Performance event in Gonçal Sobrer’s exhibition “A big failure”

In 1966, Gonçal Sobrer organized what is considered the first documented happening in Spain, titled Soberbia, on the Rambla del Poblenou. Through such actions, Sobrer broke with traditional art, brought popular culture to the forefront, and transformed everyday life into an artistic experience, while also establishing himself as a pioneering figure in the development of performance art and conceptual art in Catalonia.

Thus, evoking the nonconformist and groundbreaking spirit of Gonçal Sobrer, Can Framis Museum has organized a performance-based afternoon as part of the exhibition A big failure.

Featuring artistic interventions by Quim Pujol (Varietats pel Gonçal) and Llapispanc (No m’agrada passar per la porta principal.)

Date: Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Location: Can Framis Museum
Duration: 1 hour

Free admission with prior registration.

• Varietats pel Gonçal

Following the model of variety theater, where acts often last only a few minutes, Quim Pujol proposes a series of short interventions in relation to specific works in Gonçal Sobrer’s exhibition A big failure.

Some of these proposals stem from his own practice and resonate naturally with Sobrer’s work. Other interventions have been designed specifically for A big failure to reflect on xava art, queer processes of identification, the condition of the artist in Catalonia, or experiments that artists hide away in drawers for reasons best left unsaid.

• No m’agrada passar per la porta principal.

Llapispanc draws on a background in performance art, where they seek to break down the barrier with the audience by taking elements from everyday life and using them to create participatory performances. Their work takes place outside the art world, in spaces such as the street or within the realm of the music scene and improvisation.