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Estado crítico, estado urbano

Magazine

01 April 2010

Estado crítico, estado urbano

De una ciudad se pide que sea un lugar activo, que tenga emoción, que pasen cosas, que llegue a alterar nuestra conciencia y facilite -mediante lo que nos da- la capacidad para pensar y repensar lo que ocurre a nuestro alrededor.

En el momento en que una ciudad es aburrida y no “permite” que el debate cultural sea de calidad, toca replantearse qué está pasando. La tradición crítica en una ciudad es algo que raramente se valora políticamente; seguramente lo contrario. Si sus habitantes están calladitos mejor que mejor. Además, las dosis adecuadas de espectáculo ayudarán a apaciguar las fieras.

Pero la tradición crítica, y su continuación en la actualidad, en las ciudades ayuda a que toque generar proyectos más válidos, ya que los productores culturales se la juegan mucho más al existir un receptor capaz de recordarles que no, que no cuela.

En este número de A*DESK nos movemos entre tres ciudades: New York, Madrid y Barcelona. Javier Hontoria se acerca a la exposición comisariada por Jeff Koons en el New Museum y Clara Paolini a la retrospectiva sobre Tim Burton en el MoMA en New York, Rosa Naharro a la exposición de Tania Bruguera en Juana de Aizpuru en Madrid y Frederic Montornés a “Atopia” en el CCCB de Barcelona.

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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