Speakers: Erick Beltrán, participating artist; Piedad Solans, historian and independent curator; and Jaume Reus, cultural manager.

This summer, the Thai art collective and activist Ruangrupa has curated the 15th edition of Documenta, the most significant exhibition in the Western art world. An edition that has raised new paradigms and methodologies based on the practices of groups and collectives from the Global South.

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Thus, the system of Western art: institutions, museums, galleries, markets, etc. have been questioned and this system has had a response that has been mostly adverse or with a manifest disinterest in even listening.

In this conversation, we will analyse the most significant proposals of the edition, and we will ask ourselves about aspects such as: why has the Global North treated these artists in a folkloric and paternalistic way? What is the sense of defending the collective in the world of artistic practices? What can the Western system learn? Are the practices of the South exportable? Why in Germany is it so difficult to distinguish between anti-Semitic (People) and anti-Israeli (State)?
Can we talk about censorship of works and collectives in this issue? Activisms, activism, politics, colonialisms, mediations, ecologies?

Free admission. Casa Planas, Av. Sant Ferran, 21.