CALYPSO

The exhibition Calypso. Artistic Learning Processes draws together the most recent works produced by seven artists and collectives who received scholarships from the Executive Council of Bizkaia in its Awards for Artistic Creation call for 2005 and 2006: Elssie Ansareo, Alaitz Arenzana, David Cívico & recPLAY, Cristina Gutiérrez-Meurs, Amaia Lekerikabeaskoa, Jorge Rubio and Mikel Rueda.

The works they are presenting display very different characteristics, but have the same common denominator: the award signalled the beginning of a creative process that is a continuous learning experience for each artist. This collective show lays special stress on the nature of the artistic process and on its meanings as a definitive part of contemporary artistic practice, the means of transmission being posed through artistic education.

With the different works and activities in the exhibition the intention is to represent this view of the artistic learning method as a process of emancipation and creation of a singular opinion, from which the conversations arise, another fundamental point within contemporary creation. Accordingly, the artist Chia-En Jao (Taichung, Taiwan, 1976) was invited to interconnect within the exhibition space. His presence is not supposed to create artificial bonds of union between the rest of the works, but simply to represent coexistence and communication between present practices without any need for mutual impositions. His installation Hermanos políticos / Brothers in Law shows the symbolic unions and separations between the cultural variety presented by the processes proper to each artist.

Videotheque

Whilst the exhibition is still showing it will be possible to consult its videotheque, which contains approximately 60 videos, comprising work produced in educational contexts in various countries, in centres of higher education and during artists’ residencies. The videotheque aims to serve both as an example of current teaching and learning processes, and as a temporary database for emergent art in international academic contexts. Likewise, it provides a particular attraction in view of the demand for scholarships and residencies abroad.

CALYPSO
Artistic Learning Processes
Bizkaia Executive Council Grants for Artistic Creation 2005-2006

Kurator: Haizea Barcenilla

Künstler: Elssie Ansareo, Alaitz Arenzana, David Cívico & recPLAY, Cristina Gutierrez-Meurs, Amaia Lekerikabeaskoa, Jorge Rubio, Mikel Rueda, Chia-En Jao