Dataspace

 

 

A new information space set up in La Rambla Exhibition Hall, providing free access to Bòlit documentary fonds, to which the donation of a major bibliographical collection from MACBA constitutes the basis of the future Documentation Centre. Users will have access to printed documents (books and magazines) as well as audio and video documents, some of which will have been selected by the artists taking part in the current exhibition. Free Internet connection will enable users to consult the art centre website and work on laptop computers. Visitors will also be able to access short video interviews with artists currently working on exhibitions or other activities in the centre, and thus gain an introduction to their work process. Visitors to Dadespai will be able to see creative works by artists, designers, illustrators, etc. who use information (software codes, archives, documents, etc.) as the raw material for their projects, linked to exhibitions currently being held in Bòlit.

 

Dataspace presents

 

 

Within the framework of In construction. Recipes from Scarcity, Ubiquity and Excess, the artists invited to intervene in Dadespai are the members of the Derivart group: finance sociologist Daniel Beunza, computer videogame engineer Mar Canet and visual artist Jesús Rodríguez. Derivart has been in active existence since 2004 and operates from the intersection between art, finance and technology. On this occasion, they will present their Bubblemetre installation, an interactive visualisation of the price of housing focusing on the current debate on the "housing bubble". Are we living in a bubble? Are we living in a bubble economy? What causes this situation? How can we face up to it? Derivart will also be presenting their online casastristes.org with the aim of providing an overview of the housing issue in Spain. The idea is to set up an exchange platform for information and resources based on the Web 2.0 philosophy, by creating a reliable public data base of unoccupied houses in Spain. By means of a series of data visualizations and blog publications, the project hopes to offer useful resources to clarify ambiguous concepts and provide back-up for the network of citizens, associations and other groups that are concerned about the housing issue and need support to communicate, become visible and put forward proposals.