The publication “Passió i cartografia per a un incendi dels ulls” is the poetic colophon of “Panorama 21: Notes for an Eye Fire” the exhibition that took place at MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, between October 2021 and February 2022.

The book includes a new poem-dérive by Gabriel Ventura that decomposes the exhibition’s plurality of voices into a textual topography. As part of the exhibition’s public programme, on January 13, 2022, Ventura and the flamenco singer Pere Martínez recited and sang the verses during a unique performative event that took visitors through the museum galleries.

Designed by Ana Domínguez Studio, the book also features photo-documentation of the exhibition, as well as a ghostly evocation of its graphic identity—translucent pages that seem to veil the images and words with billowing smoke clouds and flashes of energy.

Title: “Passió i cartografia per a un incendi dels ulls”
Poem by: Gabriel Ventura
Design: Ana Domínguez Studio
Editor: MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Format: 17 x 11.5 cm / 52 pages / 42 images / softcover
Language: Catalan
Date of Publication: February 2022
ISBN: 978-84-17593-22-3
Price: 15 Euros
Availability: Llibreria Laie

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The publication “Coses que les coses diuen” (Things Things Say) accompanies the namesake exhibition curated by Latitudes at Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani, between October 2020 and January 2021.

The volume includes a preface by art centre director Joana Hurtado Matheu, new texts by exhibition curators responding to the 33 questions posed in the exhibition entrance, a text-based intervention by participating artist Eulàlia Rovira and commentaries on each exhibited work.

Texts by: Joana Hurtado Matheu, Latitudes and Eulàlia Rovira
Edited and coordinated by: Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani and Latitudes
Publisher: Ajuntament de Barcelona. Institut de Cultura de Barcelona / Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani
Graphic design: Bendita Gloria
Format: 16 x 11 cm / 180 pages / hardcover
Language: Catalan with Spanish & English translations
Date of Publication: December 2021
Print-run: 500 copies
ISBN: 978-84-9156-386-0
Price: 10 Euros
Availability: Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani, Sala Ciutat of the Ajuntament de Barcelona, and Llibreria de la Diputació de Barcelona.

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“Passió i cartografia per a un incendi dels ulls”, 2 Mar 2022
Cover Story, March 2022: The passion of Gabriel Ventura, 1 Mar 2022
New publication: “Things Things Say” available, 28 Feb 2022
Cobertura en los medios sobre “Apunts...”, 21 Feb 2022
Cover Story, Feb 2022: Rosa Tharrats’ Textile Alchemy, 1 Feb 2022
Cover Story, Jan 2022: “Rasmus’ Doubts”, 2 Jan 2022

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In 2005 Max Andrews and Mariana Cánepa Luna founded Latitudes, a curatorial office based in Barcelona working internationally across contemporary art practices.