The exhibition Lazos mecánicos (Mechanical Bonds) brings together a number of pieces that in one way or another were part of a performance series of the same name that was held on the opening weekend of the exhibition, including the participation of nine artists. One of the features of performance is that it takes place in a specific space for a specific duration in front of an audience. This project aims to place it in the centre of the exhibition space and show works by each of the artists that in some cases are or were activated during the series, while others are the result of the same performances that took place in Artium Museoa or in other places, although following similar processes.

For a few days, the museum’s galleries became a space in which the nine participating artists and collectives presented their proposals. What we are attempting with the exhibition is to prolong this experience in order to demonstrate the interest that these works have when they are no longer activated, or when the artists are not present and it is up to the spectator to interpret the work. Participating in Mechanical Bonds: Performative Practices in the Museum II are Valeria Maculan (Buenos Aires, 1968), Federico Vladimir (Buenos Aires, 1983) & Pablo Llilienfeld (Madrid, 1981), Ainara LeGardon (Bilbao, 1976), Itsaso Iribarren (Pamplona, 1981) & Germán de la Riva (Cumaná, Venezuela, 1977), Pedro Barateiro (Almada, 1979), Elena Aitzkoa (Apodaka, 1984), Marta Fernández Calvo (Logroño, 1978), Alejandra Pombo Su (Santiago de Compostela, 1979) and Marc Vives (Barcelona, 1978).

Mechanical Bonds: Performative Practices in the Museum II is curated by Iñaki Martínez Antelo.

With the collaboration of  Portugal Embasy / Camões, I.P. 

List of works

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Performance cycle

Programme (pdf)