ACCION!MAD18
15th Meeting of Action Art
Date
1
3 November 2018
Venue
Matadero Madrid
Location
Nave 10. Sala de Hormigón
Nave 10. Sala de Madera
Price
AcciónMAD 17 (c) Abel Loureda
Date
30 october - 4 november
Timetable
To be confirmed
Place
Nave 10. Sala de Hormigón
Nave 10. Sala de Madera
Price
Free admission
Format
Institution
Naves Matadero
It arose from the need to fill this gap in the city’s cultural programme and it established itself as an annual event that offers the public a broad and deep vision of an independent and autonomous genre, governed by its own rules of time and space.
“Throughout these 15 editions we have tried to cover a vast geographical spectrum, to show different generations of artists and different sensitivities, paying special attention to the work of women whose contribution to Action and Performance Art has been, and is, extremely important, original and fruitful," explains its technical and artistic director, Nieves Correa. Acción!MAD has been visited by relevant artists, such as Esther Ferrer (Spanish National Plastic Arts Award in 2008), Concha Jerez (Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2011), Isidoro Valcárcel Medina (Spanish National Plastic Arts Award in 2007) or Nacho Criado (Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2008 and Spanish National Plastic Arts Award in 2009). In addition to showcasing actions and performance art pieces, Acción!MAD organizes workshops, round tables, theory-based presentations, discussions, lectures, proposals for the public space and more. Since 2008 it has also featured the section Espacio Frágil (Fragile Space), devoted to young artists beginning their careers in the discipline, organised in collaboration with Fine Arts faculties and schools all over Spain.
This year’s guest country is Japan and Naves Matadero will once again be one of the festival’s venues. From 30 October to 4 November, Nave 10, with its different rooms, will be taken over by Japanese artists Seiji Shimoda, Meba Kurata, Yumiko Masada, Miyaki Inukai, Fumika Kimura, Osamu Kuroda and Hiroki Tarumi, under the curation of Seiji Shimoda, director of the Nippon International Performance Art Festival.
In collaboration with:
“Throughout these 15 editions we have tried to cover a vast geographical spectrum, to show different generations of artists and different sensitivities, paying special attention to the work of women whose contribution to Action and Performance Art has been, and is, extremely important, original and fruitful," explains its technical and artistic director, Nieves Correa. Acción!MAD has been visited by relevant artists, such as Esther Ferrer (Spanish National Plastic Arts Award in 2008), Concha Jerez (Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2011), Isidoro Valcárcel Medina (Spanish National Plastic Arts Award in 2007) or Nacho Criado (Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2008 and Spanish National Plastic Arts Award in 2009). In addition to showcasing actions and performance art pieces, Acción!MAD organizes workshops, round tables, theory-based presentations, discussions, lectures, proposals for the public space and more. Since 2008 it has also featured the section Espacio Frágil (Fragile Space), devoted to young artists beginning their careers in the discipline, organised in collaboration with Fine Arts faculties and schools all over Spain.
This year’s guest country is Japan and Naves Matadero will once again be one of the festival’s venues. From 30 October to 4 November, Nave 10, with its different rooms, will be taken over by Japanese artists Seiji Shimoda, Meba Kurata, Yumiko Masada, Miyaki Inukai, Fumika Kimura, Osamu Kuroda and Hiroki Tarumi, under the curation of Seiji Shimoda, director of the Nippon International Performance Art Festival.
In collaboration with:
