Ambush #15: Huaqian Zhang and Joan Bennassar

In Instant Workshop: A Burst of Collective Exercises to Rethink Production, Huaqian Zhang and Joan Bennàssar propose a laboratory for reflecting on one's own production from the unconscious, induced reverie, and collective delirium: "A classroom without a predetermined structure. A cinema without a camera or projector. A hypnagogic hallucination. A chain of events to sharpen the tools of imagination." Approaching the space of Eina Bosc and the practices of each participant through methodologies akin to altered states of consciousness, the workshop activities range from collages and exquisite corpses to the conceptualization of listening devices and kinetic machines, including outings to the adjacent Collserola forest, feral reading clubs, guided meditations, and collective periods of lethargy. The process culminates in an ephemeral audiovisual installation which opens to the public at the end of the week, where recordings, documents, and remnants of the collective experience are shared.

Joan Bennàssar (Palma de Mallorca, 1991) holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, ​​and has participated in the FLORA ars+natura program in Colombia and the SOMA-México independent study program, as well as residencies in the Taipei artist village, Taiwan; and Hangar, Barcelona. He has presented his work in centers such as Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (Propuesta para un archivo de vídeo, 2018); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (Beehave, 2018); Tabacalera, Madrid (Cambio de rumbo, 2017); Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma (The view, 2016) among others. He has given workshops at Sant Andreu Contemporani (2014), SOMA-México (2017) FLORA ars+natura (2019), and the Cinemateca de Bogotá (2019 and 2020).

Huaqian Zhang (Wenzhou, China. 1997) graduated in Design (2020) from BAU, Centre Universitari d'Art i Disseny de Barcelona. They combine their own artistic practice with the production of third-party projects. They have been part of Exotèric Department, MACBA's self-training program (2017-2018) and JAI, Institute of Artistic Practices at Tabakalera and Artium (2024). They have taught workshops at Can Felipa Arts Visuals (2021) and Sant Andreu Contemporani (2023). Their work has been shown in collective exhibitions such as Mapes d'allò que pot venir (2022), and also presented individual exhibitions such as Tot el mal at Malpaís (2023) and Sobreescalfament at Dialica (2024). They have been awarded the Art Jove Creació Award (2022), Barcelona Crea Grant (2023) and Hangar's Production Grant (2025). Currently, they are an artist resident at Hangar (2021–2026).