Process / Take Back the Night. Make the Centre Ours

Process

Based on the work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and the exhibition 'Periphery of the Night' and following some of his methodological principles in relation to working with adolescents (in, for instance, 'Haiku' or 'Phantoms of Nabua'), for this exhibition we will work on a mediation process with a group of young people who live and study in Sant Andreu and with the young people from the Baules project, a pilot initiative, promoted by the association A Bao A Qu, the objective of which is to try out new ways of relating between young people and the city’s cultural facilities. 

Conceptually, we will reflect on two areas. On the one hand, on the imaginaries of the night: collective imaginaries about the night and nocturnality that vary according to life experiences and contexts are added to film imaginaries (the projection of dreams and spirits in the darkness). On the other, as the presence of film in the museum allows the spatial and temporal limits of the so-called 'white cube' to be questioned and given that, since 2019, one of the Art Centre’s main objectives has been to become a more porous institution, the chance to experience the exhibition space as a meeting place, which can fulfil the uses and interests proposed, will be offered.

Participants: Centre d’Acollida de Sant Andreu, Centre de Formació de persones Adultes Pegaso, Escola Pont del Dragó, IES La Sagrera i IES Martí i Pous, accompanied by Lo Relacional.

Dates of realization: March 2022

Public presentation: March 15 and 25th