2024

Festival EXABRUPTO, Moià BCN 2024

In the sixties of the twentieth century, in the dining room of private Spanish homes, one would often see a large-sized picture hung above the sideboard, presiding over the table as the predominant image in the room. I met with some of these images repeatedly, as many as three times: Sunset in Hawaii; The Last Supper; Stag Attacked by a Pack of Hounds.
The painting by Paul de Vos (1637), Stag Attacked by a Pack of Hounds, describes the moments prior to the savage and violent dismemberment of the creature. In these circumstances some animals die of a heart attack caused the appalling terror they must inevitably suffer.
Thus, a following image would entail a bloody butchery of the highest order, presiding over the diners at the family table as something self-evident, with no further objections.
The present installation involves the painting mentioned before, placed above the sideboard; on the sideboard, to the left, is a compact amplifying system reproducing the sounds of rural exteriors in a variety of natural environments; to the right is a set of cutlery and dishes ready for use.
Life, for some, is death for others; naturally; by genetic constitution; expansively and catastrophically.