“Forasters” by Marijo Ribas
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At Es Baluard Museu we periodically program and promote presentations of books and publications with the aim of directly appealing to reflection on different issues that cross contemporary art, artistic practices, and by extension, our time. In each session, we invite the authors of the texts who, in the company of other critics, writers, and other professionals in the sector, make us participants in their theses. We also add editions of artist books, which are often in themselves the project itself or an extension of it, as on this occasion.
The book Forasters by the artist Marijo Ribas is the result of personal research on the concept of outsider in Mallorca, based on the analysis of family history, with the aim of resignifying and semantically ennobling a pejorative concept. The publication was awarded the creation grant of the Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics (IEB) in 2023, in the photography and video category. At the presentation, photographer Xisco Bonnín will accompany Marijo Ribas, creator of the edition.
Presented by: Xisco Bonnín, photographer, curator and head of Arxiu del So i la Imatge de Mallorca
Marijo Ribas is a visual artist, researcher and graphic designer. Her practice critically reflects on the representation of class and gender relations, identity geopolitics, and the preservation or exploitation of the territory. From a multidisciplinary perspective, especially marked by photography, video and installation, she reproduces scenes that embody a complex ideology.
She has developed exhibition projects in spaces such as Frac (Corsica), Spazju Kreattiv (Malta), MUU Kaapeli (Helsinki), Ruse Gallery (Bulgaria), A7 Gallery (Slovakia), Galeria Hilvaria Studio’s (Tilburg, Netherlands), Cercle de Belles Arts (Madrid), Barcelona Contemporary Culture Center, LABoral Art Center (Zaragoza), Es Baluard Museum (Palma), etc. She have carried out numerous residencies in production and research centers such as: Lichtenberg Studios Berlin, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Belgrade A.I.R, Les Cigarreres Alicante or MediaLAB Prado Madrid, among others.
