'MORTALS (Prelude)': Old age, loss and memory at ACVIC

ACVIC presents, until January 27, 2024 , MORTALS (Prelude), an exhibition about old age, memory and loss that exhibits works by Albert Potrony in dialogue with other artists , and which has been curated by Potrony himself together with the ACVIC manager Maite Palomo and cultural manager Roser Sanjuan.

The exhibition, organized and produced by ACVIC, has the collaboration of Morera. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Lleida, the Suñol Foundation, the Vic Center School (Vic), the Panera Art Center, the Medieval Art Museum (MEV) and La Kaseta Ideas Factory. It can be seen until January 27, 2024.

The exhibition is structured around three thematic axes: care, aging and dependency; loss, remembrance and memory; and the imaginary of the cemetery as a space for life. Apart from the works of Potrony, who is the main artist , Rosa Amorós, Susana Casares, Alex Gifreu, Alicia Santamaria, Anna Vilamú Bosch-Associació Abilis, Adriana Wallis and the Democracia collective are participating in the exhibition.

Around the axis of care, aging and dependency, you can see works such as Per amor , by Alicia Santamaria, a creative project about care that starts from an intimate context; o Tránsitos , by Susana Casares, which reflects on old age through the eyes of immigrant carers. Also included here are 11 posters of La bona mort , by Potrony, with the collaboration of Alex Gifreu, which want to be a tool for reflection and discussion on different aspects around the last stage of life, death and grief

Regarding loss, remembrance and memory, the exhibition shows a piece by Adriana Wallis created with 'orphaned' objects, which are sold on platforms such as Ebay, all with the label of "rare et magnifique" to transform them.

Apart from works already produced, the exhibition exhibits two newly created works, which have had the collaboration of students and teachers of the Escola Vic Center who have researched death, loss and funeral rituals, by Albert Potrony. One of these two works is Morir i Jugar which explores the possibility of imagining the Vic cemetery as a space for life, conversation, memory and learning. On the other hand, Rosa Amorós, with the pieces Crani petit and Crani UAP brings us closer to one of the most universal symbols of death, the skull, while Anna Vilamú Bosch, in collaboration with the Abilis Association, will install a banner when crossing the Pont Nou de les Adoberies over the Mèder that works on mourning by questioning the institutionalization of death and the social treatment that is given to it.

Since the 1990s, in the United Kingdom, Albert Potrony has developed an artistic career in audiovisual language and installation, while carrying out social art projects around themes such as play, different masculinities or care, death and grief. His practice also explores the parameters of collaboration and co-creation with different groups with and without a situation of vulnerability, through institutions such as Serpentine Galleries, Tate Gallery, Gasworks, Camden Arts Centre, Young V&A, The Foundling Museum (in London), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Humlebæk), Fundació Serralves (Porto), Arnolfini (Bristol), Center d'Art La Panera-Fundació la Caixa (Lleida), Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró - CAC Palma (Palma de Mallorca) or BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art (Gateshead).