2007. Juan Carlos Robles (Cv)
SEVILLA, 1962 LIVES AND WORKS BETWEEN SEVILLA, VENEZIAWORK EXPOSED IN MADRID ABIERTO: ALPENFLUG (ALPINE FLIGHT)
EDUCATION1989· Arts degree with specialisation in painting, Sant Jordi Department of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona.· Third Cycle: Department of Sculpture. Doctorate programme «Structure of Image and Surroundings», Sant Jordi Department of Fine Arts, Barcelona.1994· Degree with specialisation in Bildende Kunst, (Painting), High College of Art of the University of Berlin, HdK. Under the guidance of Professor Katharina Sieverding, Berlin. Extraordinary Degree Prize1995· Meisterschüler, (final academic project after degree). High College of Art of the University of Berlin, HdK, under the guidance of Professor Katharina Sieverding, Berlin.· NaFöG, Nachwuchsfúrderugsgesetz, Post-graduation grant from the High College of Fine Arts of the University of Berlin.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)2006· Travelling City and more…, ‘Antiguo Instituto’ Culture Center, Exhibition Hall 1, Gijon.· La Torre Expandida, Torre de Los Guzmanes, La Algaba, Seville.· Your Favorite Fantasy, Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid
2005· Bajo el Sol Estroboscópico, Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.
2004· De Korte, Antonia Puyó Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain.*
2003· Puntos de Deriva. El viaje Estático, Andalusian Contemporary Art Center, Seville.*· La Caja Negra, Atlantic Modern Art Center, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.· Futuro para Todos, T 20 Gallery, Murcia.
2002· Info Box, Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.· Afuera III, Caja San Fernando, Jerez.*
2001· Afuera I & II, Oriente Exhibition Hall, Caja San Fernando, Seville, Cádiz.*· 2000 Dominios, UNICEF Art Center, Seville.· Viaje a la Luz, Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.
1999· KunstBank, Senate Exhibition Hall, Berlín.
1997· The Confidential Connection, Volksbühne, People’s Theatre, Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin.· Me lo llevo puesto, Glass Cabinet, Estrany-De la Mota Gallery, Barcelona.
1992· Entre Cielo y Tierra. Medamothi Project, Barcelona.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)2006· Paris-Foto. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Paris· I Architecture Biennale, Arte y Paisaje de Canarias. Chico Theatre, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Palma.· I Artistic creation competition, José García Jiménez Foundation, Murcia· Nuevas adquisiciones de la colección, Arte Contemporáneo Español, Patio Herreriano, Valladolid.· ARCO ’06, International Contemporary Art Fair. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.*
2005· Veinte años y un día, Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.· Claves de Arte, Rafael Boti Foundation, ‘Puerta Nueva’ Exhibition Hall, Córdoba.· El Puente de la Visión, Mercado del Este, Fine Arts Museum Cantabria, Santander.· VideoViaje, El Almacén, Cabildo de Lanzarote, Lanzarote, Canary Islands.· International Exhibition of Aichi 2005, Japan.· Artes divergentes, project for Espacio Público: «Foro». Zumaia, San Sebastián.· ARCO ’05, International Contemporary Art Fair. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.*
2004· Desplazamientos, Caja San Fdo. de Sevilla. Two projects for espacio público:· Boca de Metro de Las Vegas & Armonía / Velocidad / El Fin.· ARCO ’04, International Contemporary Art Fair. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.*· Ciudades, Paris, Berlín, New York. Gallery and magazine La Naval, Cartagena, Murcia.
2003· Siete Estancias en un Principal», DOMÉSTICO’03, Madrid.*· Extrañamientos, este lugar desconocido. Exhibition Center Alcalá 31 of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. *· Art in General’s. 5th Annual Video Marathon, New York.*· Monocanal: Spanish Video 1996-2002. National Museum Reina Sofía Art Center, Madrid.*· Distintas Miradas. Espacio 2, Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid.· ARCO ’03, International Contemporary Art Fair. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.*· ARTE ACTUAL’ 03. International Contemporary Art Fair of Seville. Pabellón del Futuro. Gallery T-20.· ARTISIMA’ 03, International Contemporary Art Fair of Turin. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Turín.*· Urbietorbi». PHotoEspaña’ 03. Madrid
2002· XXVII Biennale of Pontevedra, Pontevedra *· Las Ciudades. PHotoEspaña’ 02. Oliva Arauna Gallery. Madrid.· ARCO ‘02. Oliva Arauna Gallery – Madrid.*· ARTISIMA’ 02, International Contemporary Art Fair of Turín. Oliva Arauna Gallery.*· El bello género. Convulsiones y permanencias actuales. Autonomous Community of Madrid. Regional Government for the Arts.*· Proyectos y Originales de Atlántica. Atlantic Modern Art Center, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.· Muestra de Arte Contemporáneo andaluz. ‘El Monte’ Cultural Center. Seville.*· XLI Plastic Arts Competition, Caja San Fernando, Seville.· L’Oréal Prize. C. C. Conde Duque, Madrid.
