Under Siege
Mariam Ghani & Omer Fast. Installation & conversations
The artists Mariam Ghani and Omer Fast present an installation comprising two audiovisual works related to the siege motive and how it is lived in the actuality. These projections are accompanied by a conversation with the curator Chus Martínez about artistic practice in the context of siege.
Under siege
Soy Cámara
A video essay program to reflect on the most contemporary aspects of besieged cities. This "Soy Cámara" features speeches by Tzvetan Todorov, Zygmunt Bauman, Sajia Begham, Chris Woods, Marc Marginedas and Leila Nachawati, among others, and shows archive footage of CCCB activities and ...
Under siege. Síria. Information under siege
Debate with Leila Nachawati, Lali Sandiumenge and Marc Marginedas
Lights and Shadows of Drones
Jordi Perez Colome
Until recently, the word “drone” evoked a buzzing sound or a stingless male bee. Today, however, its everyday use no longer derives from noises or the animal kingdom. The word “drone” is now better known as a synonym for “unmanned aircraft”.
The Siege Today
Centre Documentació i Debat
With “Under Siege”, we begin this last quarter of the year with a cycle of debates on contemporary sieges, a project that also aims to denounce military conflicts that are unresolved, forgotten and even hidden from public opinion. “Under Siege” consists of an installation ...
Under Siege
Chus Martinez
How does an artistic community work within a context of siege? How, under these conditions, is it possible to maintain the sense of practice when only trusting on internal relations? These and other important questions on the idea and condition of siege were fundamental issues explored at the 2012 edition of dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel.
Under siege
Three hundred years after the siege of Barcelona, the military besieging of peoples continues to be a common reality today, in 2014. At the same time, new and sophisticated strategies of forms of siege have emerged in which control, both of information and of technology, plays a fundamental ...