Election Night

Year of creation 2001

Summary
A language- and sound-piece, with an important energy factor inspired by the flamenco attitude, this project plays with political memory
from the vantage point of the relationship and repetition of the names of certain famous historical figures of the 20th century.

Technical requirements
Two chairs .

Places where it has been performed

• Madrid (CIB) Octubre 2001
• Valencia (F. Bellas Artes) Septiembre 2001
• Barcelona Abril 2002
• Gerona (Centre d´art Contemporani Espais) Abril 2002
• Chicoutimi Séquence. (Arts Visuels et Médiatiques) Octubre 2004
• Madrid (Festival In-Presentable Danza Performance La Casa Encendida) Junio 2005
• Universidad Alcalá de Henares (curso creación) Julio 2005.

 

A lot of rubbish has been said on the subject of political
art, and, what's worse, even more rubbish has been
produced on the same subject. The very notion of "political"
or "social" art pretends to provide a nuance whose absence
is impossible. Any art is political and social, the question
is what exactly is its political and social position. In its
genesis, execution and reception, art cannot help being
political and social. We focused this piece on power, and
the meaning given to names, or the names which endow
power with meaning. A piece which concentrates on the
everyday collective memory of power, and one which
consciously avoids the opportunism of the zeitgeist.
These are the names of the century, the names of History.
We have learned them day after day. Now, we give them
back, in a simple act, not bereft of a certain rhythm.