Opening: Sunday July 30th 4pm
Real Fictions is a curatorial project conceived as an invitation to revisit the ways in which information is produced and circulated and how it contributes to the construction of meaning. We are aware that all narratives involve montage gestures, the editing of images, ideas, testimonies, memories, texts, etc. Therefore, let us dispel any fantasy of possible "neutrality" when it comes to establishing a narrative of any sort, since this is always done from a situated position. Designed with images, this project sets out to put such premises to the test.
Alongside Harun Farocki, let us distrust images and be clear about the need to identify the points of view, the framing, the gestures, in short, all those elements involved in their construction. It is necessary to review their temporal markers, their persistence, and the poetics that silently haunt them.
We currently inhabit what Joan Fontcuberta refers to as "the fury of images". Therefore, exhibitions become essential in the age of googling, as they provide a space to look at a selection and think with and beyond it.
Conceived on the basis of symbolic productions that at different junctures questioned the status of "truth", "reality" or "verisimilitude" of images, events or situations, this project intends to contribute to a broader range of critical reflection.
Diana B. Wechsler
The participation of artists Jordi Colomer, Joan Fontcuberta (CCK) and Antoni Muntadas (CCK) in the exhibition Real Fictions at Km 1.3 of BIENALSUR 2023, the Kirchner Cultural Center, is a co-production with the Institut Ramon Llull and in collaboration with Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) and the Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires (CCEBA).
Image: Daniel Canogar, Chryon
