ROMA AKADEMIA
EXHIBITION
DATES
October 29, 2021 > February 6, 2022
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday to Sunday, from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm (Closed on Mondays except for: public holidays, December 27th and January 3rd)
SPACE
Exhibition hall - Bat Espazioa (Lantegia. Laboratory of ideas) - Mediateka BBK - Atrium
ADMISSION
Free
CURATOR
Jesús Donaire
BROCHURE
Exhibition
LISTEN
Audioguide
DOCUMENT
Credits
VIDEO
Press conference
DOCUMENT
Educational guide
DOCUMENT
Playfull Tours
Azkuna Zentroa presents The Roma Akademia exhibition with the works and projects of 45 artists in residence at the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome through the annual grant of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID).
This exhibition, curated by Jesús Donaire, highlights the programme’s multidisciplinary approach: from painting to photography, performing arts, research, cinema, architecture, theatre, literature, fashion and restoration. The common denominator of all the works is the artists’ interactions with the various cultural agents and the multiple realities of the city of Rome. Given the magnitude of the collection and the thematic diversity, Roma Akademia will be held in all of the Centre’s spaces including the Exhibition Hall, Lantegia. Laboratory of Ideas, the Atrium and the Mediateka BBK. The project also includes a catalogue of the exhibition describing the creative processes of the 45 participating artists.
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Founded in 1873, the main purpose of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, is to contribute to artistic and humanistic training in artistic creation and research.
Throughout its 147 years of existence, the Academy has been constantly renewing itself as a centre of artistic production and knowledge generation. It is a meeting place for creators who develop their projects somewhere between the tradition of its monumental complex and the constant innovation of a global and technological society. Nearly 1,000 residents have lived within its walls in Rome, building relationships through the permanent feedback that is one of its hallmarks.
For the past seven years, it has also received aid from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). Over time it has become one of the most important artistic residencies in Spain, similar to other internationally recognised centres of creation.
The exhibition brings together a series of works and projects carried out by 45 artists in residence during the 2018-2019 (Processi 146) and 2019-2020 (Processi 147) programmes at the Spanish Academy in Rome. The exhibition project stems from the annual scholarship programmes sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), ones of whose aims is to organise a collective presentation of works in different contexts.
Due to the circumstances surrounding the pandemic in 2020, which seriously affected the programming of cultural institutions, it was decided to combine the presentation of the works of the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 residents into one large exhibition which is being held in the Basque Country for the first time.
The projects to be exhibited at Azkuna Zentroa range from painting and sculpture to photography, industrial design, video, research, film, cinema, architecture, theatre, literature, fashion and restoration. There are many disciplines that coexist at the Spanish Academy in Rome, the common denominator being the interactions with the various cultural agents and the multiple realities of the city of Rome.
“Roma Akademia” is a co-production of Azkuna Zentroa with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome and the curator is Jesús Donaire.
From November 11th, every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. / Basque and Spanish
Free entry with prior registration in AZ Info, by calling 944 014 014 or writing to info@azkunazentroa.eus
Maximum of 25 people.
The activity will take place on December and January. The activity is aimed mainly at children and families to visit the exhibition and the work of 45 artists who have resided at the Spanish Academy in Rome between 2018 and 2020. Through specific didactic material, a playful journey is proposed to get closer to very different languages. various such as painting, photography, collage, video, fashion, design or illustration. Includes games to play in the living room inspired by some of the works. Download tips for touring the exhibition and material for the children.
Material available in the Exhibition Hall, Az Info or azkunazentroa.eus
