Mapear Madrid 2011
Chantal Pontbriand, art critic and curator, is currently Tate Modern's Head of Exhibitions Research & Development.
Besides, she is the founding-director of contemporary art magazine Parachute (1975).
After presenting her last projects and researches, Chantal Pontbriand will meet a reduces group of participants for a critic session. It will be the occasion for a debate on issues related to Pontbriand's cultural production. Participants will be able to show their own works to reflect with her and the rest of the group.
Workshop aimed at curators and cultural producers.
MAPEAR Madrid is a work group created in response to a shared desire to seek out and identify the artistic structures and various agents involved in the cultural sector of the region of Madrid. Following an initial period of research and investigation, an announcement will be made, and sessions open to the public will be offered on the first Tuesday of each month until July. At a later stage in the project, a tool for public use will be created to provide the agents and intermediaries of the contemporary creation and art scene with an efficient channel for pursuing professional projects.
The goal is to encourage interaction between artistic communities, strengthening professional ties to help the sector operate more effectively and efficiently; to democratise access to and use of information on the art and creative sector, and achieve greater transparency in its professional practices; and to promote dialogue between contemporary creation and civil society.
COORDINATED BY PENSART
Following the technical research phase – interviews with sector professionals and cultural agents in the region in order to detect and identify their professional relations with universities, industry, the authorities and the media – a tool has been created which allows us to visualise these interconnections.
Register now at http://www.mapearmadrid.net/
