VÍTOL; A Laboratory To Redefine a Fest (as social event)
07.05.2022, Workshops
Idensitat, Barcelona
Held at: Space Cúmul
Artist(s): Cúmul Collective
Curated by: Idensitat
Cúmul Collective / Idensitat
VÍTOL; A Laboratory To Re-define a Fest (as social event)
Held at: Space Cúmul (Castelló)
Artist(s): Cúmul Collective
A collaboration of Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana // Idensitat
07/05/2022 from 12 p.m. to 8:30 p.m..
What is it about local fests that we love so much? Local fests have changed over time, after all, they are popular expressions, but how might we generate present-day reappropriations of ‘folklore’ in order to activate new common spaces? How might we rethink pre-existing common and traditional narratives to include more inclusive and diverse ones? How to turn local fests into a more plural experience?
'Vítol; A Laboratory to Redefine Fests (as social events)' will stage an open day on May 7th, in order to analyse the intersections established within local public festivals in relation to intensified globalisation, and to better understand the systems of immunisation that arise from these tensions. The session will begin at 12 noon with a talk called 'Remaking narratives? Thinking in common' with transdisciplinary researcher Fran Quiroga and artist Mar Reykjavik, who, based upon their artistic practices and research, examine the deconstruction and reclamation of traditional events, understanding them through more contemporary, inclusive or non-normative approaches.
After the opening session, a meal and various activities will be shared with invited guests and attending members of the general public, who will apply these approaches to the concepts of community/immunity and the public festival.
This open day is one of the activities from Vítol; A Laboratory to Redefine Fests (as social events), a research and experiential process by Cumul and Idensitat within Idensitat’s Transversal Aesthetics programme IMMUNITY-COMMUNITY, with the Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana .