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A*DESK has been offering since 2002 contents about criticism and contemporary art. A*DESK has become consolidated thanks to all those who have believed in the project, all those who have followed us, debating, participating and collaborating. Many people have collaborated with A*DESK, and continue to do so. Their efforts, knowledge and belief in the project are what make it grow internationally. At A*DESK we have also generated work for over one hundred professionals in culture, from small collaborations with reviews and classes, to more prolonged and intense collaborations.
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Matías Daporta is an artist, curator and cultural manager with a transdisciplinary approach. His work encompasses artistic and curatorial projects that explore the limits of cultural law, cultural homogenisation, the intersection between live arts and other artistic disciplines (and life itself) and the visibility of queer identities. His projects, whether artistic or curatorial, seek to generate a social context that proposes new mechanisms of attention and observation of an event. Daporta curated Me gustas pixelad_, on the intersection between performance and digital culture at La Casa Encendida; the European project Digital Leap, for the Institut Ramon Llull; or the mediation project Framing Intimacy for the Joan Miró Foundation. He also established DESFOGA in 2014 (active), a residency and festival programme aimed at addressing power dynamics, inequalities and human rights violations through performances, installations and exhibitions.
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world" (John Le Carré)