Black Light
Secret traditions in art since the 1950s
This exhibition is about the influence that various secret traditions have had on contemporary art from the nineteen-fifties to the present day. It presents some 350 works by such artists as Antoni Tàpies, Agnes Martin, Henri Michaux, Joseph Beuys, Ulla von Brandenburg, William S. Burroughs, Joan Jonas, Jordan Belson, Goshka Macuga, Kenneth Anger, Rudolf Steiner, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Francesco Clemente and Zush.
Report "Black Light"
Secret traditions in art since the 1950s
“Black Light” is about the influence that various secret traditions have had on contemporary art from the nineteen-fifties to the present day. It presents some 350 works by different artists.
Making of the mural for the exhibition «La luz negra», a creation by Leon Ka
The mural at the entrance of the exhibition "Black Light" created by the artist Leon Ka, represents some of the symbols of ocultism, magic, and the mysticism of spirituality.
Initiation Rooms
By Tania Mouraud at "Black Light"
The French artist Tania Mouraud (1942) created in the seventies Rooms for Initiation, white and minimalist spaces of free use for visitors to museums and art galleries. At the CCCB, within the exhibition "Black Light", we reproduced one of Tania Moraud's rooms so that you can experiment ...
Radio Éter #20. Matías Krahn
Artist of the «Black Light» exhibition
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #19. Sergi Faber
Andreas Faber-Kaiser son and Director of the programme "Sintonía secreta"
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #18. Evohé & Sére Skuld
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #17.Carsten Agger and Raisa Inocencio
Activists and members of the Technochamanismo network.
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #16. Pablo Raijenstein
Occult Artist and Mentalist
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #15. Marta Piñol Lloret
Doctor in Art History and author of the book «Relaciones ocultas: Símbolos, alquimia y esoterismo en el arte».
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #14. Roc Parés
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #13. Claudio Marucchi
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #8. Leon Ka
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #7. Roberta Marrero
Trans artist, Kenneth Anger and Marjorie Cameron follower
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #6. Pilar Bonet
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #5. Carmen Domenech
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #4. Aitor Saraiba
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Believing in the 21st Century
Lecture by José Casanova
The sociologist José Casanova discusses what appears to be the innate human need to believe and analyses the new forms religion is taking in the twenty-first century. What do these beliefs have that is really new? Why has science not yet managed to supplant religion?
Radio Éter #3. José Casanova
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #2. Eva Espeita
Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes at the same time seemed an outlandish concept. Radio Éter touches ...
Radio Éter #1. Enrique Juncosa
Curator of "Black Light"
Enrique Juncosa is a writer, exhibition curator and cultural manager. Radio Éter is a radio programme broadcast from the CCCB that evokes the early days of radio as a “magical” act, when the ability of a voice to travel through the ether into thousands of homes ...
Seeing the Invisible
Lecture by Gary Lachman
Gary Lachman, writer, musician, and expert on the history of consciousness and esoteric thought, emphasises the importance of occultism in the shaping of modern culture
Gandules'18 - Illuminated cinema: Magic, altered states and the occult
From 7 to 23 August, the CCCB’s summer film season brings us nine films that posit illumination as a means to enthuse and enlighten us. Free entrance.
Black Light
Discover the occult side of contemporary art
The occult, spirituality, psychedelia and esotericism come to the CCCB with the exhibition Black Light. An unusual look at the art of the past 50 years that has been strongly influenced by secret traditions. Until 21st October, discover more than 350 works by world-renowned artists ...