CRA’P Collaborations 2024
“ESTADOS DE TRÁNSITO”
14 December from 18:00h to 20:00h
Cultural Center La Marineta, Mollet del Vallès
CRA’P in collaboration with the Archives OVNI – Observatory of Video Not Identified, presents a video-essay curated by Alessandro Quaranta and Toni Cots. The material used consists partly of open source videos available on the web and re-edited, some available on the desorg.org online archive, and others created specifically for this project.
States of Passage shows an ‘alterity’ of subjects and cultures, which by constituting a radical alternative to the dominant and homogeneous thought, both in terms of socio-cultural spheres and small communities, they challenge the spatial-temporal and anthropocentric convictions of control and knowledge of any visible and invisible phenomena. It is precisely in terms of the invisibility or visibility of the apparent, that which has prompted us to elaborate this essay with images, and the word as evocation. This video-essay is a testimony of this attempt: the subjects that appear are marginalised beings or entities, self-exiles, ascetics, primitives, etc., in and from the margins of ‘civilisation’.
Authors and participants in States of Transit, by order of appearance:
Scott Barley, Philippe Descola, Federico Lanchares, Ciro Guerra (3 fragmentos), Xavi Hurtado, Gian Antonio Gilli- Toni Cots-Alessandro Quaranta, Pavel Lungin, Gian Antonio Gilli- Toni Cots-Alessandro Quaranta, Alessandro Quaranta, Philippe Descola, Ben Rivers, Bruno Latour, Carlos Casas, Toni Serra (*Abu-Ali, Alessandro Quaranta.
This video essay is a not-for-profit production.
The materials contained in the OVNI Archives are the result of various thematic research projects, a whole constellation of titles with the common denominator of their free expression and reflection on individual and collective fears and pleasures. It builds together a vision of multiple facets, like thousands of little eyes, that deepen and explore our world, or announce other possible ones.
Free entrance / Limited seats
Alessandro Quaranta is a video artist born in Turin in 1975. His work has been exhibited at the CAIRN Centre d’art (Digne-les-Bains, FR), at the Gassendi Museum (Digne-les-Bains, FR) in 2019; at the GAM (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Turin in 2014; at the FSRR (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, at the Autograph ABP (London, UK) in 2012; at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (DK) in 2011; at the PAV (Turin), and at the CESAC (Caraglio, IT) in 2010; at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Caracas, Venezuela) in 2009; at the DOCVA, CareOF (Milan) in 2008. He has participated in the Triennale du Valais (CH) in 2014, and in the X Biennale de Lió (FR) in 2009.
Toni Cots is an actor, researcher, teacher and director of Performing Arts, and manager of international cultural projects. Has studied contemporary dance in Europe and different theatre traditions and martial arts in India, Bali and Japan. For 10 years has been an actor of Odin Theatre, and a staff member of ISTA – International School of Theatre Anthropology until 1985. Has directed cultural and theatre programs, activities and festivals in different countries and cities (Sitges, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Barcelona, etc.). Has generated international cultural projects related to social issues in different countries as well as contexts. His cultural projects, artistic works and workshops, as Basho and on his own, have been presented and implemented in Europe, Southern Mediterranean region, Latin-America and Asia. Between 2001 and 2010 has generated and coordinated, together with the dance company Malpelo, the research and creation Centre L’animal a l’esquena, in Girona, Spain. Between 2007 and 2010 is the director of the MA in Contemporary Arts Practice & Dissemination. From 1999 to 2019 is part of the editorial board of Performance Research (Routledge). Currently is a founding member of CRA’P.