adn galeria
  •  english
  •  castellano
  • català
Menú
  • adnplatform
  • adnfactory
  • adncollection
  • adnstore
  • adnblog
  • artists
    • maría maría acha-kutscher
    • carlos aires
    • marcos ávila-forero
    • virginie barré
    • abdelkader benchamma
    • tobias bernstrup
    • alán carrasco
    • santiago cirugeda
    • jordi colomer
    • democracia
    • domènec
    • mounir fatmi
    • daniel & geo fuchs
    • kendell geers
    • núria güell
    • margaret harrison
    • bouchra khalili
    • adrian melis
    • eugenio merino
    • joan pallé
    • carlos pazos
    • bruno peinado
    • marinella senatore
    • federico solmi
    • pep vidal
  • collaborations
    • iván argote
    • ivan brazhkin
    • luz broto
    • igor eskinja
    • regina josé galindo
    • laura llaneli
    • jean-luc moerman
    • avelino sala
    • mireia sallarès
    • ulrich vogl
  • editions
  • links
  • exhibitions
    • 2021-2022
      • alán carrasco - todo el mundo habla del tiempo. nosotros no
      • antonio ortega - el múltiple i la seva rèplica
      • jordi colomer - standard colors / colors standard
      • maría maría acha-kutscher - indignadas
      • marinella senatore - it's time to go back to street
    • 2020-2021
      • joan pallè - l'amor altre
      • avelino sala - beyond words
      • eugenio merino - monumento a la corrupción
      • mounir fatmi - the observer effect
      • abdelkader benchamma - rayon fossile
      • ella, el ojo, el dedo, la mano
    • 2019-2020
      • laura llaneli - palpitar palpar
      • carlos pazos - interrogantes suspendidos o déjà vu?
      • carlos aires - nothing new
      • 5994 is just a number
      • alán carrasco - a soviet militiaman eats a mcdonald's hamburger in moscow
    • 2018-2019
      • democracia - order act i. eat the rich - kill the poor
      • federico solmi - mundus novus
      • kendell geers - #iprotestthereforeiam
      • domènec - y la tierra será el paraíso
      • margaret harrison - it hasn't changed: and babies?
    • 2017-2018
      • núria güell · levi orta · adelita husni-bey - al final de todos los sueños humanos no hay más que polvo
      • marcos ávila forero - desde las montañas
      • adrian melis - memoria selectiva
      • pep vidal - who wants to be an impatient gardener?
      • jordi colomer - baixar al carrer / bajar a la calle / descendre dans la rue / going down into the street
      • salim bayri - welcoming
    • 2016-2017
      • eugenio merino, home swiss home / tobias bernstrup, south of heaven
      • democracia - order. act iii. dinner at the dorchester
      • virginie barré & bruno peinado - soft power
      • kendell geers - propagandada
    • 2015-2016
      • núria güell - buenas intenciones
      • carlos pazos - naufragios recientes
      • iván argote - la puesta en marcha de un sistema
      • bouchra khalili - foreign office
    • 2014-2015
      • pep vidal - trees, treelines and global patterns
      • avelino sala - walk to the end of the world
      • adrian melis - surplus production line
      • marcos ávila forero - paisajes revoltosos
      • mounir fatmi - light and fire
      • democracia - os protegemos de vosotros mismos
      • luz broto - 17m (artnou)
    • 2013-2014
      • cómplices y testigos
      • carlos aires - this is not just fucking business
      • adrian melis - time to relax
      • art nou - rebel karaoke by ivan brazhkin & time to relax by adrian melis
    • 2012-2013
      • "ten is more than a number" - exposición colectiva de artistas de adn galería por su 10º aniversario
      • iván argote - un millón de amigos
      • núria güell - alegaciones desplazadas
      • chus garcía fraile - cuestión de fe
      • democracia - ser y durar
    • 2011-2012
      • igor eskinja - right constructions
      • adrian melis - nuevas estructuras de producción
      • kendell geers - hellraiser
      • abdelkader benchamma - le signal faible
      • ulrich vogl - she brings the rain
    • 2010-2011
      • virginie barré - close up
      • bruno peinado - wild angle
      • carlos aires - let's get physical
      • democracia - ser y durar
      • regina josé galindo - xx
      • santiago cirugeda - for sale
      • eugenio merino - we don't need another hero
      • tobias bernstrup - body 5 arrives
    • 2009-2010
      • igor eškinja - nowheristan
      • daniel & geo fuchs - forces
      • jean-luc moerman - hybrid icons
      • scratch
      • democracia - ne vous laissez pas consoler
      • concha pérez - lo que nos queda
    • 2008-2009
      • carlos aires - danzad, danzad, malditos
      • virginie barré - pieces
      • bruno peinado - masses
      • chus garcía-fraile - megalópolis
      • sin estado
      • ismael iglesias - red skywalker
      • fermín moreno - zeropean
      • abdelkader benchamma - même les choses invisibles se cachent
      • eugenio merino - global warming
    • 2007-2008
      • five is only a number
      • paperless marks
      • federico solmi - evil empire
      • igor eskinja - fleeting (fugaz)
      • judas arrieta - monday
      • daniel & geo fuchs - works of a decade
      • concha pérez - refugios / ausencias / abandonos
