International Workshop - Student Exhibitions: “Expressa’t” (Express yourself)

December 2007 Metáfora participated in an exhibition about AIDS in the day-centre “Àmbit Dona” in the area of “el Raval”. The space is very far from representing a “white cube” exhibition space, but it represents the everyday-experience of HIV-infected people or people living in danger of infection (prostitutes, drug-addicts), who have their coming and going at “Ambit Dona”. The experience was very positive and moving.
This projects forms part of collaboration with the organisation “Plataforma Comitè 1r Desembre”, which is planned to continue in future years.

Student Exhibitions and other projects

Throughout the year Metáfora engages in several projects around Barcelona; some of these are yearly returning exhibition-projects in spaces belonging to the city-council or private organisations. Others are one-off collaboration-projects with universities or other institutions from other countries.
All students of the International Workshop are encouraged to propose work for these exhibitions, and we emphasise the importance for young artists to go through such exhibition-experience and related activities in order for to build curriculum for future studies or exhibition-activities.

"Des de Fora" (From the Outside)
Every year in April, a group of students of the International Workshop are invited to participate in a group show called "Des de Fora". The title means "From the Outside" and should contain artworks relating to the experience of the "outsider" living in Barcelona. All art works for this exhibition must be elaborated though a digital process.The exhibition is organized by la "Casa del Mig", a local venue of the city council. For the exhibition a full colour invite is produced and distributed on account of the city council.

“Expressa’t” (Express yourself)
December 2007 Metáfora participated in an exhibition about AIDS in the day-centre “Àmbit Dona” in the area of “el Raval”. The space is very far from representing a “white cube” exhibition space, but it represents the everyday-experience of HIV-infected people or people living in danger of infection (prostitutes, drug-addicts), who have their coming and going at “Ambit Dona”. The experience was very positive and moving.
This projects forms part of collaboration with the organisation “Plataforma Comitè 1r Desembre”, which is planned to continue in future years.

“Terra de Ningú” (No Man’s Land)
In May 2008 the students at the International Worksop have an exhibition planned at Centre Polidor in St Adrià de Besòs (belonging to Barcelona’s City Council).

But if not, not
In April 2007, twelve MA-students from St. Joost in the Netherlands visit Barcelona and enter in collaboration with three of Metáfora’s students, as well as with artists based in Hangar and Piramidon. Other institutions collaborating in this project are Santa Monica (CASM), El Almazen, LaPinta and others.
Part of the project are screenings in Hangar and Santa Monica, as well as an open studio-exhibition at Metáfora.

Leslie Raymond and MA-students from San Antonio
In April 2007, Leslie Raymond, VJ-artist and lecturer from the University of Texas, visited Metáfora with a small group of her MA-students. Metáfora’s students interacted with the whole group of American students and Leslie gave a presentation of her own work.

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“Expressa’t” (Express yourself)

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