2001· Parejas de hecho(s). IFEMA. Autonomous Community of Madrid. Department of Economy and Employment.*· III International Sonorous Art Festival. Laboratorio de Arte Alameda. México D.F.*· ARCO ‘01. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.*· Open Spaces, Sculptures and interventions in public spaces.· ARCO’ 01. Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.· Interkultureller Dialog, Alten Oper , Frankfurt.· Marcelino Botín Collection, Cervantes Institute, Rome.*· Foro Sur. Latin American Fair of Contemporary Art, Caceres, Spain.· Encuentros Europeos, Arte Joven, TERUEL’01, Teruel, Spain.
2000· No Vacancies, International Video Exhibition, organised by Angelika Richter and the Barbara Thumm Gallery, Berlin.· 2000 Grados, Eroticism Museum, Madrid.· Cosmopolitan History, Real Casa de la Moneda, Seville*· ARCO’ 00, Oliva Arauna Gallery, Madrid.*· Heimat Kunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin*· Trasvases, Carrillo Gil Art Museum, México D.F., Spanish Cultural Center, Lima, Contemporary Art Museum, Buenos Aires.*
1998· Itinerarios 97/98, Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander.*· Trasatlántico, Atlantic Modern Art Center, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.*· Art Club Berlín, Pabellón Mies Van der Rohe, Barcelona.· 30 Eines, 1967_97, Fonds d’ Art Fundació Eina. Centre d’ Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona*· Kunst+technik, Plattform Berlin Biennale, Berlin.· Losses, Kunstfaktor Gallery, Berlin.
1997· Alternating Currents, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa.*· Pasarse de la Raya, Expo-Arte Guadalajara, México.*· Introversions, Aspectes de la col•lecciò. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, MACBA, Barcelona.· Cegueras, Museu d’Art de Girona, Girona.*· Alèm da Água: Copiacabana, Contemporary Art Museum of Extremadura and Latin American, MEIAC. Badajoz, Puente Ajuda; itinerant project by the Guadiana river, the border between Spain and Portugal.· Subjetiles, Círculo BBAA, Madrid, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona.*· 9 Video, Dogenhaus Projekte, Berlin.
1996· Cabin Fever, Royal College of Art, London.*
1995· L’ Escola Invisible. 1988 -1994, La Caixa Foundation, Vic, Tecla Sala L’ Hospitalet, Barcelona. Museu d’Art de Sabadell, Barcelona.*· Transit-Permanenz, Bahnhof Westend, Berlín.*· Meisterschuler Ausstellung, Exhibition for obtaining the title ‘Meisterschuler’ .HdK, High College of Art of the University of Berlin.· NaFöG Ausstellung, Exhibition-Competition to obtain the post-graduation Grant prize NaFöG. HdK, High College of Art of the University of Berlin.
1994· Anys 90, Distància Zero, Centre d’ Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona.*· Sembla Útil, Vinçon Center, Barcelona.· Absolbent Ausstellung (Degree Exhibition), HdK, High College of Art of the University of Berlin.
1993· Members Only, Carles Poy Gallery, Barcelona. Cabildo Center, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.*· Som 6 Minyons, Carles Poy Gallery, Barcelona.· La Casa Calenta i Seca, La Caixa Foundation, Vic, Tecla Sala, L’ Hospitalet, Barcelona.· Sixta Lone, Carles Poy Gallery, Barcelona.· Silencis, La Caixa Foundation, Vic, Museu d’ Art de Mataro, Mataró, La Capella, Barcelona.*· De Valls’93 Biennale, Valls, Tarragona.*
1992· Transuències, Sala Montcada, La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona.*· XIII Salò d‚Arts Plàstiques Baix Camp, (special mention), Reus, Tarragona.*· Primer Premi Jove d’Arts Pàstiques Ciutat del Prat, Barcelona.
1991· X Mostra d’Arts Plàstiques Generalitat de Catalunya, Sala Lola Anglada, Barcelona.· Aduana’91, Local Government of Cádiz, Cádiz.*· 1990VIII Painting Biennale, Caixa de Barcelona, Barcelona.*
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS1996· • Certificate in Video Technology and Production. Intensive video workshop at New York’s University School of Continuing Education, Film, Video and Broadcasting Department. NYU, New York.
