Exhibitions
Season of strawberries and Onubense strawberries
A critical and poetic look at the invisibility of day laborers in the context of intensive agriculture.
The Tecla Sala Art Centre in l'Hospitalet presents Strawberry Fields until May 17, a video creation by Julia Montilla that explores the figure of seasonal women and the conflicts derived from intensive agriculture, establishing a continuity between the colonial past and the current extractivist regime. The film, which was already shown at La Fabra , is a 65-minute loop projection, which travels through the physical and human landscapes linked to strawberry cultivation in the territory of Huelva.
Strawberry Fields combines visual essay, documentary and video and experimental film practices. Its narrative revolves around the perception of reality, starting from the idea that life can seem simpler when we close our eyes to what surrounds us. However, seeing is a political act: by looking, we affect what we observe and, at the same time, we are transformed by it. This reflection addresses both voluntary avoidance and the institutionalized gaze, two positions that contribute to the invisibility of day laborers. Among the issues raised by the audiovisual work are the lack of visual representation of these workers and the construction of their image from a dominant culture that marginalizes them.
Julia Montilla's video creation is the winning project of the 11th edition of the Video Creation Award. A co-production between the Territorial Centers of the Public System of Visual Arts Facilities of Catalonia, Santa Mònica, the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia and Loop Barcelona, within the framework of the Loop Festival Barcelona.
This piece, located between poetic documentary, observation and visual experimentation, proposes a reflection on the audiovisual medium itself and its forms of representation. It thus becomes a testimony of what is diluted between the green and red fields, rendered invisible like the hard work of the day laborers, evoking an almost enchanting atmosphere in which the viewer is immersed in the landscapes of Onubense.
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