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Black Light

Secret traditions in art since the 1950s

This exhibition is about the influence that various secret traditions have had on contemporary art from the nineteen-fifties to the present day. It presents some 350 works by such artists as Antoni Tàpies, Agnes Martin, Henri Michaux, Joseph Beuys, Ulla von Brandenburg, William S. Burroughs, Joan Jonas, Jordan Belson, Goshka Macuga, Kenneth Anger, Rudolf Steiner, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Francesco Clemente and Zush.

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Secret traditions in art since the 1950s

“Black Light” is about the influence that various secret traditions have had on contemporary art from the nineteen-fifties to the present day. It presents some 350 works by different artists.

Initiation Rooms

By Tania Mouraud at "Black Light"

The French artist Tania Mouraud  (1942) created in the seventies Rooms for Initiation, white and minimalist spaces of free use for visitors to museums and art galleries. At the CCCB, within the exhibition "Black Light", we reproduced one of Tania Moraud's rooms so that you can experiment ...

Radio Éter #20. Matías Krahn

Artist of the «Black Light» exhibition

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Quim Módenes

Radio Éter #19. Sergi Faber

Andreas Faber-Kaiser son and Director of the programme "Sintonía secreta"

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #18. Evohé & Sére Skuld

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #17.Carsten Agger and Raisa Inocencio

Activists and members of the Technochamanismo network.

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #16. Pablo Raijenstein

Occult Artist and Mentalist

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #15. Marta Piñol Lloret

Doctor in Art History and author of the book «Relaciones ocultas: Símbolos, alquimia y esoterismo en el arte».

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #14. Roc Parés

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #13. Claudio Marucchi

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #8. Leon Ka

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #7. Roberta Marrero

Trans artist, Kenneth Anger and Marjorie Cameron follower

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #6. Pilar Bonet

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #5. Carmen Domenech

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

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Radio Éter #4. Aitor Saraiba

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Believing in the 21st Century

Lecture by José Casanova

The sociologist José Casanova discusses what appears to be the innate human need to believe and analyses the new forms religion is taking in the twenty-first century. What do these beliefs have that is really new? Why has science not yet managed to supplant religion?

Radio Éter #3. José Casanova

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #2. Eva Espeita

Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...

Radio Éter #1. Enrique Juncosa

Curator of "Black Light"

Enrique Juncosa is a writer, exhibition curator and cultural manager.  Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes ...

Seeing the Invisible

Lecture by Gary Lachman

Gary Lachman, writer, musician, and expert on the history of consciousness and esoteric thought, emphasises the importance of occultism in the shaping of modern culture

Black Light

Discover the occult side of contemporary art

The occult, spirituality, psychedelia and esotericism come to the CCCB with the exhibition Black Light. An unusual look at the art of the past 50 years that has been strongly influenced by secret traditions. Until 21st October, discover more than 350 works by world-renowned artists ...