Matadero Madrid center for contemporary creation

EMERGING PARADIGM

Haroon Mirza
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Tuesday-Sunday 11am-9pm.
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Nave 0
Institution
A composition written for a four channel video and live electricity installation that reflects on the cultural shift to the emerging paradigm.
Haroon Mirza (London, 1977) presents his first solo show in Spain under the title Emerging Paradigm. A project specifically designed for the old refrigerator chamber of Madrid’s old slaughterhouse as part of the site specific programme Abierto x Obras.   Emerging Paradigm is a written composition for multi-channel video and live electricity.  It is an immersive installation that reflects on the cultural shift from the contemporary paradigm to the emerging paradigm. The work is “something between an album, music video and chamber music”, as described by the artist, who defines himself as a composer who works with “sound (that) is influenced especially by techno”.
  Through his installations, Mirza explores the relationship between sound, light waves, instruments and electric current, encouraging the public to reassess their perception of what constitutes music, sound and noise. The artist constructs an abstract narrative that explores moments of social and cultural history and their connection to music.   Haroon Mirza studied painting, design and theory at the Winchester School of Art, Goldsmiths and at Chelsea College of Art. He rose to international fame in 2011 when he was awarded the Silver Lion at the 54th Biennale of Venice. In 2014 he also received The Zurich Art Prize and in 2015 he received The Nam June Paik Art Center Prize. He has had solo exhibitions at Tinguely Museum (Basel, 2015), IMMA (Dublin, 2014), Le Grand Café (St Nazaire, 2014) or The New Museum (New York, 2012), to name a few.    


Shows (35 min):
Tuesday-Friday: 4pm, 6pm and 8pm*.
Saturday and Sunday: 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm.

*On October 20th, the last show will be at 6pm.
 
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Artistic team and specifications
Comisario
Manuela Villa