    • 2006-2007
      • marc quintana - ad hóminem
      • drawing & dreaming
      • tobias bernstrup - enemies of the earth
      • virginie barré & bruno peinado - blissfully
      • te mando un colega
      • ismael iglesias - dancing with your eyes
      • chus garcía-fraile - se vende
    • 2005-2006
      • shiro masuyama - intervention
      • federico solmi - king kong and the end of the world
      • wolf hamm - a vida o muerto
      • fermín moreno - double top
      • concha pérez - alojamientos
      • tobias bernstrup - killing spree
      • screening 1
      • valérie prot - oh my god!
      • nic hess - a room with a window
    • 2004-2005
      • tengo que cortarme una oreja
      • adn 2
      • marc quintana - ikons 2
      • situaciones urbanas: unidades de ejecución 2 y 15
      • architecture parallax: the blind architect - t.b.a.
      • carlos noria & carmen gómez - contrapeso y... sobre las íes
      • virginie barré & bruno peinado - el corte francés
      • ismael iglesias - let us play
      • alejandro vidal - protecting idols
  • fairs
    • 2021-2022
      • drawing now - paris
      • art brussels
      • artgenève - suisse
      • arco - madrid
      • paris photo
      • swab - barcelona
      • around video - lille
      • art-o-rama - marseille
    • 2020-2021
      • arco - madrid
      • by invitation - barcelona
    • 2019-2020
      • arco - madrid
      • artgenève - suisse
      • untitled - miami
      • loop - barcelona
      • artissima - torino
      • estampa - madrid
      • swab - barcelona
      • paréidolie - marseille
    • 2018-2019
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • the armory show - new york
      • arco - madrid
      • untitled - miami
      • loop - barcelona
      • artissima - torino
      • 1-54 - london
      • paréidolie - marseille
    • 2017-2018
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • arco - madrid
      • untitled - miami
      • artissima - torino
    • 2016-2017
      • volta 13 - basel
      • loop - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • art paris - paris
      • arco - madrid
      • art genève - genève
      • untiltled - miami
      • artissima - torino
    • 2015-2016
      • volta 12 - basel
      • loop - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • arco - madrid
      • drawing room - madrid
      • untitled - miami
      • artissima - torino
      • fiac - paris
      • art international - istanbul
    • 2014-2015
      • volta 11 - basel
      • arco - madrid
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • untitled - miami
      • artissima - torino
      • art international - istanbul
      • artrio - rio de janeiro
    • 2013-2014
      • volta 10 - basel
      • loop - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • arco - madrid
      • pulse - miami
      • pinta - new york
      • art international - istanbul
    • 2012-2013
      • volta 9 - basel
      • loop - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • arco - madrid
      • artbo - bogotá
    • 2011-2012
      • volta 8 - basel
      • loop - barcelona
      • swab - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • drawing now - paris
      • arco - madrid
      • artefiera - bologna
      • artbo - bogotá
      • artplatform - los angeles
    • 2010-2011
      • volta 7 - basel
      • swab - barcelona
      • loop - barcelona
      • arco - madrid
      • artefiera - bologna
    • 2009-2010
      • volta 6 - basel
      • loop - barcelona
      • swab - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • salon du dessin contemporain - paris
      • volta ny - new york
      • arco - madrid
      • artefiera - bologna
      • slick - paris
    • 2008-2009
      • volta 5 - basel
      • volta ny - new york
      • arco - madrid
      • photo miami - miami
      • slick - paris
    • 2007-2008
      • artesantander - santander
      • swab - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • miart - milano
      • arco - madrid
      • photo miami - miami
      • slick - paris
    • 2006-2007
      • artesantander - santander
      • swab - barcelona
      • art brussels - bruxelles
      • miart - milano
      • valencia art - valencia
    • 2005-2006
      • artesantander - santander
    • 2004-2005
      • dfoto - san sebastían
  • gallery
  • news
    • 2020-2021
    • 2019-2020
    • 2018-2019
    • 2017-2018
    • 2016-2017
    • 2015-2016
    • 2014-2015
    • 2013-2014
    • 2012-2013
    • 2011-2012
  • press
    • 2020-2021
    • 2019-2020
    • 2018-2019
    • 2017-2018
    • 2016-2017
    • 2015-2016
    • 2014-2015
    • 2013-2014
    • 2012-2013
    • 2011-2012
    • 2010-2011
    • 2009-2010
    • 2008-2009
    • 2007-2008
    • 2006-2007
    • 2005-2006
    • 2004-2005
adn galeria
C. Mallorca, 205
08036 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93 451 00 64
info@adngaleria.com
DEMOCRACIA - Os protegemos de vosotros mismos
documents  ·  images
...
DEMOCRACIA - Os protegemos de vosotros mismos
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz
...
/ We protect you from yourselves. Exhibition view / DEMOCRACIA / Pictures by Roberto Ruiz

