• item_info: "exedra" <p lang="en">Installation</p> <p lang="en">LACAPELLA</p> <p lang="en">2020</p>
• description: <span style="font-weight: 400;">An εξέδρα (exedra) was originally a semicircular stone bench located at the bottom of the apse of the Christian chapels. An architectural device that facilitated contact and conversation between different interlocutors. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the premises of the design was to move away from standardized institutional approaches to participation and social engagement––the do-it-yourself aesthetics, the use of bright colors referencing pedagogic spaces, the references to deskilling … </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The aim was to solve the actual isolation that normally exists between the objects discussed and the educational practices built around them (which take place in rooms away from the gallery), thinking about a light object that could be placed amidst the exhibition space confronting the artworks. This presented a two-fold challenge. On the one hand, the need to create an intimate space for conversation. On the other hand, to come up with a design which did not interfere and distort the actual environment of the exhibition space, normally filled with interventions ranging from small installations to large scale reenactments. </span> The design of the structure is by <a href="http://lluisalexandrecasanovas.com/">Lluís Alexandre Casanovas</a> and the iron work of <a href="https://oxidotaller.net/">Oxido taller</a>. More info on Ferreiro's project here: <a href="https://lacapella.barcelona/en/exedra-exedra">https://lacapella.barcelona/en/exedra-exedra</a>