“Pulling back the curtain” on the official Francoist history
This is not a conventional catalogue. In addition to reviewing the works in the exhibition Un altre fi. La resta. Art i antifranquisme [Another End. The Remainder. Art and...
Marta Marín-Dòmine
writer
Catalan-Canadian writer and researcher. She has taught at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, where she led the Centre for Memory and Testimony Studies. She was also the Director of El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria in Barcelona from 2021 to 2023.
Specialising in testimonial work, she has produced documentary films such as The Vengeance of the Apple. Argentinians in Toronto (2010) and 1930-1942. Mémoire juive du quartier Marolles-Midi [1930-1942: Jewish Memoirs of the Marolles-Midi Neighbourhood] (2012). She also wrote the script for the video Refugi [Refuge], featuring images by Carla Simón, for the series “Un vocabulari per al futur” [A Vocabulary for the Future] (CCCB, 2020).
In literature, she has received multiple awards for her book Fugir era el més bell que teníem [Fleeing Was the Most Beautiful Thing We Had] (Club Editor, 2019), including the Ciutat de Barcelona Essay Award 2019, the Joaquim Amat-Piniella 2019 Narrative Award and the Serra d’Or Novel Award in 2020.
She has also been involved in cultural projects such as the audiovisual installation Je vous offre les oiseaux / Us ofereixo els ocells [I Offer You Birds] (2017), sponsored by ICUB in tribute to Holocaust victims. In addition, she has published essays like Ellas [Them] (2023), a study on the condition of women in love through Golden Age theatre. In June 2023, she won the BBVA Sant Joan Award for Catalan Narrative for her novel Diré que m’ho he inventat [I’ll Say I Made It Up] (Edicions 62, Barcelona).
Photography: © Elena Infante
Last Update: September 2, 2024
Articles by Marta Marín-Dòmine
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