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\"a) <\/p>\n

Irena Visa presenta la seva primera exposici\u00f3 individual al Mutuo Centro de Arte <\/a>, a Barcelona, fins al 22 d’abril. Imaginary USA \u00e9s el t\u00edtol de la mostra i tamb\u00e9 del projecte exposat: un recull de fotografies de paisatges acompanyades d’una projecci\u00f3 audiovisual i el mapa d’un recorregut per Estats Units. Es tracta d’unes fotografies que, a simple vista, semblen imatges documentals de paratges de l’Am\u00e8rica rural. Paisatges naturals; vistes de gasolineres; carreteres i escenaris de fira ambulant; vistes convencionals d’un imaginari al qual ja estem acostumats i que relacionem immediatament amb aquella idea que tenim del que \u00e9s l’Am\u00e8rica rural, hi haguem estat o no.<\/p>\n

Les fotografies de \u2018Imaginary USA\u2019 no estan preses ni a Colorado; ni a Iowa; ni a Phoenix, sin\u00f3 a Banyoles; a Olot i en altres llocs de la geografia catalana. Tot i aix\u00f2, tenen un aire lluny\u00e0, com susp\u00e8s en el temps, i una llum cremada, com de filtre digital, que les fa semblar postals id\u00edl\u00b7liques d’un viatge inici\u00e0tic per escenaris de pel\u00b7l\u00edcula. Irena Visa \u00e9s de Banyoles i quan estudiava a l’institut anava sovint al Strall<\/em>, un bar de la localitat amb pinta de “diner” americ\u00e0, mig Saloon<\/em> – mig bar de carretera d’Arkansas. Ja llavors va comen\u00e7ar a pensar sobre el fet de “recordar” amb certa precisi\u00f3 llocs on mai ha estat; o que ni tan sols podria situar en un mapa: per qu\u00e8 Arkansas? Qu\u00e8 hi ha all\u00e0? Per qu\u00e8 la pista de b\u00e0squet del poble li “recordava” a Harlem? \u00bfFins a quin punt estem influ\u00efts per l’imaginari cinematogr\u00e0fic exportat pels Estats Units quan pensem en els paisatges rurals o urbans d’aquest pa\u00eds?<\/p>\n

Des de fa tres anys, aquesta reflexi\u00f3 s’ha fet de manera m\u00e9s conscient i s’ha comen\u00e7at a acompanyar d’imatges, creant una mena de mapa de localitzacions americanes a Catalunya. Cadascuna de les fotografies, totes realitzades sota el prisma subjectiu del que a la Irena li recordava a Am\u00e8rica, rebia un t\u00edtol que es corresponia amb una localitzaci\u00f3 hipot\u00e8tica, el nom d’una ciutat o un estat americ\u00e0, donat a partir d’un criteri de similitud amb imatges reals d’aquests llocs trobades a Internet. Va penjar, com una mena d’experiment, algunes de les fotografies a Facebook i es va sorprendre en veure que m\u00e9s d’un li preguntava interessat pel seu viatge a Arizona i voltants, i va aprofitar la confusi\u00f3 per proposar un projecte que juga amb un imaginari col\u00b7lectiu donat, que no \u00e9s el propi del receptor principal de les obres, i que, al mateix temps, explora la dicotomia veritat-fals present a la fotografia.<\/p>\n

Semblava que la fotografia havia de ser una eina objectiva de documentaci\u00f3, per\u00f2 la hist\u00f2ria ens ha mostrat que tot \u00e9s falsificable, fins i tot sense intencions pol\u00edtiques de cap tipus, com en aquest cas. M\u00e9s que preguntar-nos si hem de fiar-nos de les imatges, haur\u00edem de preguntar-nos pels processos de transmissi\u00f3 cultural que fan que reconeguem un paisatge, un localitzaci\u00f3, i el situem en un punt d’un mapa sense necessitat d’haver vist mai aquell lloc amb els nostres propis ulls.<\/p>\n

\u00c9s cert que es rodaven westerns a Almeria i que van existir llocs com “Esplugas City”, en els qu\u00e8 la reconstrucci\u00f3 del far west<\/em> americ\u00e0 es feia d’una manera intencionada i amb un objectiu clar: el de situar una hist\u00f2ria en un lloc concret, un lloc que f\u00edsicament no era aquell en qu\u00e8 se situava l’acci\u00f3, per\u00f2 que ho semblava. Aix\u00f2 mateix passa amb les fotografies d’Irena Visa, que sembla que hagin estat preses en el lluny\u00e0 oest, al desert de Sonora i a les carreteres de la Ruta 66, encara que en realitat siguin paisatges del nord del territori catal\u00e0 i a m\u00e9s no responguin a una voluntat expressa d’engany.<\/p>\n

Per a la inauguraci\u00f3 de l’exposici\u00f3 a Mutuo, Irena Visa va convidar uns amics m\u00fasics a tocar unes can\u00e7ons que acompanyessin d’alguna manera les fotografies. Lo Loable<\/em>, que aqu\u00ed no \u00e9s all\u00f2 que pot ser lloat, sin\u00f3 tot all\u00f2 que pot ser substantivat i precedit de l’article neutre “lo” -com “lo americano”, “lo imaginario”, “lo fotogr\u00e1fico”, o fins i tot “lo ef\u00edmero”, van adaptar una s\u00e8rie de can\u00e7ons populars catalanes a l’estil de m\u00fasica propi de l’Am\u00e8rica rural, el country<\/em>, seguint un proc\u00e9s similar al que havia seguit l’artista en el desenvolupament del seu projecte. Com sonaria el “Sol, solet” si fos una can\u00e7\u00f3 country<\/em>? I “En Joan Petit Quan balla”? Lo Loable<\/em> (teclat, guitarres, viol\u00ed i veu) es van reunir per a l’ocasi\u00f3, abillats amb samarretes d’equips americans de b\u00e0squet, per a constituir el contrapunt musical al projecte visual exposat i, malgrat l’\u00e8xit, no tenen intenci\u00f3 de tornar a tocar.<\/p>\n

Imaginary USA \u00e9s un “ongoing project” per\u00f2 t\u00e9 tamb\u00e9 una data de fi: el proper 16 de juliol es donar\u00e0 per tancada la s\u00e8rie, ja que Irena Visa se\u2019n va de viatge als Estats Units, i ja no tornar\u00e0 a fer fotos de records no viscuts, ni de localitzacions inspirades en una intu\u00efci\u00f3, ni de paisatges imaginaris de l’Am\u00e8rica profunda. En tot cas, deixar\u00e0 el fals documental a un costat per potser passar a utilitzar la fotografia com a eina objectiva de retrat del paisatge. O no.<\/p>\n

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