Arte Makina. Evil Eye. The parallel history of optics and ballistics

This course proposes an approach to contemporary art that does not involve asking the work directly what it is or what it represents. It is rather a matter of looking around it, of approaching the context in which it is produced. Each month we invite someone to prepare a session related to an ongoing Tabakalera contemporary art exhibition, with the aim of generating a collective toolbox that can delve deeper into the contents of the exhibitions and activate new ideas and discussions about art.

If there is one thing about works of art, it is that they are untranslatable. But likewise we are sure that through them we can come to understand many of the mechanisms of our society. We are interested in challenging 'I don't understand art' in order to build a space in which the knowledge of everyone can come into play. Let's put the machine to work.

Sessions:

February 16, 18:00-20:00

Mikel Alberdi Sagardia (EU)

March 30, 18:00-20:00

Kimia Kanvari (ES)

April 20, 18:00-20:00

Martin Etxauri Sainz de Murieta (EUS)

May 25, 18:00-20:00

Leire Vergara (ES)