WE REFUGEES. PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

The history of the twentieth century is traversed by the drama of military conflicts, resulting in millions of people becoming displaced persons, exiles, expatriates and refugees.Collective dramas and individual dramas.The history of humanity itself has been built on experiences such as forced displacement, flight and asylum.The We Refugees exhibition adopts the title of a well-known essay by Hannah Arendt, published in 1943 in the Menorah Journal, a Jewish magazine in New York. Its aim is to signal and highlight the universality of exile and the construction of democratic societies under the protection of the right to asylum.

To complete and accompany the exhibition, a comprehensive programme of activities has been designed, beginning last May with two seminars, directed by Matías G. Rodríguez-Mouriño and Santiago Olmo, and focusing respectively on the musical and literary manifestations of exiles and refugees.

In September and October, some of the artists participating in the exhibition will be given their own voices through various activities, such as a workshop directed by Elo Vega and Rogelio López Cuenca; a dialogue between Carole Alfarah and the co-curator of the exhibition, Santiago Olmo; a lecture by Claudio Zulian and a performance by Jesús Palomino.On the other hand, specific aspects of the refugee experience will also be addressed through the critical perspective of specialists or scholars such as the co-curator of the Piedad Solans exhibition, the critic and historian Manuel García, expert in the Spanish Republican exile, or the professor of contemporary history, Lourenzo Fernández Prieto in the USC.

PROGRAMME

FROM 30 SEPTEMBER TO 2 OCTOBER

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Artist workshop run by Elo Vega and Rogelio López Cuenca

THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER

6 p.m. Dialogue between Elo Vega and Rogelio López Cuenca

7 p.m. Dialogue between Carole Alfarah and Santiago Olmo

8 p.m. Voice and (In)Difference, presentation and performance READING_State of Siege by the artist Jesús Palomino                  

WEDNESDAY, 9 OCTOBER

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.       Seminar From Goya’s People in Sacks to the Spatial Configuration of the Countryside. A Cartography of Residual Space, run by Piedad Solans

THURSDAY, 10 OCTOBER

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.  From Goya’s People in Sacks to the Spatial Configuration of the Countryside. A Cartography of Residual Space, run by Piedad Solans

7 p.m.  Lecture by the artist Claudio Zulian

FRIDAY, 11 OCTOBER

7 p.m.  Lecture by Manuel García Three Exiled Artists: Max Aub, Felix Candela and Josep Renau, followed by a colloquium with Manuel García and Lourenzo Fernández Prieto

THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER

7 p.m. Guided tour of the We Refugees exhibition with theco-curator and director of the CGAC, Santiago Olmo