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Aquesta competici\u00f3 ens enfronta els uns amb altres, per\u00f2 tamb\u00e9, i sobretot, ens confronta amb una fita, amb una marca que mai no s\u2019arriba a satisfer, que sempre requereix una mica m\u00e9s en l\u2019exig\u00e8ncia d\u2019autosuperaci\u00f3.\r\nTot i que l\u2019anhel de millora i progr\u00e9s ha estat un motor constant de la modernitat occidental, en el segle xxi s\u2019ha convertit en un nou corrent imparable que ens ha habituat a mesurar-nos i a comparar-nos num\u00e8ricament amb un ideal omnipresent i inassolible de millora que, de tan imposat des de fora, arribem a imposar-nos-el des de dins. Als ulls dels altres i als nostres propis, volem lluir m\u00e9s forts, m\u00e9s joves, m\u00e9s sans, m\u00e9s productius i eficients, i cadascun d\u2019aquests atributs porta associada una xifra apresa, una dada que ens defineix, que ens determina i que ens engega el desig d\u2019haver-la de superar. La mesura ha esdevingut un dogma.\r\n\r\nEn aquest context, no \u00e9s cap casualitat que l\u2019esport de competici\u00f3 i de masses s\u2019hagi convertit en un dels fen\u00f2mens socials m\u00e9s seguits i aplaudits. L\u2019esport creua tota la nostra realitat, \u00e9s la met\u00e0fora perfecta de com hem passat a entendre el m\u00f3n, n\u2019\u00e9s la causa i la conseq\u00fc\u00e8ncia. L\u2019esport oneja una bandera que de mica en mica perd els colors nacionals per abra\u00e7ar els empresarials; l\u2019esport vigoritza i rendibilitza, l\u2019esport premia i castiga. Per\u00f2, per sobre de tot, l\u2019esport expressa tots aquests ideals mitjan\u00e7ant un conjunt de mesures eficaces. Eficaces perqu\u00e8 poden comptabilitzar-se i comparar-se objectivament en una l\u00f2gica de classificaci\u00f3: marcadors, c\u00e0meres, puls\u00edmetres, sensors t\u00e8rmics i biom\u00e8trics, aparells de monitoratge, farmacologia i controls antidopatge s\u2019orquestren en una composici\u00f3 perfecta de la cultura de la competitivitat convertida en espectacle.\r\n\r\n<i>CITISSIMUM ALTISSIMUM FORTISSIMUM<\/i>\u00a0\u00e9s una exposici\u00f3 sobre un fenomen actual que, tot i travessar-nos radicalment, es troba infrarepresentat en el m\u00f3n de l\u2019art: l\u2019esport com a s\u00edmptoma del m\u00f3n contemporani. A trav\u00e9s de l\u2019exploraci\u00f3 de conceptes com el cos, la mesura i el rendiment, la competitivitat, el binarisme i la representaci\u00f3, l\u2019exposici\u00f3 posa en di\u00e0leg diverses peces art\u00edstiques que, a trav\u00e9s de l\u2019absurd, la ironia i la desconstrucci\u00f3, porten a les \u00faltimes conseq\u00fc\u00e8ncies les manifestacions de l\u2019esport de competici\u00f3 i de masses per fer-nos reflexionar sobre com, d\u2019alguna manera, estem tots immersos en la mateixa l\u00f2gica: tots competim a trav\u00e9s de mesures tendenciosament objectivables, i tots contribu\u00efm a fer-ne, d\u2019aix\u00f2, un espectacle.","desc_es":"Una de las caracter\u00edsticas m\u00e1s elementales del mundo en el que vivimos es que tanto las naciones como las empresas, las personas, los objetos que consumimos, nuestras acciones y relaciones, nuestros cuerpos y nuestras im\u00e1genes forman parte de una vistosa competici\u00f3n. Esta competici\u00f3n nos enfrenta unos con otros, pero tambi\u00e9n, y sobre todo, nos confronta con un hito, con una marca que nunca llega a satisfacerse, que siempre requiere un poco m\u00e1s en la exigencia de autosuperaci\u00f3n.\r\nAunque el anhelo de mejora y progreso ha sido un motor constante de la modernidad occidental, en el siglo xxi se ha convertido en una nueva corriente imparable que nos ha habituado a medirnos y a compararnos num\u00e9ricamente con un ideal omnipresente e inalcanzable de mejora que, de tan impuesto desde fuera, llegamos a impon\u00e9rnoslo desde dentro. A los ojos de los dem\u00e1s y a nuestros propios ojos, queremos lucir m\u00e1s fuertes, m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes, m\u00e1s sanos, m\u00e1s productivos y eficientes, y cada uno de estos atributos lleva consigo una cifra aprendida, un dato que nos define, que nos determina y que nos enciende el deseo de tenerlo que superar. La medida se ha convertido en un dogma.