This exhibition proposes a reflection on the spaces that materialize the “state of exception” and that are representative of power structures of today’s globalized world. In doing so, this exhibition aspires to claim the spatial articulations that make possible to institute and enforce the state of exception as a tool of power wielded by the contemporary political apparatus.
Scenographies of Power
“Scenographies of Power”, on show at La Casa Encendida, Madrid, reveals how in the spatial materializations of the exception, the aesthetic becomes political.
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- 05 September 2017
- Madrid
The itinerary proposed in “Scenographies of Power” – that pierces through the diplomatic space, the airport, contested borders and court process; reveals how in the spatial materializations of the exception, the aesthetic becomes political. These spaces of exception are interrogated by the different artists, who work with that which takes places in them, using disruptive propositions to critically represent, record or reactivate them to allow alternative readings of the political framework that hosts each of them.
until 10 September 2017
Scenographies of power: from the state of exception to the spaces of exception
Curator: Maite Borjabad López-Pastor
Artists: !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Djumaliev, Trevor Paglen, Susan Schuppli, Taryn Simon, Arkadi Zaides
La Casa Encendida
Ronda de Valencia 2, Madrid