{"id":24175,"date":"2018-06-30T17:41:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T16:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/magazine\/nuevos-misticismos\/"},"modified":"2018-08-27T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T08:47:25","slug":"nuevos-misticismos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/en\/magazine\/nuevos-misticismos\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mysticisms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Marc O&#8217;Callaghan, <em>Lesseps, Joanic, Virreina, Sol<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are currently witnessing the resurgence of mysticism in contemporary artistic practices. The tarot, horoscopes, pagan rituals and esotericism aren&#8217;t new in art. For a few years now, at least since documenta 11 curated by Okwui Enwezor, artists have focused on forms of creation related to magical thinking, producing works that point to ancestral practices and beliefs. Could this interest in rituals and ancestral creeds be a consequence of the globalisation and decentralisation of the art world? <em>Black Light<\/em>, the current exhibition on show at the Centre de Cultura Contempor\u00e0nia de Barcelona (CCCB) surveyed by Ana Llurba this month, proves that the influence of secret traditions in art goes back a very long way. The exhibition only includes works produced up to the fifties and sidesteps contemporary works, although it does look into a few figures (Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner) who have quite a following among the selected artists. Some people believe that this resurgence of esotericism is connected to the need for transcendence in postmodern societies, that in turn would explain the mistrust in science and the resource to complementary and alternative medicines and individual lifestyles. This is precisely the theme of the work by Ed Fornieles, interviewed by Mar\u00eda Mu\u00f1oz in this issue. Diets designed to improve performance, bio-hacking and new age trends as a way of regaining control of our own bodies? Marc Navarro speaks in similar terms of the work by Oliver Laric, that resorts to esotericism to invoke a universal order capable of dismantling the social, economic and even speciesist system.<\/p>\n<p>Other curatorial projects in Barcelona are also shaped by esotericism. Caterina Almirall puts magical thinking into practice in the show on display until 14 July at Can Felipa, <em>An Exhibition Like A Spell<\/em>. Almirall talks about her show at La Capella \u2013 organised in the framework of BCN Producci\u00f3 \u2013 with Irina Mutt, and discusses curatorship as a practice based on the affections and the imagination. These young curators reveal a different outlook on the world in general, and the art world in particular, an outlook halfway between invocations and spells that gives rise to projects of which vulnerability forms an integrative part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc O&#8217;Callaghan, Lesseps, Joanic, Virreina, Sol We are currently witnessing the resurgence of mysticism in contemporary artistic practices. The tarot, horoscopes, pagan rituals and esotericism aren&#8217;t new in art. 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