1992· QAM, Quincena d’Art de Montesquiu. Directed by the artist José Maldonado. Barcelona.
1991· QAM, Quincena d’Art de Montesquiu. Directed by the art critic Jeffrey Swartz. Barcelona.
GRANTS AND PRIZES2006· Third Prize for artistic creation, José García Jiménez Foundation. Murcia.
2005· «Artes Divergentes» is an international project that promotes the relationship between artistic creativity and technological innovation and to establish a new dialogue between the business world (and its technological environment) and the artist world (and its creative development). Zumaia, San Sebastián. “Forum” in the promenade of the port of Zumaia. Host company: CAF, Costrucciones y Auxiliar de ferrocarriles, Beasain, Guipúzcoa.
2002· Second Prize. XLI Plastic Arts Competition, Caja San Fernando, Seville.
1999· Arbeitsstipendium für Bildende Kunst der Senatsverwaltung für wissenschaft, Forschungund Kultur, Berlin. Investigation grant for Visual Arts from Berlin’s Senate Administration for Sciences, Research and Culture.· Plastic Arts Grant, Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander.
1997· Stipendium Bildende Kunst, Kulturamt Mitte, Berlin. Visual Arts Grant from the Culture Institute of the District of Mitte, Berlin.· COPEC, Catalan consortium for the promotion of culture abroad. Support for the dissemination of the public space project ‘The Confidential Connection’ of Juan Carlos Robles in Rosa Luxemburgo Platz, Berlin.· Volksbühne, People’s Theatre. Technical and logistic support for Juan Carlos Roble’s project located opposite the main façade.· Artistic Cultural Activities Abroad. Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Second Biennale of Johannesburg.
1996· Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD Stipendium, Bonn. Grant from the German Academy of Interchange, DAAD, Bonn, to work and further academic studies in New York with the support of the professor Lothar Baumgarten, complementing the post-graduation grant from NaFöG.
1993· Beca per a Estades a l’Estranger de Creadors i Agents Culturals, Generalitat de Catalunya. (Grant for artists and cultural agents to study abroad from the Generalitat de Cataluña).· Study period: HdK, High College of Art of the University of Berlin.
1992· Special Mention, XIII Salò d‚Arts Plàstiques Baix Camp, Reus, Tarragona.
WORK IN COLLECTIONS· Colection José García Jiménez Foundation, Murcia.· Mediateca, Caixa Forum, Barcelona.· Fine Arts Museum of Santander Collection.· Patio Herreriano Foundation, Valladolíz.· Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art (CAAC) Collection, Seville.· CIRCA Collection. Pilar Citoler, Madrid.· Collection of the Municipal Contemporary Art Museum of Madrid.· Atlántica Collection of projects and originals. Atlantic Center of Modern Art (CAAM). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.· Council of Almagro Collection.· Banco de España Collection, Madrid.· Caja San Fernando Collection, Seville.· Marcelino Botín Foundation Collection, Santander.· Eina Foundation Collection, Barcelona.· Museu d’ A rt Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Collection, Barcelona.
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2007. Jorge Díez. PRESENTATION
MADRID ABIERTO is an international artistic initiatives programme which is held throughout the month of February in the junction Paseo de la Castellana-Recoletos-Prado since 2004. It is an avenue for approaching the interpretation and comprehension of how the public space is constructed from the sphere of art. Since its first open invitation announcement it has received more than 1.200 proposals. Out of all the projects presented, 29 were exhibited in the previous three editions and 13 will be exhibited this year, selected by different juries comprised by international experts.
Organised by the Cultural Association MADRID ABIERTO, the 2007 edition of the programme is promoted by the Altadis Foundation, the Department of Culture and Sport of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the Governing Department for the Arts of the City Council of Madrid, with the collaboration of the Telefónica Foundation, La Casa Encendida of Obra Social Caja Madrid, the Ministry of Culture, ARCO, Radio 3 of RNE, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Canal Metro, Cemusa, Centro Cultural de la Villa of Madrid, Remo, Mediazero and Metro.
