Sound experiences: creation and participation
Thursday 23 November 2023, 6:30 — 7:30 pm
- Participants
- Jorge Esda and Théo-Mario Coppola
- Venues
- Almanac Barcelona
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This encounter would explore the integration of sound technologies, curatorial practices and programming sound experiences to approach new audiences. Various professionals would convene with the aim of sharing information, discussing good practices and exploring the impact of sound on the public.
Jorge Esda
- Curator, Project Manager
Jorge Esda is a cultural manager and curator. Since 2022, he has been co-directing the Vega de Agua art residency in Gran Canaria. This residency is dedicated to promoting projects that amplify collective practices and facilitate shared life experiences among local and international residents across diverse artistic disciplines, complemented by a program of public activities.
Jorge recently co-curated the exhibition ‘Suspense’ by Annabelle Adbo-Godeau at Orangerie München in 2022, collaborating with Tinatin Ghughunishvili-Brück. His current practice extends to working alongside curators Daria de Beauvais at the Palais de Tokyo and Corina Apostol for the Estonian Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale, as well as at Tallinn Art Hall.
Driven by a deep interest in concepts such as the “Right to the City” and “Culture Club,” Jorge has embarked on research projects during residencies at Izolyatsia (Kyiv, 2019), Vent Space (Tallinn, 2021), through the 5th edition of The Autumn School of Curating, with course leader Weng Xiaoyu, or through the i-Portunus fellowship (Tbilisi, 2019-2020). His master’s thesis delved into the connections between the LGBTIQ+ community in Tbilisi and Club Culture.
Théo-Mario Coppola
- Curator
Théo-Mario Coppola is a curator and arts writer. They are currently based in Paris, France.
Viewing aesthetic issues as inherently tied to social struggles, Théo-Mario Coppola’s curatorial and critical practice engages with research-based, experimental, narrative and political forms. The projects they have conducted deal with experiences of concrete utopia, personal and collective narratives of emancipation, as well as initiatives of resistance, and examine how these enable the transformation of values in art, governance and society.
Their recent curated exhibitions and programmes include three annual chapters of the HOTEL EUROPA series in various cities across Europe between 2017 and 2019, the third edition of the Nuit Blanche arts festival at Villa Medici in Rome, Italy, in 2018, and the eleventh edition of the MOMENTUM biennale in Moss, Norway, in 2021.
Théo-Mario Coppola has contributed to catalogues, magazines and online publications. They regularly lecture on radical aesthetic practices at art schools and universities.
Last update: November 17th, 2022
