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Collaboration with the Culture and Conflict collective.
Photography in scenic creation
DIE is the second multidisciplinary project of the collective Culture and Conflict . A cry against ageism and the invisibility of old age. A proposal to provoke conversation between generations.
A space inspired by a peepshow that focuses on the obscenity of old age. On what we don’t want to see because we don’t like it or we don’t recognize ourselves in it in a natural way. From here, the author explores the possibilities of eroticism and desire as points of escape from these problems. We live in a society that links the value of the body to sexual attractiveness and where all vulnerable, dependent, fragile or non-productive bodies are marginal subjects. Old age, therefore, remains in the shadow of society, off the stage. Faced with this obscene gaze —which hides everything where we don’t recognize ourselves—, we propose an incursion into eroticism to subvert authority and make old age manifest itself with dignity. How is sexuality experienced at this vital moment? How does a body that is socially parked satisfy desires? Can eroticism be a way of escaping? A way of remembering?…
In this way, the piece also proposes a staging of this obscene gaze, placing the viewer in front of a peephole: a gaze that hides old age, but that cannot help but question its own destiny.
The three-dimensionality of stereoscopic photography invites us to discover the stories from an intimate place. The octagon-shaped structure is composed of seven viewers – each with a switch and a receiver – integrated into wooden panels. In this way, the viewer looks through the peepholes to see the images and listen to the testimonies.
Preview at the Temporada Alta in Girona, premiere at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, exhibited at the Sala Muncunill in Terrassa, at the Glops festival in Vilafranca del Penedès, at the Inund’art festival in Girona, at the Matadepera City Council, at the Connecta space in Mataró and at the Sòria photography festival.
Special thanks to Rosa Creus, Xevi Garcia Cardellach, Isabel Castellana, Rosa Bonastre, Mariona Bonet, Clara Palau, Maria Antònia Vilanova, Victòria Rovira, José Salmeron, Manuela Hernández, Ivan Oliva, Fina Campàs, at the Ateneu Terrasenc and at the Center de dia l’Aire in Sabadell.
Technical design and construction of the peepshow: Betty Cau
