Performance: «Letter of Marque» by Daniel García Andújar
- Day: May 18
- Time: 19: 30h
- Venue: Aljub
- Free admission
From Es Baluard Museu we propose to celebrate 2023 International Museum Day with “Letter of Marque”, a performance by Daniel García Andújar, a project that has the complicity and voice of Joana Gomila in the musical composition. “Letter of Marque” is also the title of the exhibition that can be seen in itinerance until May 28 at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Madrid, and that was inaugurated in Es Baluard Museu in September last year.
The action “Letter of Marque” is, in the artist’s own words, “a story of disaffections and betrayals; of expulsions, raids, migrations, exiles, exodus and banishment; of Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Phoenicians, Byzantines and Iberians; of muladís, Moriscos, Berbers, Mozarabs, Ottomans, Arabs, Mudejars, converts, Jews, Christians, Muslims and heretics; returnees, xuetes, pied-noirs, harkis or francaoui; Republican or National; poor and rich; corsairs, traffickers, smugglers and pirates. The story of thousands of men, women, and children, from virtually every culture, civilization, and religious background, who were kidnapped, forced, shipped to unknown lands, or sold into slavery. In memory of all of them, and especially Deseado Mercadal”. Mercadal (Maó, 1911-2000) was a journalist, politician and musician admitted to Kendza’s work fields, which later resided in Algiers. His figure is approached especially by García Andújar in this project.
Daniel García Andújar (Almoradí, Alicante, Spain, 1966) is a visual artist, theorist and activist who works and lives in Barcelona. Through interventions in public space and a critical use of digital media and the communication strategies of the corporations connected to it, his theoretical and artistic work oscillates between real (the city) and virtual (the Web) territories. He has given and conducted workshops and seminars for artists and social collectives in many countries. His works have been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world, including Manifesta 4 and the 53rd Venice Biennale. The Museo Nacional Centro Arte Reina Sofía hosted a complete solo show in 2015, curated by Manuel Borja-Villel. In 2017 he participated in documenta14 in Athens and Kassel.
Joana Gomila (Mallorca, 1982) Singer, voice artist, musician, composer and performer. Her last personal project is Folk Souvenir (Bubota Discos, 2016) in which she explores the popular tunes of Majorca from the perspective of impro music, psicodelic jazz and contemporary. Joana has been part of many scenic projects (Andrés Lima, Res de Res, Hotel Iocandi, Corcada Teatre,..). She collaborate very often with other musicians in the impro, jazz and experimental scene of Barcelona. As well as being part of other projects, she sings with Rufaca Folk Jazz Orchestra -just released Beatus Ille (Seed Music, 2017) and has an impro duo Ca! with the drummer Arnau Obiols. Joana also composes music and sound spaces for dance ant theatre. She collaborate with Lali Ayguadé (Sa Mateixa, Here) and Mariantònia Oliver.