Manuel Pérez Valero

2.32 Improbable Dialogues. Generating Synergies in Artistic Production. (Paper) – virtual

Manuel Pérez Valero – University of Granada, Melilla, Spain – virtual

Rocío Lara-Osuna – University of Granada, Melilla, Spain – virtual

Abstract:

The paper presented shows the results of an exhibition held in the city of Granada by Enhorabuena, together with artists of national and international prestige. The exhibition is entitled “Diálogos Improbables” [Improbable Dialogues] and is the result of a close collaboration between Simon Zabell, Alejandro Gorafe, Valeriano López, Fernando Bayona, Consuelo Vallejo, Rocío Lara Osuna and Javier Seco. The pieces exhibited in the gallery are the result of the (improbable) dialogue between a work by Enhorabuena and another by each of the artists mentioned above. The artistic research proposed with the collaborators is the recovery of works that have already been exhibited individually. These works are placed in communion with another works recovered from Enhorabuena, with the intention to generate new meanings or strength existing ones. The artistic representations exhibited are born out of an interest in generating synergies with other artists who work in different parameters to those usually used by Enhorabuena, in order to produce a rhizomatic and reciprocal enrichment. All the works reflect hybrid strategies for artistic production as an agent of social transformation and media representation, showing that the visual culture we consume constructs us. They are pieces that, due to the creative characteristics of each component, invite us to reflect, to stop and look at them critically. The results (artistic work) confirm how interesting it is to generate connections (between Enhorabuena and the guests artists) in order to look for alternatives that find new ways of doing things. The artistic research also shows that there are other ways of understanding the creative process, the construction of artistic knowledge and the success in getting out of the common imaginary around artistic production. A context emerges (the exhibition hall) where the thinking of each artist constructs realities and the arts transform them into artefacts charged with possibilities.