There was a range of work on display by the famous Eusebio Sempere. The other work included op art installations by local artists and paintings with references to the Spanish War.
I felt quite disappointed with the currency of work in the gallery, which is supposed to promote the contemporary arts in Spain. The building, however, was truly inspirational and provided me with some opportunities to explore ideas of optical illusions in architecture, especially corridors and staircases.
Unfortunately, I was not allowed to photograph them.
Exhibition at the Bus Station
‘Boarders and Immigration’
Surprisingly, the most inspiring exhibition of work was at the coach station. The was a range of dramatic photographs on display made from broken wire dancing material. This adds to the element of reality, while creating a more appropriate setting for the content of the photographs than a typical white and clean wall.
(Photo by telesur. com)
Uncertainties of the characters in these photographs are on a different scale to what I have ever experienced. The timing of this exhibition coincides with the March of 7000 mainly Honduran citizens through Guatemala and Mexico towards the American boarder. I have travelled vastly through all those countries and have many good friends there. Practically, every family is affected by the consequences of gang violence, “war tax”, drug smuggling and loneliness, which is caused by emigration. Perhaps, I need to include these important issues as a serious consideration in my research.
Photographs, which I took this morning, while wandering far beyond the touristic strip through rough parts of town. There is one word, which links all Latin countries around the world.
This word is ‘peligroso’ meaning dangerous, vertually, physically and in terms of a common mood in all those places.
HYPNOTIC REPETITION 