Graphic Constellation

Young Women Authors of Avant-garde Comics

Bàrbara Alca, Marta Cartu, Genie Espinosa, Ana Galvañ, Nadia Hafid, Conxita Herrero, María Medem, Miriampersand and Roberta Vázquez make up the constellation of creative universes that is this exhibition. Nine artists who experiment with styles and languages, who break with comic-book conventions, and share a critical and humorous view of the world.

All Films Are the Same

Anna Pazos

In these times of mass media production, cultural products seem to have lost the ability to leave a mark.

Introduction to the "Graphic Constellation" exhibition

Living life as “content”

Joana Girona

On the subversion of identity on social media, algorithms that act as your mum, micro-labels on TikTok and online individualism.

The boundaries of comics

With Ana Galvañ, Marta Cartu, Genie Espinosa, Maria Medem, and Miriampersand

We talk with the artists of the exhibition "Graphic Constellation" about how the alternative scene has transcended the traditional boundaries of the comic. What has been the role of hybridization with other artistic languages? How does comic fit into contemporary art?

Nine radiations

Jordi Costa

In this instalment of "Inside the Exhibition", each of the nine authors of the exhibition "Graphic Constellation" continues to radiate in their own particular way: some show aspects of their identity that were left out of the final exhibition, others air incisive opinions on the social or cultural context, and others still reveal formative rituals or they enlarge, in often unexpected ways, the battleground of their individual aesthetic.

A generation in dispute

With Barbara Alca, Nadia Hafid, Conxita Herrero, and Roberta Vázquez

We talk with the artists of the exhibition " Graphic Constellation" about how the millennial reality, marked by uncertainty, precariousness and the relationship with technology, is present in the work of many contemporary graphic artists. How has the neoliberal society marked their creative ...

A Welcoming Apocalypse

Alba Muñoz

The end of the world began to excite me in a way that was theoretical and perverse – it was like sucking on a never-ending sweet.

Consciousness in comic strips. Arkaitz González

How to write an informative comic script

Arkaitz González, cartoonist and comic teacher at the JOSO School teaches the students of the institutes participating in the ALIA project how to write an informative comic script.

Consciousness in comic strips. Luca Bonatti

Professor and researcher Luca Bonatti converses with the students of Institute 9 (Santa Coloma de Gramanet) about the brain, language and the perception of objects in relation to the phenomenon of representation.

Bámbel

Andrea Abreu

Lying in bed, mobile in hand, Andrea Abreu talks with herself about love and relationships in times of social media.

Graphic Constellation. Young Women Authors of Avant-garde Comics

Consciousness in comic strips. Silvana Silva

Neuroscientist Silvana Silva converses with the students of Institut Ca n’Oriac (Badalona) about consciousness and memory.

Consciousness in comic strips. Salvador Soto

Neuroscientist Salvador Soto converses with the students of the Institut Escola El Martinet (El Ripollet) about the phenomena of perception linked to consciousness.

Lorem Ipsum, or Towards a Cultural Luddism

Yaiza Berrocal

In what ways is it possible to subvert the dynamics of the culture industry embedded within a market society?

Consciousness in comic strips. Mireia Torralba

Neuroscientist Mireia Torralba converses with the students of Institut Les Aimerigues (Terrassa) about perception and consciousness, focusing on the sensory pathway of vision.

Consciousness in comic strips. Nuria Sebastián

Doctor in cognitive psychology Núria Sebastian converses with the students of Saint Peters School (Barcelona) about language and bilingualism.