Situation 9. Paradoxes of Enunciation

The ninth edition of Situations (making): participatory art and thought: participatory art and thought will enter into dialogue with the exhibition cycle Whispers, Hubbub, and Paradoxes. Attempts towards a politics of enunciation, which will take place at the Santa Mònica art center between November 2025 and February 2026.

This cycle continues a series of multiple conversations on the ways in which we inhabit the paradoxes of enunciation and representation. By interpreting texts and oralities, revisiting existing works and practices, the project seeks to stretch dominant narratives, sharing tools and networks of complicity.

The course will inquire into questions into the questions and conversations that form part of this exhibition, exploring its methodologies, museography, collectivity, language, narratives, and listening. Sessions will be held with participants in the exhibition cycle and other guests, extending the dialogue through different activations. Similarly, the course will connect with the ecosystem of the Center itself, working within its spaces of exchange, ongoing processes, and research groups.

Program

Guests for the sessions include:
David Yubraham, Patricia Viscaino, Linda Valdés, Alys Salvador, Mabel Llevat, Diego Marchante, Núria Güell, Caldo de Cultivo, Arelis Benítez i Jesús Arpal-Moya, entre d’altres.

Program coordinated by:

Nancy Garín Guzmán (Valparaíso, 1972), journalist and art historian, works on projects related to critical thinking, new pedagogies, memory, and decolonialism. She has been part of the collectives Etcétera and the Internacional Errorista, as well as research groups such as Península: Colonial Processes and Artistic and Curatorial Practices, Contraimaginarios (Post-pandemics), Equipo re, Espectros de lo Urbano, and Cosmografías. She currently combines research with teaching in critical and experimental pedagogies.

Ingrid Blanco Díaz (Havana, 1972) is an art historian, focused on the historical forms of construction and representation of racialized identities. She has been part of the Group of Thought, Practices, and Afro/Black Activisms associated with MACBA and has worked as a curator in institutions such as the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, the Havana Biennial, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and as assistant curator at the 3rd Berlin Biennale alongside Ute Meta Bauer, as well as in the local context at Sala Muncunill, Sant Andreu Contemporani, and Sala d’Art Jove. She is currently the academic coordinator of the PEI/MACBA.

Who is the target audience?

The program is designed for people interested in artistic practices and the processes involved: curatorships, mediations, exhibition cycles, production and critical pedagogies. The objective is to activate situated communities of research and learning.

Places are limited. There are no age, previous qualifications or curriculum requirements. Therefore, interest and commitment to this proposal and to the community involved will be valued.