Prototipoak. International Biennial of New Artistic Forms will take place on 30th and 31st of May, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June 2023.
Prototipoak is the Azkuna Zentroa’s International Biennial of New Artistic Forms. A meeting of creators with different visions and diverse backgrounds who question aspects of reality and envision the possibility of influencing it through artistic practice. They do so by using contemporary forms, with their codes and creation times, changing scenarios and formats, using diverse languages and creating transformative experiences for the public, which live on in the memory.
Prototipoak’s framework of action and thought comes from one of the meanings of the word itself, “prototype”, which refers to a first version of something, to the preliminary embodiment of a device from which other forms are derived. It is therefore a space that promotes a way of doing things from a place of uncertainty, curiosity and permanent questioning, opening up the possibility of other worlds. Together with the “what”, the “when” or the “why”, these prototypes define the “how” and the “where” culture takes place, which includes the appropriate placement of each project and the diversity and suitability of the supports, formats and spaces.
Prototipoak is a two-year event. It starts when the artists are invited to begin a creative process that builds relationships, knowledge, memories, and experiences in the present that carry on into the future. During this time, the Center's team participates in the development of the artists’ ideas and in the changing lives of their projects, so that the “Prototype” becomes a common exploration from creation to management, production and communication. The event takes place at the end of May in the form of a celebration, when the results of all these processes come together and are shared with the communities of audiences.
In the 2023 edition, Prototipoak looks at the social emotions, thoughts and feelings around the experience of everything that happens at Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao and how it impacts people's lives. It is also a bid to “re-naturalise” the Centre’s space, the urban and rural space, the natural and the artificial, the biological and the robotic, by reflecting on the past and the future of culture and society, the positive aspects of diversity, singularity and specificity, and the interstice between art and society, artists and the communities of audiences.
Prototipoak 2023 features 12 projects that span the visual arts, the performing arts, film and audio-visuals and words, with site specifics, performances, dance, installations, interventions in the public space or ephemeral architecture, in which the creators invite us to reflect and visualise reality differently, as a process, a practice and an experience.
Share:
Prototipoak is a two-year event. It starts when the artists are invited to begin a creative process that builds relationships, knowledge, memories, and experiences in the present that carry on into the future. During this time, the Center's team participates in the development of the artists’ ideas and in the changing lives of their projects, so that the “Prototype” becomes a common exploration from creation to management, production and communication. The event takes place at the end of May in the form of a celebration, when the results of all these processes come together and are shared with the communities of audiences.
- Ayşe Erkmen (Istanbul)
Myself on site
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Atrium
Visual Arts/Intervention/Site specific
- Iratxe Jaio (Markina-Xemein) + Klaas Van Gorkum (Delft)
Arqueología en Reverso - 43°15′35″N 2°56′13″O
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Exhibition Hall
Visual arts/Experimental archeology/ Exhibition/Action
- Fermín Jiménez Landa (Pamplona)
Un helado sabor sendero
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
BAT Espazioa. Lantegia 2
Visual Arts/Exhibition/Action
- CIE Gilles Jobin (Genève)
Cosmogony
June 1st, Thursday - 8:00pm
Auditorium
Tickets
Live arts/Virtual Reality/Digital Performance
- Ainhoa Lekerika (Lezama)
Deep wishes, promises and hopes
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Exhibition Hall
Visual Arts/Intervention/Exhibition/Action
- Laida Lertxundi (Bilbao)
8 encuentros
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Exhibition Hall
Cinema and audiovisuals/Instalation/Screening
- Teatro Ojo (Mexico City)
Deus Ex Machina
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Live Arts /Performance/Instalation
- Susana Velasco (Madrid)
Tierra de nadie
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Terrace
Visual Arts/Mediation Architecture/Installation/Walk
- Ramón Williams (Havana)
Museum Traces
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Exhibition Hall
Visual arts/Photography/Exhibition
- It's my Birthday
June 3rd, Saturday - 8:30pm
Terrace
Live Arts/Performance/Encounter
- Residencias ACuTe
ACuTe meetings
May 30th, 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Lantegia
- Chikara Fujiwara (Kochi) and Minori Sumiyoshiyama (Osaka)
orangcosong- Hitsudankai - From now/here, Silence
May 31st, Wednesday and June 1st, Thursday - 6:00pm
Live arts/Performance/Workshop
- Hitsudankai - From now/here, Silence