For this fourth edition, which will be held from the 1st to the 28th of February, a total of 658 projects were presented; 471 for the general invitation, 61 for the façade of La Casa de América, 28 for the façade of Círculo de Bellas Artes, 74 works for Canal Metro and 24 sonorous initiatives for Radio 3. The breakdown by countries of the projects presented is as follows: Spain (174), Italy (46), USA (46), Mexico (40), Argentina (33), Germany (28), Colombia (28), France (25), Brazil (18), Canada (16), Cuba (16), Ecuador (14), Chile (13), The Netherlands (13), Portugal (12), Ireland (9), Sweden (9), United Kingdom (9), Venezuela (9), Japan (7), Austria (6), Yugoslavia (6), Australia (5), Peru (5), Belgium (4), Costa Rica (4), Finland (4), Norway (4), Poland (4), Turkey (4), China (3), Croatia (3), Slovenia (3), Russia (3), Switzerland (3), Uruguay (3), Bulgaria (2), El Salvador (2), Georgia (2), Guatemala (2), India (2), Iceland (2), Israel (2), New Zealand (2), Czech Republic (2), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), Estonia (1), The Philippines (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), The Dominican Republic (1), Serbia (1) and Singapore (1).
The selection committee was comprised by Juan Antonio Álvarez-Reyes (curator of Madrid Abierto 2007), Ramon Parramon (director of Idensitat), Cecilia Andersson (director of Werk) and Guillaume Désanges (co-ordinator of art projects in Les Laboratoires D’Aubervilliers, Ille de France). We declared the project for the façade of Círculo de Bellas Artes unfulfilled and pre-selected thirty projects, from which the curator finally selected Fernando(We were young. Full of life. None of us prepared to die) by the collective Discoteca Flaming Star; proyecto_nexus* by the collective [nexus*] art group; I Lay My Ear To Furious Latin by Ben Frost; Rezos/Prayers by Dora García;Pictures by Mandla Reuter; Guantanamera by Alonso Gil and Francis Gomila and Short Circuit/Cortocircuito by Dirk Vollenbroich. In addition to these seven selected projects, the current edition is complemented by other projects from artists invited by the curator: Dan Perjovschi, Susan Philipsz, Johanna Billing, Leopold Kessler, Oswaldo Maciá and Annika Ström. Through this mixed selection model our intention is to continue to make progress in our objective of broadening each annual proposal of MADRID ABIERTO.
In this year’s edition, for the first time, two specific invitations for audiovisual and sonorous works were announced, which were selected by the curator, myself, Arturo Rodríguez and José Iges. The following 11 works were selected for projecting on Canal Metro: Rothkovisión 3.0 by Daniel Silvo; Mierda de caballos y príncipes by Fernando Baena; Rest by Carolina Jonsson; Every Word is becoming by Alexander Vaindorf; Alpenflug (Alpine Flight) by Juan Carlos Robles; Himno by Cristian Villavicencio; PlasmaLux06-7 by Tanja Vujinovic-Zvonka Simcic; Mis Quince by Alfredo Pérez; Lucía by Pere Ginard and Laura Ginés; Candy by Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobayashi and The Toro’s Revenge by María Cañas. For broadcasting on Radio 3, the following 8 works were selected: Am I walking by Jouni Tauriainen; Bendicho juez de la verdad by Eldad Tsabary; Reiterations (Elizabeth Street) by Sonia Leber and David Chesworth; Postal Densa. Postal Sonora. Madrid-Bogotá by Mauricio Bejarano; Alkaline by Paul Devens; Funkenspiel by David Halsell; Poema Jazz (a Clara Gari) by Luis Eligio Pérez and BihotzBi by Zuriñe Gerenabarrena.
Likewise, following on with the work of the previous editions, E451 continues to develop the graphic image and web page and, for the second year running, together with various debate tables on public art, the selected artists will present their work in La Casa Encendida on the 1st and 2nd of February.
We are continuing the process of creating an initiative of a scale manageable by a small team without a permanent or continuous structure, based on an open invitation announcement geared towards the production of ephemeral or temporary projects for the public space of the city of Madrid.
Jorge Díez
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2007. Juan Carlos Robles. ALPENFLUG
FORMAT: SOUND: THEME ALPENFLUG INTERPRETED BY PUTS MARIELENGTH:2 MIN
In the form of a video clip, this recording made by the author, Juan Carlos Robles, prior to that dreadful day of September 11th, 2001, shows us, with surprising spontaneity, how the camera is able to gain access to the pilot’s cabin of a commercial flight with absolute ease.
An ironic and funny story, Alpenflug (Alpine Flight), interpreted by the music band, Puts Marie, sets in motion, to the rhythm of the music, the choreography that two airhostesses interpret using the didactic and robotic gestures characteristic of the rescue and safety instructions whilst the pilots warm up the engines of the aircraft.
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