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Acción directa

Magazine

21 June 2010

Acción directa

Acción directa, dar respuesta, do it yourself, autogestión, responsabilidad. Frente a la incapacidad y a la incertidumbre no puede ser que la respuesta sea la espera. El mundo del arte hace como si no pasara nada, todo se va al traste y los presupuestos siguen recortándose. Y nada, mejor no pensarlo.

Si los gobiernos que afectan a una ciudad como Barcelona van logrando que el tedio se apodere de todo no podemos darles la culpa únicamente a ellos: quien se aburre también es culpable. Si la gestión de los políticos lleva a la quiebra de un país no es válido quedarse de brazos cruzados: Toca ocupar su lugar y ganarles.

Existen ejemplos válidos, y en este número de A*DESK presentamos algunos. Frederic Montornés escribe sobre Halfhouse, un espacio expositivo en un piso barcelonés. Martí Manen sobre Best Party, el partido político islandés creado por distintos agentes culturales islandeses y que ha ganado las elecciones en el ayuntamiento de la capital. María Pose se acerca a una figura de coherencia absoluta como Bas Jan Ader, y Montse Badia observa el contagio de lo conceptual en el arte de hoy.

A*DESK is a critical platform focused on publishing, training, experimentation, communication and dissemination in relation to contemporary culture and art, which is defined by transversality. The starting point is contemporary art, because that is where we come from and this awareness allows us to go much further, to incorporate other disciplines and forms of thought in order debate issues that are relevant and urgent for understanding our present.

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