2015 was a great year. Based in the gallery at St Antoni suburb we ran from there awesome art projects. The most important one was the launch of the Young Gallery Weekend Festival. The first edition was incredible, at this stage we didn’t expected how big will grow up the festival in the future. Such a great experience!
Sol Negro by Rubenimichi
Solo show. Sol Negro, The Black Sun illuminates us with the darkness of knowledge. Black Sun is one of the multiple names given to Saturn, God of the harvest that represents the cycles of life, but also the relentless passage of time and, therefore, death. To know Him is to try to understand our meaning and our purpose, and to seek His influence is to embrace knowledge, even if it is through the darkness. Rubenimichi manages to get closer to that cosmic language, tracing the symbols, taking them as his own and playing with their mystery.
Rubenimichi are Ruben, Michi and Luisjo, a kind of monster with three heads and six perfectly coordinated hands since 1996. Figurative, symbolic and surreal, his work creates a sort of magical realism that invites the observer to let his imagination run wild by getting lost in the intricate details of his paintings in search of his particular interpretation.
Fire Escape Barcelona October 2015.
Park(ing) Day FLASH THE MAP!
Creative action. Fire Escape and Encajes Urbanos in Park(ing) Day Barcelona 2015 presented the project FLASH THE MAP!!
We adapted a parking space as a participation space around the vindication of green areas in the city and the reactivation of the neighborhood rooftops. To do this, we propose an interactive map where we can visualize desires and needs in relation to the rooftops as collectively habitable spaces, and a Photocall that allows to freeze the moment. Later, the results were shown in a special event where all participants will be invited.
Fire Escape Barcelona September 2015.
Home Sweet Home by 180Hilos
Group show. For this exhibition we transformed the gallery into a house where the 180hilos‘ silkscreen printing were showcasing. The group show was formed by Jorge Arévalo, Amaia Arrazola, Jordi Duró, Flanko, Malagón, Roberta Marrero, Daniel Montero, José Luis Merino, Sergio Mora y Pau Sanz i Vila.
Fire Escape Barcelona July 2015
Happy Nothing by Yurian Quintanas
Solo show. For some people the desert represents decay and death. There is scarcity of water and shade, extremely temperatures and a lack of resources for humans to survive. But at the same time there is a long tradition of the desert as a place of healing, both physically and spiritually.
With the Californian desert as background, Happy Nothing is a personal journey that delves into the lives of its inhabitants and its secrets. Here is where ex-convicts, war veterans, retirees and people that for some reason have decided to stay outside of the society live. In these towns there is no running water, the houses are in ruins, the streets unpaved, without street lighting, there are no supermarkets or entertainment infrastructures. But despite living in this conditions, they call it the Paradise.
Yurian Quintanas
Fire Escape showcased Happy Nothing at DOCfield>15 Documentary Photography Festival in Barcelona. In its third edition of a collective initiative led by the Photographic Social Vision Foundation that recognizes the social value of documentary photography and photojournalism.
Fire Escape at DOCfield>15 Barcelona May 2015.
Bromothymol Blue by Pedro García-Pantaleón
Solo show. Bromothymol Blue is a physical experiment executed in a recording studio and filmed with a macro lens and meticulous lighting. The artist creates unique characteristics and peculiar atmospheres from the raw material, hybrid images which encourage the viewer to investigate their origins. It is filmed with a digital camera at 24 frames per second capturing a water jet emerging from a silicon tube attached to a subwoofer membrane which emits sounds frequencies ranging between 18 and 35 Hz. This depicts the scheduled recording of an imperceptible effect by the human eye, something extraordinary in a recording studio.
Visual art showing the vital relationship between image and sound; cause is where the masterpiece is born. This video art is a critique of the monopoly of the pharmaceutical industry and the explotation of natural resources, in this case, water. The artist presents his research in Bromothymol Blue video art, bonding technology and substance, sound and image, action and reaction, capturing the water behavior caused by different sound frequencies.
Fire Escape was part of LOOP Videoart Festival in Barcelona with Bromothymol Blue.
Fire Escape at LOOP Festival Barcelona May 2015.
Más cicatrices me hacen más alta by Alícia Nuñez
Art Performance, presentation book. Celebrating Sant Jordi at the gallery with the presentation of the poemes book Más cicatrices me hacen más alta, More scars make me taller, of the writer and art performer Alícia Nuñez. For the action, Alícia was tattooed by La Rata, at the same time that she was reading her book. Open doors for everyone who was intrigued about tattoos, scars and poetry.
Fire Escape Barcelona April 2015.
Con Ánimo de Involucro group show
Group exhibition. Con Ánimo de Involucro, With an involvement spirit, we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Fire Escape. This group exhibition brought the artists together, Miguel Andrés, Irene Bou, Anna García, Diego Mallo and Rubenimichi. Video, installation-sculpture, photography, drawing and painting.
During the exhibition period, we spent time with the artists generating different art actions. For the opening we enjoyed Miguel Andrés art performances. Furthermore the program activities included Diego Mallo’s illustration workshop and our first session of ‘Coffee with Artists’, an event in which the public could dialogue with the exhibition participants and knowing from first-hand their creative processes while having a coffee together. For the closing show we carried out a special action on the occasion of the launch of the new website and online gallery shop of Fire Escape.
Fire Escape Barcelona March 2015.
Leña al Fuego contest
Contest. Firewood to Fire competition promoted by Woodamp and Fire Escape with the intention of making emerging artists known. The prize was to be part of the most artistic side of Woodamp: the WACPROJECT and a solo show at Fire Escape.
Fire Escape Barcelona March 2015.
Familiar workshop presentation
21/03/2015 SOUND OF NOISE WORKSHOP
23/05/2015 DRAWDIO WORKSHOP
Maska Fox Contest
Art Jury at Maska Fox Contest. We went to Print Workers Barcelona invited as jurors of the contest ‘Customiza un Maska Fox’
There you have a selection of photographs of the pieces to contest, of the expo and more.
Fire Escape at Print Workers Barcelona February 2015.
Stillness by Alba G. Corral
Solo show. Stillness, Built with Processing, the aim is to bring art to the streets of Barcelona. The series of original works, hosted at Fire Escape, marked Corral’s debut at an art gallery and as a graphic artist.
STILLNESS, built with processing arises from the collaboration between the artist Alba G. Corral and the Fire Escape. The common goal, bringing to the public the breadth of nuances that revolve around video art by taking it to an exhibition hall, intervening in unconventional spaces and generating dialogues between artists and the public. A month and a half in which Alba G. Corral and her most recent creations, all unpublished, will be the protagonists of different expositive and performative acts.
Fire Escape Barcelona January 2015.
TRANS by Approximations
Magazine presentation event. Presentation of the third issue ‘TRANS’ of the magazine on architecture approximations. For this occasion, we have David Bravo and Alex Giménez, with whom we ‘debated’ about architecture in a relaxed atmosphere and with a touch of humour.
Fire Escape Barcelona January 2015.
Anniversay Ultramarins
Anniversary event. ULTRAMARINS ART-bags project 1st anniversary. You could wear art on a totebag ULTRAMARINS transports works of art to fabric bags, an initiative of Anna Tulleuda. We celebrated at the gallery this special event.
Fire Escape Barcelona January 2015.