Interpretations of the Exhibition with Jorge Volpi

In this session, Jorge Volpi will offer their own reading of The Assault of Illusion, connecting the works, mechanisms and strategies of representation that the exhibition proposes with the central debates in their field of research and practice.

The readings linked to the lecture are also inscribed in Situations (making) #10, Santa Mònica's collective learning and research programme, aimed at critically analysing how cultural devices configure illusions that shape our desire and our idea of reality.

This proposal forms part of the exhibition's public programme, which under the title Interpretations of the exhibition brings together seven contemporary voices to deepen and expand the questions raised by the project.

With the participation of Jorge Volpi

Jorge Volpi (Mexico City, 1968) is a Mexican writer, essayist and academic. He studied Law and Literature, and obtained his doctorate in Hispanic Philology at the University of Salamanca. He is one of the founders of the Crack Movement, which promoted a renewal of Mexican narrative, moving away from traditional realism. He achieved international recognition with the novel En busca de Klingsor (1999), followed by works such as El fin de la locura and No será la Tierra. His work combines literature, science, history and political reflection, and has been awarded several literary prizes.