Ficciones | Activation of the piece by Dora García

As part of the public program Ficciones. Narratividad en el arte contemporáneo, Centro Cultural de España en México presents the activation of Dora García's piece Palabras Impuestas.

Ficciones. Narratividad en el arte contemporáneo explores how analysis, interpretation, and the construction of narratives have taken center stage in today's art. In a context of epochal change, following the end of the hegemonic chronicles that shaped Western culture since the beginning of modernity—and their counterpoint in postmodernity—an opportunity has emerged for dispersed voices, improbable stories, and tales without a moral.

Palabras Impuestas (2015) by Dora García is a performance piece that focuses on the translation and subjectivization of the word. In an exhibition setting, a group of performers listen to interviews with writers through headphones and, without access to the original words, write, annotate, and draw their own interpretations in a notebook. This exercise turns listening into a personal and subjective experience, which is offered to the public through the writings.

Dates and times of the activations:

Thursday 3: 5-7 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Saturday 5: 12-2 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.

Thursday 10: 5-7 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Saturday 12: 12-2 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.

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