research and proposals at the center
The five selected researchers will begin their investigations and the proposals will be developed for the exhibition. During the central weeks of September, from the 11th to the 22nd, these efforts will culminate in an exhibition in the same month at MUA.
In this year’s edition, a global pool of 32 projects was evaluated. The jury named five works led by David Alpañez, Bernabé Gómez and Remedios Navarro: the Way of the Goddesses, connected to Sonsoles Masia Sanchez; End of the Stroke, associated with Angel Aria; Struktureho (Echo of the Structure), linked to Ruben GoMo (Radioboy); Journeys We’ve Never Taken by the FaceCoLab collective with Maria Ponce Garrido and Ana Maria Salom Farre; and Ultrarelated to Lucas Selezio de Souza. The five projects will share a 500 Euro production grant to realize their ideas during the dormitories, with one of the two remaining participants receiving a 1,000 Euro accommodation scholarship when relocating from other cities, a step up from prior editions.
This diverse group blends distinct aims into a single evolving work. The process maps an illustrated route that evolves into detailed plans, combining basic film work, visual pleasure, and textile art pieces.
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Sonsoles Masia presents the Way of the Goddesses, a route through plastic Iberian Roman astronomical sanctuaries along the Mediterranean coast, exploring ancient fertility rites. As the studio advances, it seeks a female perspective and develops works connected with prehistoric Mediterranean sculptures.
From the architecture lab FaceCoLab comes a project that blends art and architecture. It explores a series of excursions connecting the cities of Alicante and Berlin, using a walk through space and time to compare similarities and differences. The project uses drawings, illustrations, photographs, recordings, and mobile apps in addition to map implementations.
The concept of substitution appears again as Lucas Selezio will create an array of six studies using textile materials and traditional techniques, highlighting embroidery links between the textile industry and migration phenomena.
The End Angel Aria project concludes with a visual and spatial narrative built around the concept Other Graphics, challenging and enriching artistic discourse from urban art to petroglyphs or medieval inscriptions.
Ruben GoMo (Radioboy) plans to initiate a foundational work that will travel through the professional art and gallery circuit. It will be a portable sculptural piece that narrates its own creation and captures political stance and fantastic narratives among other elements.