From October 3rd to November 11th 2014

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

Globalization brings with it a feeling of mistrust, rejection and powerlessness towards the mechanisms of government and political power. This turns into a crisis that alters our perception of events such as social conflicts, economic crises, wars, violence, catastrophes, etc. In the face of this scenario, a group of intellectuals, artists, activists and citizens are backing a form of commitment which makes different kinds of abuse in society a central theme and which counteracts them with oppositional and imaginative social models. Often, against the cynicism that dominates global capitalism, they not only establish an attitude of protest and opposition but also generate growing interest in building a new collective action space within existing social structures, combining ideology and imagination, in order to express a will that is anti-system, anti-capitalist and anti-state through actions that try both to make visible and to undermine power.

 

Within this context, DEMOCRACIA explores different power structures and the status of the spectator through its work and through its public interventions in the cultural, urban and socio-political space of democratic societies. Performances which provoke subversive and critical situations that take place in the context of the city understood as a space of conflict. Political and social reflection is a constant element in DEMOCRACIA´s work, commandeering aspects of consumer culture – archetypes of mass culture – and strong theoretical foundations in which they refer to philosophers, thinkers and activists as a basis of a narrative that seeks to re-define aspects of the public urban space.

 

In We protect you from yourselves, DEMOCRACIA encourages the spectator to reflect on the tension and action characteristic of their practices – practices which are positioned as a crisis of contemporary contradictions between the subject and the historical context.

 

The exhibition begins with the question Ist eine Welt ohne Polizei möglich? (Is a world without police possible?). This piece consists of two silkscreen prints accompanied by a copy of the German police union's journal Deutsche Polizei. The first print reproduces an advertisement that the DEMOCRACIA collective placed in the German magazine under the heading Ist eine Welt ohne Polizei möglich? In the second, we read a text in German that answers the question that the artists have posed, by means of a children's poem by Russian writer Sergei Mikhalkov, a poet whose verses advocated communist ideology.

 

The slogan that gives the exhibition its title – We protect you from yourselves – is represented by the image of a member of the riot police, a familiar image. The collective seizes the rhetoric of advertising in order to design a campaign which superimposes on the image of the riot policeman phrases taken from a text written – at the artists´ request – by the philosopher and former military policeman Luis Navarro.. The work is complemented by three copies of French magazine Tribune de Lyon in which this campaign was included as part of the advertising.

 

The next piece, 16 retratos [16 portraits], consists of a series of portraits of policemen. All these pictures transmit to viewers a paradoxical image, which both presents an "untouchable" and "impenetrable" figure and suggests an intimate approach to his face and his identity.

 

Finally, in the back room we can see the video Aquí no hay espectadores [There are no spectators here], accompanied by a banner. This work shows the respective routines of a group of ultras (Los Panzers) and Chilean police before going to the football stadium – a new "black hole" as Piedad Solans points out in her essay Public and violence in the age of global performance (2010), a space which memory forgot, a space of global trash, where a ritualized confrontation takes place between the two sides. The vast majority of the Panzers are the children and grandchildren of those who were locked up during Pinochet´s dictatorship in one of the locations used as detention and torture centers, such as this very stadium of Playa Ancha, in Valparaiso, where this particular action takes place.. The Panzers, who see in this sport not only a show and a business but also a form of community organization, display a banner with the slogan Aquí no hay espectadores, a motto created from their collaboration with DEMOCRACIA, which refers to the denial of the concept of the viewer as a passive agent. This work sets out the fact that architectures of control such as this one are metaphors for the rise of social repression – in this case, the strict laws concerning sports, which impose a state of emergency on the ultras that are increasingly moving throughout the entire society.

 

All these works represent a reflection on the space of the polis, because the city is the main stage of the capitalist system in which we are immersed. As Toni Negri would say "Resistance starts with finding the common reality of our lives”. What capacity does art have to represent reality in the current capitalist system? What is the place of art in a society absorbed by the spectacle? Following this approach, this exhibition explores the always difficult relationship between art, society and politics as well as art's ability to understand the complex reality of the society in which we live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Next

Cookies policy We use third-party cookies that analyze browsing our website. If you continue to browse, consider accepting its use. You can get more information on our Cookies policy.

Disclaimer