"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" with Gabriel García Márquez
21/05/2015.
Desing by PKMN. Exhibition. ARCOmadrid
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" was a exhibition which could be visited at the international art fair of Madrid, ARCOmadrid, where there was exposed a video in which artists of multiple disciplines were reading some extracts of the texts written by García Márquez. If you did not have a chance to witness it in that moment, now, we will bring you all images of the exhibition.
Exhibition image. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García.
Detail. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García.
Exhibition view. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
Exhibition image. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García.
Exhibition view. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
Exhibition image. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
3D printers detail. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
"Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
Exhibition view. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García.
Exhibition plan. "Travesía por los estados de la palabra" by PKMN. Photograph © Javier de Paz García. Click above to see larger image.
Some of these words were later converted into 3D words with 3D print technology giving form to the main concept of the exhibition, which was already coined in 1997 by García Márquez, "Bottle the is for the God of words". The design of the exhibition was work of PKMN [pacman] Architectures.
Description of the exhibition
The interactive exhibition symbolises a journey along the Colombian author's work through a selection of literary excerpts that reference the ocean linking both countries and which is present in all of his books. The creative concept of the event is born from "Bottle the sea for the God of words": a speech given by the writer at the First International Congress of the Spanish Language in Zacatecas (Mexico) in 1997. In the speech, Gabriel García Márquez considers the power of words in the image era and the need to release them from the regulatory imprisonment they suffer.
Visitors will start their journey in the city of Cartagena de Indias with a video-art projection that displays several art associations and personalities of the Colombian cultural scene participating in the collective reading of excerpts written by García Márquez. Belonging to fields such as the scenic arts, digital art, contemporary music, architecture, advertising, creative programming and innovation, these artists took part in the event together by means of cross-discipline collaboration in order to create a journey where the only author is Gabriel García Márquez.
This reading will "symbolically release" García Márquez’s words, which will be taken by different artists to eventually convert them into 3D words.
Technology acquires a key role here, as new technologies have enabled 50 3D printers to be coordinated so they can work simultaneously day and night to gradually give life to these words and rearrange them into a new work. This time the tool is an interactive installation; the outcome will be an interactive ocean of words.
CREDITS.-
Concept.- Barrabés Meaning and Think Big Factory.
Exhibition Design.- PKMN [pacman] Architectures.
Digital Interaction Design.- Tecné Collective.
Videoartist.- Romulo Aguillaume.
Sound Design.- Jose María Ciria and Julian Ávila.
3D Print Support.- Ultra-Lab.
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[pacman] Architectures. PKMN
PKMN is an arch office and collective based in Madrid [Spain] since 2006.
Graduated at Technical University of Madrid, they have been awarded by Università La Sapienza(Rome), Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Ecole d'Architecture de Paris Val-de-marne, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia in Spain.
Carmelo Rodríguez, David Pérez, Enrique Espinosa y Rocío Pina have collaborated with many offices and practices: Juan Herreros, SOLID (Soto y Maroto), Javier Revillo, MI5 Arquitectos, Enrique Krahe, Andrés Jaque, José Mª Ezquiaga, ZooHaus, F8 Arquitecturas, Carlos Arroyo y Emilio Luque. They do research into technology - typology - construction (applied to consolidated urban contexts, local memory and contemporary cultures); simultaneously they love exploring new architectural fields connecting citizens, identity, pedagogy, communication, game, action and cities, specially throughout strategies of participation, mediation and social innovation, and experimental active learning process. They`re fulfilled diverse projects in Spain such as New Teruel Market Square, Oficina Gratuita de Arquitectura, Europan, Innopia, El Madrileño del Año, Plan Extinción or Museo MASJ in Alcázar de San Juan.
They develop an action and pedagogical workline called "City creates City" (with Diana Hernández, Alejandra navarrete, Carlos Mínguez and Almudena mestre, who have worked with PKMN in another projects) dealing with Spanish universities, portuguese, mexican and argentinian, such as La Coruña, Sevilla, UCJC Madrid, Chihuahua, Mexico DF, Buenos Aires, cities as Caceres, Toledo, Merida or Burgos and companies as Fagor or AENA. They have taken part in exhibitions such as XIII Bienal Buenos Aires, EME3 (CCCB-BCN), Archivo de Creadores (Matadero-Madrid) FreshMadrid & FreshLatino (COAM, I.Cervantes), AlNorte2010 or Post-post-post, and their work has been published by Mark, Pasajes, AV, METALOCUS, El País, El Economista, Arquire, Europan, Fundación Arquia, Future and other media.
