In half light, (To mig foc), brings together proposals that, from contemporary artistic practices, they open spaces to materials that, until recent times, they have remained hierarchical within subaltern perimeters: ceramics, fang, wool, textiles, embroidered, spartan, palma, wicker and other natural fibers. These subjects also include sounds and silences. The voice becomes present, claiming the oral tradition as a vehicle of memory, just like in the old philandons, those nocturnal gatherings around the home, while they performed manual labor in the heat of the shared fire.
Through the pieces and their different materials, we approach non-hegemonic knowledges associated with territories: the craft, the trades and traditions linked to the land. Safeguarding vernacular knowledge means preserving not only techniques and manufactures, but also an intangible heritage composed of oral traditions, memories, popular knowledge and collective affections. A heritage caught in the middle of fire, to the leisurely rhythm of gestures and shared heritages.
List of artists:
Ana Laura Aláez
Pilar Albarracin
Javier Bravo
Saskia Calderon
Susana Cámara Leret
Ricardo Calero
Ana Esteve Llorens
Antonio Fernandez Alvira
Martha Font
Julie C. Fortier
Josefina Guilisasti
Noemi Iglesias Barrios
Monica Jover
Cecilia Jurado Chueca
Glenda Leon
Sandra Mar
Adriana Meunie
Sonia Navarro
Lara Ordóñez
Nuria Riaza
Belen Rodriguez
Laura Segura
Isabel Servera
Laurita Siles
Jessica Stockholder
Sarah Viguer
Concha Ybarra
