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Paco Gómez in Barcelona, Orden y Desorden

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

On the 6th of October, the exhibition ´Orden y Desorden´ by the self-taught photographer Paco Gómez will be inaugurated in the Foto Colectania Foundation in Barcelona. The exhibition has the title of the book that Laura Torré edited on the work of this photographer, known for capturing simple images of the second half of the 20th century in Spain. TH exhibition commissioned by Torré, who investigated exhaustively the work of Paco Gómez, is composed by 75 images that were selected from an archive of 25,000 negatives and 1,000 original photographs. From them, most are in black and white. The archive was given by the heirs to the Foto Colectania Foundation for its custody and preservation. The Foundation has coedited with Editorial RM a version of the book ´Orden y Desorden´ which can be found in bookshops in Spain and around the world. Paco Gómez was born in Pamplona in 1918. His initiation in photography was early, however, in 1956 he joined the Royal Photographic Society of Madrid and began to be known for his thesis on the role of photography and the photographer. These were the times of the Franco dictatorship and large part of the photographers who had made a political militance out of their job were in exile, which meant a violent rupture in the continuity of the aesthetic discussions previous to the Spanish Civil War, from there that the thesis on the aesthetic considerations in photography that surrounded Gómez from the La Palangana Group were a novelty. Gómez had been the founder of La Palangana and he criticised the conservative nature of photography which predominated in... read more

Market of Miracles in Venice

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Venetian

Our fixation of antiques is really curious. We´re always exposed to new objects that surround us, to fulfill a use and then let them go, without it being too important where they came from or what purpose they had. The velocity of today´s consumption makes that products, tools and objects that we consume are of easy movement so we can get rid of them easier and without too much insistence. Things, now more than ever, could be made not to perish but, however, the demands of the international market in all its aspects, makes us consume quicker and in bigger quantities, because we have to keep ´recycling´ materials. Despite that, the need for natural resources has also grown and the computer that you bought two years ago, possibly, instead of being updated, renovated or improved, is thrown in the street waiting for the bin man to come and take it away. But an object fills with meaning with its use, with the benefits that it gives us, with what it tries to do at home and with what happens around it and its history. Fetishes aren´t necessarily of erotic connotations, but also of emotional value, which go with everyone´s personal history. And there´s no other option. When it comes to computers, televisions, audio or video players, every year there´s the appearance of new formats, new prices, new image resolutions and everything ´un-updates´ itself at high speed. This is no coincidence, his isn´t technological advance, this isn´t the great ´advance´ of science to bring us better and more efficient products: technology and science are conditioned by a hungry market for... read more