There Are No Spectators is a show by Democracia that draws attention to the collective's vindicative use of language in the public sphere by way of a selection of works from the last eight years in which words are charged with ideology and political position-taking to become slogans. The show also presents a project produced especially for this exhibition that pays tribute to the anarchist Francesc Sabaté on the centenary of his birth.
 
The word slogan comes from the Gaelic sluagh-ghairm, a combination of sluagh, meaning 'troops', and ghairm, meaning 'cry'. The collective uses slogans or battle cries, often appropriated from well-known thinkers, philosophers and activists and enhanced with iconographic resources drawn from mass culture, in the uncompromising counterinformation campaigns it designs to pick up and amplify the voices of the communities with which it works. In this way the group counteracts the propaganda stratagems mounted by government agencies, and ultimately by the state, and appeals directly to people in the public space and visitors to its shows, sharing its subversive material with us: as a result, we are not mere recipients of the message but also transmitters and collaborators and rather than being passive onlookers we assume joint responsibility for politics, society and the community.


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Shots in the middle of the concert. From the appropriate distance to proximity is a programme of exhibitions based around the work of six artists who aim to take a critical look at the reality around them, at the same time as wishing to reduce the distance between themselves and the issues they raise in their projects, so that they take centre stage and one way or another adopt a position by means of their involvement.


Daniela Ortiz
20.01-22.02.2015
 
Democracia
03.03-19.04.2015

Núria Güell
12.05-05-07.2015
 
Frederic Perers
14.07-13.09-2015

Cristina Lucas
22.09-08.11.2015
 
María Ruido
17.11.2015-10.01.2016

• Trets enmig del concert. De la distància correcta a la proximitat is a program of exhibitions by Cèlia del Diego.
• microRavals is a project of mediation in relation to organizations, schools and neighborhood residents by Cristian Añó (Sinapsis).
• Implic/Accions is an ativity program by Jordi Ribas.
• Exhibition's design: Xavier Torrent
• Graphic design: Bildi
• Organized: Arts Santa Mònica – Departament de Cultura
• Collaborates: Escola Massana – Centre d'Art i Disseny, La Negreta Espai Social del Gòtic, La Ravala, Ràdio Ciutat Vella, Ravalmedia and scannerFM.