El que fem de les ruïnes

Exposició de grups a Ilkeston Arts contemporànies. 4 Juliol - 15 Agost 2025

Encantat de tenir dues obres de vídeo incloses a l'exposició del grup El que fem de les ruïnes, a Ilkeston Arts Contemporany ARTS. L'exposició, Comissaria per la ciutat de Waage Ruby, Reconstrucció celebrada, no com a retorn al que era, però com a viatge cap al que pot ser. Fins i tot a la ruïna, Va buscar la guspira de la revolució.

Artwork credit (poster): Low Tide by Ella Stockdale.

Video artworks Descens (2024) i Des d'aquesta distància (2021/22) were shown alongside contributions from other artists responding to this theme.

Works Shown:

Descens (2024) — video, durada 14 acta (stills below)
This work navigates the delicate balance between despair and redemption. Through fragmented spoken word and ethereal narration, the piece captures a journey of descent and renewal. Visual effects evoke the tension between ruin and rebirth, with symbols of destruction and cleansing rituals rendered in ways that blur the lines between reality and abstraction. It invites viewers on a visceral and contemplative journey through the depths of ruin toward transformation.

Des d'aquesta distància (2021/22) — recorded written word artwork (stills below)
Created during the pandemic lockdowns in the isolated environment of The Valley, Catalunya, this work weaves together written words collected over eight months. I invited 24 participants from around the world to record these words in their own voices and send them digitally. Edited into a layered sound collage, their voices overlay visuals of the River Ebro and the ants of The Valley, evoking connection, resilience, and intimacy across distance and time.

📍 Ilkeston Arts contemporànies
🗓 Exhibition Dates: 4 Juliol - 15 Agost 2025
🎉 Opening Night: Divendres 4 Juliol, 5–8pm

In the wake of the ruins, what do we make of what remains?
When the structures that once promised safety have crumbled,
when the systems that once claimed to protect us have fallen to dust, what is left for us to hold, to rebuild, to reclaim?

This exhibition is a reflection on that very act of reclamation.
A call to those who have known the wreckage—whether born of the earth or the heart, whether shaped by the world or forged in silence.

For it is not the fall that defines us, but the strength with which we rise again.

Here, in the remnants of what has been lost, we find the space to rebuild—not as it once was, but as it must be. We build in defiance, in protest, in remembrance of what was erased and who was forgotten. We rise to declare that we will not be discarded, that even in the wreckage, there is something to be made.

This collection of voices—drawn from the echoes of history, from the streets, from the struggles, from the quiet spaces in between—is a testament to resilience, to the fierce will to create, to remake what has been torn apart, and to ensure that the ruins are not the end, but the beginning of something far more enduring.

The work here is both personal and political, not bound by borders or the confines of what we are told we can be. It is a call to witness, to confront, and to never forget that from the ashes, we have the power to build, to shape, to reclaim what is ours to take.

Bringing together diverse voices from across the UK, Canadà, India, and beyond, What We Make of the Ruins is a deeply personal and political exploration of destruction, resistance, and renewal. Over 33 artists share their unique perspectives.

In this space, we confront the politics of power, the fragility of peace, and the personal healing that rises from the struggle. Each piece in What We Make of the Ruins is a step toward reclaiming agency, transforming the narrative, and imagining a future born from the ruins.