Exhibitions
Rosa Brugat presents two pieces at the Girona Cinema Museum that connect image, memory and territory
The screening of '100 euros/hour' and 'From the North Star to GPS' opened a space for reflection on the body, identity, memory, territory and male prostitution from a female perspective.
This past Saturday, June 20 at 12 noon, the multidisciplinary Catalan artist Rosa Brugat (La Jonquera, 1956) presented a screening of two pieces of video art at the Girona Cinema Museum, which connect image, memory and territory.
On the one hand, Brugat presented the documentary titled 100 euros/hour , which she produced in 2019 and which is based on an interview conducted with an Argentine gigolo living in Barcelona in a hotel room in Poblenou. The documentary focuses on the contrast between pornography and Christian morality (in which the artist herself plays the role of a cloistered nun in Cadaqués), while also addressing male prostitution from a female perspective. This perspective contrasts traditional models of pornography with the types of relationships and sexual experiences that single or older women seek.
The piece From the Polar Star to the GPS (2024) was then presented, which proposes a journey between Girona and a town in Zamora based on the theme of memory, landscape and forms of orientation.
With this new presentation of Rosa Brugat's audiovisual work, the Girona Cinema Museum links cinema with other forms of contemporary visual creation. The artist's two pieces broaden the perspective and reinforce the museum's role as an exhibition space for creators from the province of Girona.
With this weekend's presentation, Brugat adds a new presence to Girona's cultural programming, at a time when his work continues to arouse interest for its ability to combine formal experimentation and a poetic dimension.
It must be said that both works served to make the audience reflect on the issue of identity, the body and the relationship between territory and human experience.
Later, María Àngels Cabré (Barcelona, 1968), writer and literary critic with a degree in Hispanic Philology from the University of Barcelona, held a debate-colloquium on male prostitution (men who sell their sexual services). During the colloquium, key issues were discussed such as the legalization of prostitution, the differences with respect to female prostitution, what are the current sociocultural factors that influence and push vulnerable immigrants to engage in prostitution, the need for more research on this topic, etc.
A glass of cava was then offered to all attendees and a box was installed in the Museum room to raise funds for Gaza, so that access to food, drinking water, basic healthcare and child protection could be guaranteed.
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