
June 22—October 14, 2018
Tabakalera, International Centre for Contemporary Culture, San Sebastián
Drawn by the Pulse Rosa Barba
Drawn by the Pulse, 2018 35mm film sculpture, silent Duration: 03:08 min Exhibition view: Drawn by the Pulse, Tabakalera, International Centre for Contemporary Culture, San Sebastián, 2018 Photo © Mikel Eskauriaza
Press Release
The work of Rosa Barba contests and recasts truth and fiction, myth and reality, metaphor and material to a disorientating degree, which ultimately extends into a conceptual practice. From her earliest proposals during the late nineties until her most recent work, Barba has woven a web of sculptures, installations, films and artist’s books. Taking the cinematic medium – particularly its mechanical and celluloid materiality– as point of departure, the artist questions our present reality and...