2018
KONTENPORANEA #3
Construction
The third edition of Kontenporanea is articulated around construction, understanding this concept in a broad sense, to configure a solid and sustainable programme, which unfolds in four directions: construction of ideas, space, society and environment. KEOA 2019 occupies the outdoor space with the aim of giving greater visibility to artistic projects in our territory and fostering new relationships with the public.
On this occasion, the organising committee was formed by Andrea Villamor Sanchez and Patricia Taberna Solbes (Irun), Ane Lekuona Mariskal (Hondarribia) and Viveca Tallgren (Finnish, based in Hendaye), with experience in the fields of Art History, Cultural Management and Graphic Design. The multidisciplinary nature of the work team has enriched the process, facilitated and accompanied by Bitamine Faktoria.
Kontenporanea was held in the surroundings of Plaza San Juan in Irun during the weekend of 18-20 May 2018.
ARTISTS
AINARA LEGARDON / ANDREA ESCARGOT / ALLAN DAASTRUP / AUTOBIOGRAPHIKAL / DAUDANE / HELENA GOLAB / IGOR REZOLA / OLALLA GÓMEZ / SOLAR SOUND SYSTEM / TODO POR LA PRAXIS (TXP)
EXHIBITION
AKSEL HAAGENSEN / CAMILLE PERROTTET / DAVID SALCEDO / FERNANDO ANTONIO VELÁZQUEZ / MAX PROVENZANO / NAUSHIN AHMED / RAFAEL TRIANA / ROJO SACHE / SEAN CHAM
AFFORDABLE ART MARKET
APOTHEKE STUDIO, ARRAMAZKA, BASQUE CERAMIC DESIGN, CAMILLE PERROTTET, GAROA ILUSTRAZIOAK, IMANOL RIBERA, JONE TABERNA, JULIA LASA, LEIRE LLANO, MIRIAM LOIDI, MR. WOODMAN, OUCHINI, ZOCCO HANDMADE, + LO VI (muffins & cookies faites maison)
SPECIAL THANKS
GORKA LOMEÑA SLU
Thanks to the company Gorka Lomeña and its team for their help in coordinating and assembling the structure that served as a space for all the activities.
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Research project
Artistic residencies / New approaches
The initiative to review the programmes of aid for creation organised by Bitamine Faktoria over the last 10 years arose shortly after the period of pandemics, confinements and limitations on many of the freedoms we had enjoyed until then.
It is true that the new present had changed as a consequence of the events. The economy had been affected, many families had lost loved ones, the routine and changing restrictions we faced on a daily basis made us feel lost and hopeless. But also, people had changed. Many of us have taken advantage of this hiatus to slow down, reflect, analyse, blame ourselves, accept that sometimes we lose and even take away burdensome duties. To question our objectives and look for answers.
Continuing with the model we had proposed until then in our structure was irresponsible. And the answers would not appear on their own, they had to be sought.
Within this framework, a long task was planned, with concrete phases, articulated with each other and consecutive in time.
A research project was launched in November 2021 to find out the state of the artistic and cultural sector in the Basque Country, and it was carried out throughout 2022.
Many people have been involved in the work process, which has been an invaluable source of knowledge, and it is thanks to all of them that we can now share these results, which I sincerely hope will be useful and fruitful for the sector.
Download the research
Design: Estudio Moriskette
Emotional Atlas of Bidasoa - exhibition
2023.02.03 / 2023.06.04
OIASSO MUSEOA
An exhibition at the Oiasso Roman Museum (Irun) curated and art directed by Helga Massetani Piemonte and María José Noain Maura.
"It is not possible to bathe twice in the same river". This famous phrase, perhaps erroneously attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, is perfect for reflecting on the Bidasoa. Its character as a border river, since ancient times, has allowed it to see the most varied historical events, to hear different languages on its banks, to host great celebrations and great tragedies, to become a mute witness to the passing of time. The river Bidasoa is the protagonist of this exhibition and comes to life through the voices of its inhabitants.
In 2019, Bitamine Faktoria (Helga Massetani Piemonte) and Los Viajes de Aspasia (María José Noain Maura) received the Ribera grant from Irun City Council to develop a project that at the time was called "Cartografía Emocional del Bidasoa" (Emotional Cartography of the Bidasoa). Previous work was carried out on the history of artistic cartography which was followed by anthropological research, in which, through surveys and group interviews, the emotional perception that the inhabitants of its banks have of the Bidasoa was collected. In this way, a conceptual and artistic map of the river's memory was drawn up.
The project was continued in 2021, taking on a new dimension that transformed it into "Atlas Emocional del Bidasoa". It was then the Olatuak grant from the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Creation Aid from Irun Town Council that facilitated the transformation of the research into an artist's book: an edition of ten literary and historical notebooks, illustrated by Elena Odriozola. Ten of the themes most highlighted by the citizens during the research phase were chosen and are now transformed into ten modules that make up this exhibition. Each module talks about an aspect, but not only for information purposes, but also as an artistic installation that aims to evoke memories, stir emotions, rescue from oblivion what we were, are and want to be. They can be visited in the order that each person chooses: the important thing is to move between them, like the waters of the river. After all, as the Greek philosopher himself said, everything flows, nothing remains.
KREDITUAK / CRÉDITOS
Komisariotza / Comisariado: Helga Massetani Piemonte, María José Noain Maura
Ilustrazioak / Ilustraciones: Elena Odriozola
Ekoizpena / Producción: Ander Garmendia
Eskerrak / Agradecimientos
Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia / Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
Gordailua. Gipuzkoako Ondare Bildumen Zentroa / Centro de Colecciones Patrimoniales de Gipuzkoa.
Hondarribiko Udala / Ayuntamiento de Hondarribia
Irungo Udal Artxiboa / Archivo Municipal de Irun
Kutxa Fundazioa
San Telmo Museoa
Irungo Memoria Historikoaren Bulegoa /Oficina Memoria Histórica de Irun
José Luis Noain Cendoya
Kutxateka
"Nicolás Guerendiain" Irungo Errepublikarrak / Asociación Republicana Irunesa “Nicolás Guerendiain”
Eta ikerketa-fasean parte hartu zuten guztiei. / A todas las personas que participaron en la fase de investigación.