Shots in the middle of the concert. brings its exhibition cycle to a close with L’œil impératif («The Imperative Eye»), a piece by María Ruido that analyses the political, economic and representative mechanisms that serve to perpetuate the effects of colonialism and neocolonialism in the former Spanish and French protectorates in North Africa through immigration policies, mercantilism, globalization and cultural, aesthetic and social imperialism.
 
This work takes its name from a film that Ruido made last year in Tangiers and presented within the framework of the cycle as a diptych alongside Le rêve est fini (The Dream Is Over), which she produced in Tunisia in 2014. These two documentary essays explore the conflict between hegemonic policies and institutionalized meta-stories in the West, and examine the possibility of other narratives that are developed by the Arab world and offer resistance to European colonial dominance and the capitalist system.

 
microRavals
In relation to María Ruido’s The Imperative Eye, microRavals asked third-year degree students from the Theory of Context course at Escola Massana to produce a practical reflection on the idea of visual sovereignty/ies.

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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
15.07-13.09-2015

Cristina Lucas
22.09-08.11.2015
 
María Ruido
17.11.2015-10.01.2016

Booklet

• Shots in the middle of the concert. From the appropriate distance to proximity 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.
• Organized by Arts Santa Mònica – Departament de Cultura
• In conjunction with «Modernitat(s) Descentralitzada(s): Art, política i contracultura a l’eix transatlàntic durant la Guerra Freda» (ref. HAR2014-53834-P) de la Universitat de Barcelona, Espai Contrabandos, Escola Elisava, Escola Massana i Mostra de Cinema Àrab i Mediterrani de Catalunya de la Filmoteca de Catalunya.