TEA Tenerife Explores Object Travels and Image Consumption with Oriol Vilanova
Artist Oriol Vilanova is leading a workshop and group reading at TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, exploring the circulation and cultural significance of objects and images through flea markets and postcard collections.
This week, artist Oriol Vilanova is leading a workshop at TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes about how objects exist and travel. He's also hosting a group reading using postcards from the contemporary art center's collection in Tenerife's capital.
The group reading, the first of two events in the "Onda Corta. Documentation Laboratory" public program, is on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. The workshop, called "Cambio de manos" (Change of Hands), is on Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and again from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Both are free, but you need to register for the workshop by emailing ondacorta.tea@gmail.com.
The group reading will use postcards from the Antonio Concepción Pérez collection to explore how these images have shaped our ideas about the area and how we consume and share images. It will draw on the curiosity and shared memories of those attending.
In the "Cambio de manos" workshop, Oriol Vilanova will take participants on a journey between a flea market and a museum. He'll explore how objects exist and move, and how each space has its own rules and rhythms. He sees the flea market as an open-air museum where you can look, touch, and buy. The workshop will use the proximity of TEA and the flea market to consider how objects are displayed, circulated, and ultimately end up in each place, highlighting the connection and differences between these two social spaces.
Oriol Vilanova (born in Manresa, 1980) lives and works in Brussels. His art uses a collection of postcards gathered from flea markets as the basis for his installations and performances. Through repetition, he examines how objects and images are circulated and reproduced, as well as their cultural and economic significance.
"Onda Corta," curated by Narelys Hernandez and Joel Peláez, experiments with registration, documentation, and archiving within the art center's work. It rethinks and expands how we understand traditional methods of recording information.
Along with the Documentation Center, the Art Library, and the museum's exhibitions and activities, "Onda Corta" explores how TEA connects with the public and how its building can be used, emphasizing the public, shared nature of these spaces.