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Title: 
Aimar Arriola & M. Benito Píriz. Conversation
Date: 
19-10-2022
Place: 
Lantegia 1, floor 1
Artist(s): 
Arriola, Aimar (1976- )
Benito, M. (1992- )
Produced by: 
Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao
Type: 
Meeting
Tags: 
Digital culture
Editing
Writing
Performance
Summary: 

Presentation of processes accompanied by Aimar Arriola

In a passage from the children's book series Mary Poppins (written by P. L. Travers and published between 1934 and 1988), the nanny stops in front of a shop window to check her appearance and adjust her hat. What Mary Poppins saw in the shop window were three reflections of herself instead of one. Far from disturbed, Mary sighed with satisfaction at the multiple reflections of herself. This mirror image, which at once fragments and multiplies the self-image, and with it any stable notion of identity, serves as the starting point of this session for sharing a creative process.
In the vein of an open editorial session, artist M. Benito Píriz will share with Aimar Arriola, Associate Researcher at AZ, part of the writing and editing of her project Mi cara no pega con este mundo (“My Face Doesn’t Fit in this World”), a work in progress written on her mobile phone's notepad. Using resources such as predictive vocabulary and inclusive language, the project works with literature in its conventional form in an effort to generate strange new construction.
This project is being developed as part of Babestu. Creation Support Programme and Un deseo de forma (2020-2023), an initiative of curator Aimar Arriola, an Associate Artist at Azkuna Zentroa, in which he explores the relationship between queer perspectives and art.
Related activities: 
Aimar Arriola. A desire for From
M. Benito Píriz. M1 c4r4 n0 p3g4 c0n 3st3 mund0
M1 c4r4 n0 p3g4 c0n 3st3 mund0. Prologue
Appears in Collections:
Mediation - Visual arts