Exhibitions
New photographic perspectives on memory and identity at KBr Flama
The fifth edition of the KBr Fundació MAPFRE project brings together four emerging voices trained in photography schools in Barcelona, with proposals that explore intimate, collective and territorial memory that can be seen until February 1.
There are only a few days left to visit the new edition of KBr Flama at KBr Fundació MAPFRE, a proposal that, year after year, highlights the emerging talent emerging from some of the main photography schools in Barcelona: Idep Barcelona, IEFC, Elisava – Faculty of Design and Engineering of Barcelona and the Serra i Abella School of Art and Superior Design.
This fifth edition brings together the works of Bernat Erra (Barcelona, 2003), Irina Cervelló (Martorell, 2001), Abril Coudougnan (Perpignan, 1999) and Patrick Martin (Stockport, England, 1996), four young voices who provide personal, critical and contemporary perspectives on current photographic practice.
The projects have been chosen based on a viewing process carried out by Javier Martín, Arianna Rinaldo and María Santoyo, who have selected the proposals for their conceptual solidity, formal quality and ability to connect with new sensibilities within the emerging photographic scene.
The common thread that unites all these works is an attentive and committed reflection on the construction of memory, whether from the intimate, collective or territorial sphere. Through their works, the authors understand photography as a space for thought and questioning, a tool for exploring human bonds, the traces —often invisible— that industry leaves on the territory, and the fundamental role of images in the configuration of shared identities and stories.
In Opac , Irina Cervelló investigates the cultural, environmental and economic implications of the Solvay petrochemical complex in her hometown of Martorell. The project depicts a landscape marked by tension, where the industrial presence conditions both the environment and the memory and daily life of the community.
In Tous les mots maux sont inventés , Abril Coudougnan invites the viewer to delve into her personal photographic archive: an accumulation of images taken over six years that function as fragments of memories and experiences, and which, together, construct an emotional cartography of the time lived.
With Looking for George , Patrick Martin proposes a reflection on the myths and stories that sustain collective memory, questioning the way in which certain images are perpetuated to the point of becoming assumed truths, and how these narratives condition our relationship with the past.
The tour closes with Fe d'errates , by Bernat Erra, a proposal that delves into the construction of collective identity based on the religious imagination linked to Catholicism. Through symbols, rituals and shared representations, Erra analyzes how faith and its images have contributed to shaping a common memory, highlighting the cracks and reinterpretations that run through every constructed identity.
