Hurtado understands the body as the container of the emotions, both personal and social; Generating patterns of “antisocial behavior”, states that Abraham explores as a paths to find other ways to operate, to adapt and survive the contemporary society. Fictionary atmospheres are often the settings in which the bodies are installed, as a counterbalance of disillusion that are constantly shadowing our current times. His practices focus on discomfort as is constantly mirroring us, addressing, through the individual experience, problems which are political and symptomatic. If the personal is political, the political invades the core of every individual.
As curator, he has carried out and participated in: Dissected Mica Moca Project (Berlin), three editions of the “Unexpected” Festival (Berlin, 2010-12), two editions of the Fenomens Festival (Barcelona, 2015-17), Experimental Section of the IBAFF Film Festival ( 2016), International Contemporary Dance Festival Cumplicidades (Lisbon, 2018).
Since 2005 collaborate with the artist Meg Stuart and her company Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods.
Visual Artist, cultural and communications manager. She holds a degree in Graphic Design from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where she also collaborated as a lecturer for several years. Given her interest in the conceptual analysis of creative processes, she also completed a Master’s degree in Theory and Research of Project Disciplines at the same university.
As an artist, she has an interdisciplinary approach based on the idea of translating tactile information. Through it, she develops works where morphology suggests the consequence of accumulated events.
As a designer, she has worked on numerous artist catalogues as well as editorials.
Since 2017, she has worked independently as a Project Consultant and Content Writer and Editor.
Selu Herraiz is an artist, educator and mediator of sound art. He has conceptualized and directed Sonora-School of Experimentation, an educational project run by AADK Spain, granted by the Daniel & Nina Carasso Foundation. The purpose of the program is to facilitate sound practices in the rural environment of Valle de Ricote (Murcia, Spain).
As an artist, he analyzes the interconnections of space and time, memory and identity. He describes his work as a trans-disciplinary search for bodies, sounds and images. Selu practices art as an excuse to inhabit the world and seeks the integration of the creative act in everyday life. He combines his personal research with the design of educational experiences.
His visual work has been exhibited in institutions such as Matadero (Madrid), Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Madrid), MNCA Reina Sofía (Madrid), Royal Academy of BB.AA of San Fernando (Madrid), Centro Párraga (Murcia), Mubam (Murcia) and CC Doors of Castilla (Murcia). Within the independent circuit, he has exhibited in spaces such as Hiroshima (Barcelona), Alg-a Lab (Galicia) and El Quirófano (Murcia), among others.
As a musician and sound artist he has performed at Tanz Kongress 2019 (Dresden, Germany), Media Art Festival 2019 (Leuvaarden, Holland), Festival Cumplicidades 2018 (Lisbon), Dance Hall (Madrid), Matadero (Madrid), COAM ( Madrid), Espai Erre (Barcelona) and in different rooms of the Murcia underground scene. He has collaborated with musicians such as Carlos Suárez, Juliana Spain Keller, Kris Limbach and Jochen Arbeit, and numerous others.
Artist, Program Director and Independent Curator. Elena develops multiple facets in the field of contemporary art, with a special interest in its educational, political and social aspects. She collaborates in festivals, biennials and art collectives nationally and internationally.
As an artist, she creates urban interventions and relational art pieces. She has been selected in national festivals such as REC and Imagina, as well as international, such as Warsztaty Kultury (Lublin), Katowice City of Gardens (Katowice) and The Gathering Rehearsal (Falun), among others.
She co-founded the project, Memorias Celuloides, National Network of Domestic Cinema; Medusa Mediation, a collective for learning through art; and Mucho Más Mayo, a contemporary art festival in Cartagena. Moreover, she was the Production Coordinator of the Parallel Events of the Manifesta 8 Biennial, where she also curated the section of Institutional Projects.
Elena has participated in the design and coordination of several national and European granted projects, such as ¿Quién da la vuelta a la Tortilla? Género y roles en las colecciones de tres museos de Bellas Artes and Moabiter Mix of the European program, Actors of Urban Change.
Also, she has curated several exhibitions such as The Spyeholl (italicized), by Sergio Sotomayor at the Blanca Soto Gallery in Madrid and the Master’s Degree in Scenic Practice (italicized), Student’s Exhibition of the Reina Sofía Museum. She has collaborated as a curator of Cumplicidades festival (Lisbon), Fenomens festival, (Barcelona) and the Experimental Film Section of the IBAFF Festival (Murcia).
Visual artist, eclectic and self-taught.Juan’s work combines techniques from multiple disciplines. He began his career dedicated to film production and set design but has also beautified many a shop window through multiple visual merchandising projects throughout his career.. Through his intuition, color sensitivity and interest in experimenting, Juan investigates the possibilities of transforming spaces. He is interested in the concepts of appearance and versatility as triggers to create different ways of inhabiting architecture. Nowadays, he devotes much of his time and talent to landscaping and interior design.He is an advisor in the Torre del Rame, Gathering Space for Contemporary Art, and La Peña Negra projects.
Hanna Szabó is a creative thinker experienced in content writing and in project management at cultural organisations, with a background in communications and in art and design management. She has collaborated with various initiatives in Budapest (HU) and is currently based in Spain as a member of AADK Spain’s team.
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