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THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST - Barceló
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THE MARKET – ARCO Fair
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The Artists start to develop their
own
“Art System”
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Without OBJECTS
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Without MARKET
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Without any official or alternative
DISTRIBUTION CHANEL
Looking backwarg to our past to understand our
present.
The Artists start to develop their
own
“Art System”
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Without OBJECTS
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Without MARKET
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Without any official or alternative
DISTRIBUTION CHANEL
Looking backwarg to our past to understand our
present.
PERFORMANCE ART
1990–1995
the art system start to break
External imput:
Big Economical Crisis
Internal imput:
“There is not room for everybody”.
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BARCELONA
MADRID
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VALENCIA
1989 BARTOLOME FERRANDO
PERFORMANCE TEACHER AT FINE ART
ACADEMY
1991 FIRST INTERNATIONAL
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
1992 SECOND INTERNATIONAL
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
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GRANADA
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MADRID
1991 FIRST PERFORMANCE
FESTIVAL
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VALENCIA
1992 SECOND
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
1993 THIRD PERFORMANCE
FESTIVAL
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BARCELONA
GRANADA
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BARCELONA
1992 AIRE PROJECT
1993 SPEAKING MAGAZINE
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MADRID
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GRANADA
VALENCIA
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BARCELONA
MADRID
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VALENCIA
1994 SECOND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
1993 FIRST PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
GRANADA
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SMALL ORGANIZATIONS
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ARTISTS MANAGER
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NETWORKING
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CRITICAL POSITION
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HELPFULL
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THEORY
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MAGAZINES
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PERFORMANCE FESTIVALS
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ARCHIVES
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OPEN EVENTS
1996–2000
focus on performance art
More attention to the FORMAL aspects of
the performance.
More interchange with Europe
“Acciones” Madrid
“Club 7” Barcelona
“Espais” Girona
“Zona de Acción Temporal”
“Circo Interior Bruto”
2000–2006
going back to the festival
More Money
More Resources
More Experience
FESTIVALS
OPEN EVENTS
Cabaret Obert – Barcelona
Ven y Vino - Madrid
FESTIVALS
2001.- CONTENEDORES (SEVILLA)
www.radiodeaccion.es
2002.- eBENT (BARCELONA)
www.ebent.org
2003.- ACCION!MAD (MADRID)
www.accionmad.org
PERFORMANCES FESTIVAL (VALENCIA) (+ 2007)
2004.- CHAMALLE X (PONTEVEDRA)
www.belasartes.uvigo.es/chamallex
2005.- LA MUGA CAULA (GIRONA)
www.lamugacaula.cat
2006–2009
Performances in the Museums
FESTIVALS
OPEN EVENTS
Little by little performance art is programing
in Museums, sometimes as a
complementary activity for more traditional
exhibitions, sometimes by it own