CARRIER WAVE: EINA Bosc
This workshop consists of the creation of a collective fabric or sculpture that is activated through breathing and laughter. The fabrics and recycled clothes, which will form this sculpture, will be impregnated with the memory of the place through different exercises of impressions on the walls of the EINA Bosc building; a building that has undergone several transformations and that for many years housed dark and conflictive situations. Through the activation of the sculpture, laughter will be the ritual of transformation of this energy. How? The workshop will begin with a previous investigation of the old uses of the EINA Bosc building, its transformations and histories. At the same time, the fabrics will be attached to the walls and the structure of the building for 24 hours to capture - in a metaphorical way - the memories of the space. At the same time, the volume that can be captured with telescopes in a space will be experienced in a more plastic way. Once the time has elapsed, we will unhook these fabrics to create the collective sculpture. When the sculptures are ready, we will begin to work on the more performative part through different exercises of laughter. The sculpture generated in this workshop will have a double game of recovery of memory and its reinterpretation, since, on the one hand, it explores the history of the architecture of the space and of EINA Bosc, while, on the other hand, the origin of the fabrics and materials is completely recycled.
Nowadays, large quantities of fabric or pieces that could perfectly well have many other lives are rejected and destroyed, and in resonance with other pieces and research that follow a similar line of work such as "Svelamnto di un genius Locci" where she worked the energy of a space by leaving the fabrics on salt rocks to extract the form and genius locci.
Rosa Tharrats (Barcelona, 1983) is interested in the sensorial and spiritual communication between different species of materials and bodies. Her work often starts with fabric and expands into installation, sculpture and performance. The practice of meditation and the application of rituals is often a common aspect of her work. Other recurring elements in his practice are the concepts of transformation, symbiosis or the natural-artificial relationship. His work has been exhibited at TBA21 (Córdoba, 2022), Art-o-rama (Marseille, 2022), Centro de Arte Maristany (Barcelona, 2022), Zona Guapo (Mexico DF, 2022), MACBA (Barcelona, 2021), Ehrhard Flórez (Madrid, 2022 and 2018), Barcelona Gallery Weekend (2021), CCCB (Barcelona, 2021), Museo de l'Empordà (Figueres, 2021), Bombon Projects (Barcelona, 2020), Arco Madrid (Madrid 2019), Apulia Land Arte Festival (Italy, 2017) or Galeria Cadaqués (Girona, 2015).
Photo: Las anèmones, installation, Cap de Creus, photo Lluís Tudela
Activity carried out with the collaboration of the Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte