Archipelago 2023 El Hierro Will Once Again Be the Centre of the World From 2018 onwards, the Archipelago concert series invited the audience to delve deeper into the complexity of the contemporary world through listening, seeking to foreground music genres and modes of listening which provide an alternative to European and US cultural centres. This video, made by Javi Alvárez and Irene de Andrés, documents the seventh, and final, instalment of Archipelago, which was centred on El Hierro, a volcanic island which was considered prime meridian for centuries. Located halfway between Africa, Europe and South America, the island is also a metaphor for all music that circumvents the Western media’s powerful grid.This edition featured the screening of the film Eles transportan a morte (2021), by film-maker’s Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado, from Galicia and Tenerife, respectively; a performance by the Folkloric Ensemble of Sabinosa; music by DJ Travella from Tanzania and Malian DJ Diaki; and a concert by the Sardinian ensemble Tenores di Bitti “Mialinu Pira”. Activities Live Arts
Double Reina Performance with Pakita Inside the framework of equipo1821, drag artist Pakita activates Female Figure, a performative action conceived by artist Élan d'Orphium which reflects the illusion traditionally produced by images of the “the feminine” and presents them as artifice. Activities Education
Olga de Soto Reconstruction of a Danse Macabre This new project—framed as part of the Museo Reina Sofía’s Fissures programme—revisits and expands upon a research project undertaken by Olga de Soto over more than a decade ago on Der grüne Tisch (The Green Table, 1932). Exhibitions
Antoni Tàpies The Practice of Art To mark the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012), the Museo Reina Sofía and Fundació Antoni Tàpies have organised one of the most complete exhibitions on the artist to date. Exhibitions
Notes for a Time Apart A non-linear rapporteurship This video is the last stop in Notes for a Time Apart, a programme held in the Museo Reina Sofía from 30 June to 16 December 2023 with activities that looked to address other modes of conceiving time, beyond its normative and purely metric dimension. The programme was made up of a range of activities such as artistic and architectural installations, workshops, lectures, performances and encounters. The audiovisual piece here, which now works as a non-linear rapporteurship, gathers some of the gestures, sounds and encounters that took place, and aims to acknowledge and thank those who were willing to share time (and their time) during the programme. Activities Seminars and conferences Live Arts
After It’s All Said A Lecture by Denise Ferreira da Silva This lecture saw artist and anti-racist theorist Denise Ferreira da Silva present a new conception of aesthetics, her own approach to countering the colonial, racial and cisheteropatriarchal matrix inherent in Enlightenment and modern Western thought. Activities Cinema and video
Ulla von Brandenburg One-Sequence Spaces Ulla von Brandenburg’s installations give rise to subjective spaces which immerse the spectator in suspended places that straddle reality and fiction. Exhibitions
Ibon Aranberri Partial View Esta exposición de carácter antológico dedicada a Ibon Aranberri (Itziar-Deba, Gipuzkoa, 1969) reúne una selección de obras desde la década de 1990 hasta el presente. Exhibitions
Documents 27. Chris Ware’s Worlds Conversation between Chris Ware and Carla Berrocal, Enrique Bordes and Raquel Jimeno This conversation took place on 11 October 2023 inside the framework of the Documents programme, the 27th instalment of which revolved around pre-eminent draughtsman and cartoonist Chris Ware (Omaha, Nebraska, 1967). Activities Seminars and conferences
Picasso 1906 The Turning Point Picasso 1906: The Turning Point aims to look at Picasso’s first major contribution to modern art through contemporary eyes. Exhibitions
Music to Break Down Mastery Interview with Alexandra T. Vázquez For researcher and writer Alexandra T. Vázquez, listening is a unique way of approaching the realities facing cities, where sound works as underground architecture to render an account of their inhabitants. Activities Seminars and conferences Centro de estudios
New Approaches to Picasso’s Early Work (1906–1912) International Congress In this video, four participants in the international congress Picasso from Cultural Studies. The Dream and Lie of Spain (1898–1922) address some of the aspects colouring their interventions. Activities Seminars and conferences
Ben Shahn On Nonconformity This retrospective centred on Ben Shahn surveys his career via a theme-based presentation of works on different supports and an array of archive documents. Exhibitions
Call It Something Else Something Else Press Inc. (1963-1974) This exhibition focuses on the books, projects, and activities of Dick Higgins’s publishing house Something Else Press. Exhibitions
Indigenious Visions A Conversation with Kidlat Tahimik Este vídeo da cuenta de la entrevista realizada al cineasta Kidlat Tahimik (Baguió, Filipinas, 1942), uno de los pilares del cine de vanguardia filipino. En la pieza audiovisual el cineasta comparte algunas reflexiones que atraviesan su obra. Exhibitions Activities Cinema and video