1+1+1…: ‘Locus solus. Minecraft version’ by Alejandro Palacín
10 — 22 November 2020
— Curated by Gisela Chillida Espinosa
- Artists
- Alejandro Palacín
- Curators
- Gisela Chillida Espinosa
- Venue
- Museu Picasso de Barcelona
- Price
- Free admission
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The project 'Locus solus. MInecraft version' by artist Alejandro Palacín is part of the delocalized itinerary "1+1+1...", that will unfold throughout the Gothic and El Born neighborhoods from November 10-22.
Locus solus. Minecraft version is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond Roussel. It tells the story of the eccentric Martial Canterel who walks his guests through a private garden-museum full of sculptures and sci-fi-like gadgets. For the video presented within the framework of LOOP, Alejandro Palacín uses the logic of Minecraft to reproduce the novel’s plot while pulling from his own sculptural practice. The video game’s virtual space allows the player unlimited cubes with which to build and develop speculative sculptural work that ignore the laws of physics. Proposed as an endless work in progress, after more than three years of construction, this sculpture park has acquired a considerable size–it would take about 45 minutes to see it in its entirety. For LOOP, Alejandro Palacín has created a collective visit to this impossible sculpture park through a series of four micro-capsules in which he acts as a guide.
Alejandro Palacín holds a BA in Fine Arts (2009 – 2015) and a MA in Production and Artistic Research (2015 – 2017) from the University of Barcelona. This year, produced the public installation-techno session TECHNOTINTINEO for the event BCN llum 2020 curated by BRAC and he also participated in the residency programme Enresidència promoted by the association ABAUAQ. In 2019, on the occasion of ArtNou Barcelona and in collaboration with the curatorial collective Gracias por su visita, he presented the solo exhibition Galán de Noche Serpent Dorada at the gallery Nogueras Blanchard (Barcelona). That same year, he presented the research project Locus Solus minecraft version at Hangar.org (Barcelona), a guided tour of a digital sculpture park curated by Serafín Alvarez. In 2018, together with Mònica Planes, he presented PLAYING WITH A FRUIT IS NOT PLAYING at the Fundació Arranz Bravo (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat), under the curation of David Armengol and Albert Mercadé. He also participated in the exhibition Fuegoscruzadosrebotantes curated by Luis Bisbe at Halfhouse. Previously his work has been seen in venues such as Fabra i Coats-Centre for Contemporary Art of Barcelona, Espronceda – Centre for art and culture, and in initiatives like the Biennal Jeune Création Européenne (2017-2018) or the XX Bienal d’Art Contemporani Català (2016-2017).
Last update 22nd October 2020
Freelance writer and curator. She writes regularly for A*Desk, La Maleta de Portbou, Bonart, Hänsel i Gretel, Núvol-Digital de Cultura, Politica & Prosa or Diario Levante. Recently, she has edited the book “Galeries d’art a Catalunya” and the catalogue of the exhibition “Tàpies / Alcaraz / Rubert” at the Kunst Lager Haas in Berlin. Some of her exhibitions as curator have been seen at àngels barcelona (Enésima Intempestiva), Arte Aurora (El ple and Seastanding), Àcid Sulfúric (€uropolis), Cera 13 (Moon and dust) or at FASE. Espacio de creación y pensamiento. Between 2018 and 2020, she coordinated the LOOP Discover Award, held within the framework of the LOOP Barcelona video art festival and fair. She has a Master in Art History and since 2011 she has been involved in teaching through conferences, talks and courses aimed at both children and adults. Among them, New economies for new communities. Can the rules of the game be changed? in the framework of the Mobile Week Congress; ¡Ay! Amor at the MACBA; David Hockney: a painter and a book at Galeria SENDA; A Century of Artistic Revolution, 1863-1964 and Painting in Europe, from Botticelli to Monet at Casa Elizalde (Barcelona); Two Italian Masterpieces at Can Palauet (Mataró).
Last update 22nd October 2020
