Micro-acciones de emergencia #1: Núria Güell, Levi Orta, Daniela Ortiz, Xose Quiroga, Marco Godoy. Curated by de vuelta y vuelta.

Taking the political, economical and social context as a starting point, the exhibition gathers microactions that have been performed in the public realm and refer to the attitude adopted in it. More specifically, the show reveals the need to respond and take action when confronting with certain legal measures of control ―resulting of the present economical, social and political conjuncture― which seem to exceed basic rights and aspects of individual freedom. In this context, many have been the artists that have chosen the action as a tool to shape and spread their protest. As Jennifer Higgie explains about the relation between art and activism, “for many artists, the mere act of expression might be for them a radical gesture of defense“ i . The projects presented in the show articulate a discourse, which explores two different concepts: the artist’s attitude in front of its reality and the use of public space as an ideal arena to claim their practices. Therefore, the artistic proposals compiled in this show are traces of performances occurred in specific spaces and specific times and they are understood as triggers investigating entangled formulas to the question: How do we deal with reality? Understanding treatment as attitude, each performance concerns the artist in an active way addressing issues of inequality, manipulation, conflict and instability in recent history. Thus, these micro-actions invite and lead for a major debate and awareness of reality and current situation.