Book club on care structures in the artistic environment
From March 6th to April 24th
Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Venue: different locations in the city of Valencia
Pre-registration required
The program consists of six sessions of discussion of the proposed reading together with activities around the texts on care.
Each session is planned in collaboration with a space in the city that is related to the proposed theme.
The first session consists of an introduction to the THEORY OF CARING, its relationship with feminism and contemporary artistic creation (text: Toward a Feminist Theory of Caring) and is proposed in the collaborative restaurant -The Mandrake;From this introductory session, experts in the cultural field are invited to present and discuss the readings.
The second session is about -CARE AND NATURE- with the invitation to the artists Lucia Sanz and Elena Llamas in the Garden of Monforte.
The theme of the third session is -CARE AND BODY-, is raised in the theater Espai Inestablewith the invitation to the artist Mª Reme Silvestre.
The fourth session is at the Faculty of Fine Arts with the participation of the curator Carlota Mir on -CARE AND INSTITUTION-.
The fifth session is about -CURACY AND CARE- with the invitation to the curators Empar Polanco and Mencía Machado, to be held at the independent art space -Pols-who manages one of them.
While the sixth session es with the collaboration of artistic collective -the mediocre- on -CARE AND INTERDEPENDENCE- in creative practices.
The number of participants to whom the book club would be open is 12 people. The aim is to maintain a small group in which space is given to exchange. The purpose of this proposal is to encourage reflection towards a more sustainable and care-based cultural framework for the future.