Site-specific project devised and carried out by architect Santiago Cirugeda and his Recetas Urbanas studio, consisting of an ephemeral architectural intervention set up on the flat roof of Bòlit-LaRambla Exhibition Hall.

This construction will provide Bòlit with the temporary infrastructure needed to carry out research and artistic intervention activities by the national and international guest artists who will be working for and from Girona.

El Niu was specifically created for the art centre, and is one of the projects presented by architect Santiago Cirugeda for 2008 Venice Biennale Out There: Architecture Beyond Building at the Experimental Architecture exhibition in the Italian Pavilion.

www.recetasurbanas.net

Niu construction

Led by: Toni Serra

Talks given by: Dalila Ennadre, Xavi Hurtado and Àlex Muñoz

Date: 6-10 July 2009.

Venue: Niu.

Price: 15€

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The workshop will start with a screening of a selection of audiovisual creations: independent documentaries, creative video and media archaeology, mostly from the OVNI [Unidentified Video Observatory] archives (www.desorg.org).

We propose to start by discussing a series of videos on a tightrope between social criticism / reflection and an introspective questioning of human nature: dual aspects of a single reality which have often been dissociated by our prevailing western tradition, thereby depriving us of the means of deepening our critical regard, not only on ourselves and our society, but also on the role of video as a creator of visions and imageries.

The development of consumer technology has brought with it an increasing trivialisation of the image, a saturation of visual stimuli, and a masking of other realities. However, it has also given us video as an everyday tool with which we can reflect on the realities of our lives and our dreams, and with which we can create our own imagery; it has heralded the arrival of an independent visual discourse, and thus provided access to non-cloned visions. The workshop aims to explore and consider these possibilities through screenings and discussions of video artworks, interventions by guest artists, and contributions from participants.

There will be screenings and discussions on videos that explore the mechanisms of social and identitarian control, the violence and conflicts of globalization; the image as a spectacular mirage, media deconstruction; the devices of otherness (migration and the creation of the "other"), inner experiences, initiation journeys, accounts of dreams, transits towards other realities, indigenous and Islamic rhizomes, and much more.

INFORMATION AND INSCRIPTIONS: info@bolit.cat / 972 427 627