ART MEETS APOLO unites clubbing and art in different spaces of the venue
ART MEETS APOLO, a multidisciplinary exhibition project that addresses the relationship between club culture and art through the eyes of different artists from the city.
The art gallery and the club have always existed in constant opposition: while the former is associated with observation and stillness, the other tends to relate to agitation and chaos. However, both are platforms for the personal expression of both the author and the receiver, creating emotionally intense and immersive experiences.
The point of intersection between clubbing and the art world, so intimately linked, is precisely what has pushed the venue to create a project that helps to strengthen ties and experience these realities as a whole.
The proposal has been conceived and coordinated together with the LAB36 gallery and Galeria Senda, bringing together two worlds and their respective artists, audiences, ways of working, knowledge and experiences with a clear and common benefit: local culture.
"INTERPOLATIONS" DE MILICA LUKIC
Barcelona-based Serbian artist Milica Lukic (Belgrade, 1959) works with sculptural projects based on primary structures and specific objects that form geometric figures.
"Interpolations" is the artwork digitized by Misato Kindness Studio that transforms the lines of a sketch by Lukic into a new modular structure that becomes progressively complex. The work invites reflection on the genesis of form and space and on how human creativity can transcend simplicity to reach new dimensions of expression.
"SOY TODO OREJAS" BY ALBA RIHE
The multidisciplinary artist and member of musical groups such as Las Bistecs, Alba Rihe, presents the work ‘Soy todo orejas’ (I'm all ears), housed in La (3) de Apolo. It is a sound installation based on the idea of the lamentation wall and made up of 100 latex ears, with 20 of them activated with loudspeakers connected to a looping audio player for 43 minutes, generating a meticulously recorded and edited sound chaos.
Combining architecture with sonority, the work reproduces looped messages, conversations, songs, secrets... entering a magical realism where the walls have human connotations and can listen and store all the information they hear.
"[EXISTS IN NON-ENGLISH]" BY SEJAL PAREKH
The British-Indian artist based in Barcelona, Sejal Parekh, presents the work ‘[EXISTS IN NON-ENGLISH]’, a video installation located between La (2) and La (3), which reflects on how language shapes our identities.
The work focuses on everyday actions or life stages - closing a door, brushing our teeth, sneezing, overthinking, folding laundry or dying - that we do without using English, conceived as the dominant language. Moreover, it uses the aesthetics of the illuminated panels of food shops or 24h supermarkets, many of them run by migrants.
"APOLO" BY ARYZ
The large format pictorial artist Octavi Arrizabalaga, known as Aryz, presents the god Apollo in mural format painted directly on the main facade of Apollo. It is a contemporary reinterpretation of the Greek god, symbol of the arts, music and creativity, values that are directly linked to the Paral-lel avenue and the hall itself.
Aryz has represented him with a defiant and self-confident posture, a way to highlight and value the importance of culture in the city of Barcelona. The figure in Apolo is conceived from the fragmentation of the body, the anatomy and the representation of movement, a continuation of the artistic work developed in recent years.
"DREAM TEAM" BY ANDREI WARREN
The creative and cinematographic director, Andrei Warren, premieres the work “Dream Team” on the stairs that connect La (2) and Sala Apolo. A 3D creation digitized by the creative studio Misato Studio where the striking details and the playful and funny expression of the characters stand out to explore the feelings that are often evoked during social gatherings and evening meetings.
The intention of these characters is to convey the idea that each individual has an inner world that is unique, valuable and worthy of recognition. As the viewer approaches the work, they are invited to reflect on their own emotional landscapes, while recognizing the collective power of diverse experiences.
ARTWORKS NOT AVAILABLE
✦ “Accumbens” by Pedro Torres
✦ “Apolo Paradís Artificial” by Jordi Gispert Pi
✦ "Psychoflage" by Mónica Rikić
✦ "La Fito. Cantar como una cura posible" by Fito Conesa
✦ "Versus", by A C
✦ “Interpolations”, by Milica Lukic
✦ “Overlap”, by Miroslav Perkovíć