Exhibition “Allò que no s'anomena. Entre les expectatives i el patiment”

Allò que no s’anomena: entre les expectatives i el patiment is based on the idea that imposed social expectations sustain the system, often at the cost of silence and suffering. Historically, femininity has been associated with the obligation to please, not to disturb, and above all not to speak or point out the violences that cross bodies and lives. Naming, however, forces us to observe and attend to uncomfortable realities.

The exhibition brings together the work that the artists Montse Morcate, Mireia Plans, Raquel Luaces and Rebeca Pardo have developed, in part, during their residency at Roca Umbert and also within the framework of the academic research project Representacions contemporànies del dol i el patiment: visibilitat, agència i transformació social a través de la imatge (Generación del Conocimiento 2022- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). Through practices as diverse as installation and the photobook, the artists address everyday yet structural violences related to motherhood, mental health, aesthetic pressure, technology, and mechanisms of social recognition.

With the participation of Montse Morcate, Mireia Plans, Raquel Luaces and Rebeca Pardo

Texts by Nerea Campo
Graphic image by Núria Vila
Organised and produced by Espai d’Arts, Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts and Ajuntament de Granollers
With the support of the Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Funded by the Ministeri de Ciència, Innovació i Universitats, the European Union and the Agència Estatal de Recerca / PID2022-137176OA-I00