Interpretations of the Exhibition with Marta Echaves

Activity
18 June 2026, 19h | Lecture | Lecture room

Open and free activity with limited capacity
Language: Spanish

 

Open lecture of the Santa Mònica collective learning and research programme Situations (making) #10, in the framework of the exhibition The Assault of Illusion

In this session, Marta Echaves 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 Marta Echaves


Marta Echaves
(Madrid, 1990) studied Philosophy and specialised in the Independent Studies Programme (PEI) at MACBA. Activities coordinator for the Caja Negra publishing house, she researches, writes and is a cultural programmer. She has written for catalogues and artists' books, has curated exhibitions and has been part of juries and accompaniment processes for creative residencies.
 

The Assault of Illusion

An exhibition about art, illusion, deception and power. Featuring around twenty local and international artists, it offers a critical journey through various artistic techniques that have shaped our desires and our sense of reality. In the era of deepfakes and artificial intelligence, can art help us unveil these mechanisms of manipulation?