« Art is Action », for its third edition, succeeding the habitation of a museum and the occupation of a theater, will be relocated at an ancient fabric in the very centre of Madrid. This old factory will eventually become the National Centre for Visual Arts. The mobile disposition of this project over the past years is a direct symptom of how difficult it is for performance art to exist in the public space: in between and in opposition to the conservative principle of museums and the spectacularity of theaters. Probably, an old factory, not yet into the asepsis nor the amnesia, could constitute a more pertinent location.
« Art is action » is a project prometed by the Ministry of Culture in Spain presenting the work of international artists in the field of Performance and Site-specific Art. First edition in 2008 was curated by Bartolomé Ferrando: who gathered nine artists presenting their work over three days at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. Second edition, took place in 2009, curated by Marcel.lí Antúnez: where seven pieces made by nine artists over three days were presented at the Teatro Valle Inclán in Madrid.
The third edition will take place between the 25th and the 31st of October 2010 at La Tabacalera in Madrid. In this occassion, other institutions participate in the organization: INAEM and Casa Árabe. a joint effort that we are confident in the future will lead to new lines of action in areas increasingly frequented by contemporary artistic practices and that it is impossible to define according to traditional categories, both from the standpoint of art (drama, visual arts, film, usic) and from a geographical or cultura standpoint.