\r\n\r\nEn este contexto, no es casualidad que el deporte de competici\u00f3n y de masas se haya convertido en uno de los fen\u00f3menos sociales m\u00e1s seguidos y aplaudidos. El deporte cruza toda nuestra realidad, es la met\u00e1fora perfecta de c\u00f3mo hemos pasado a entender el mundo, es su causa y su consecuencia. El deporte ondea una bandera que poco a poco pierde los colores nacionales para abrazar los empresariales; el deporte vigoriza y rentabiliza, el deporte premia y castiga. Pero, por encima de todo, el deporte expresa todos estos ideales mediante un conjunto de medidas eficaces. Eficaces porque pueden contabilizarse y compararse objetivamente en una l\u00f3gica de clasificaci\u00f3n: marcadores, c\u00e1maras, puls\u00f3metros, sensores t\u00e9rmicos y biom\u00e9tricos, aparatos de monitorizaci\u00f3n, farmacolog\u00eda y controles antidopaje se orquestan en una composici\u00f3n perfecta de la cultura de la competitividad convertida en espect\u00e1culo.\r\n\r\n<i>CITISSIMUM ALTISSIMUM FORTISSIMUM<\/i>\u00a0es una exposici\u00f3n sobre un fen\u00f3meno actual que, pese a atravesarnos radicalmente, se encuentra infrarrepresentado en el mundo del arte: el deporte como s\u00edntoma del mundo contempor\u00e1neo. A trav\u00e9s de la exploraci\u00f3n de conceptos como el cuerpo, la medida y el rendimiento, la competitividad, el binarismo y la representaci\u00f3n, la exposici\u00f3n pone en di\u00e1logo diversas piezas art\u00edsticas que, a trav\u00e9s del absurdo, la iron\u00eda y la deconstrucci\u00f3n, llevan a las \u00faltimas consecuencias las manifestaciones del deporte de competici\u00f3n y de masas para hacernos reflexionar sobre c\u00f3mo, de alg\u00fan modo, estamos todos inmersos en la misma l\u00f3gica: todos competimos a trav\u00e9s de medidas tendenciosamente objetivables, y todos contribuimos a hacer de ello un espect\u00e1culo.","desc_en":"One of the most fundamental characteristics of the world we live in is that nations, companies, people, the objects we consume, our actions and relationships, our bodies and our images all form part of a striking competition. This competition not only pits us against one another but, above all, confronts us with a goal, with a benchmark that can never truly be achieved and constantly demands more in the relentless pursuit of self-improvement.\r\nAlthough the desire for improvement and progress has consistently been a driving force in Western modernity, it has become an unstoppable trend during the twenty-first century that has accustomed us to measure and compare ourselves numerically against an omnipresent and unattainable ideal of improvement \u2013 an ideal so imposed from the outside that we have begun internalising it ourselves. In the eyes of others and ourselves, we want to appear stronger, younger, healthier, more productive and efficient, and each of these attributes comes with an associated number, a figure that defines us, determines us and drives us to surpass it. Measurement has become a dogma.\r\n\r\nIn this context, it is no coincidence that competitive and mass sport has become one of the most popular and celebrated social phenomena. Sport permeates all aspects of our reality. It is the perfect metaphor for how we have come to understand the world. It is both the cause and the consequence. Sport waves a flag that is gradually losing its national colours and embracing corporate ones; sport invigorates and generates profit; sport rewards and punishes. But above all, sport expresses all these ideals through a set of effective measures. Effective because they can be objectively quantified and compared as part of a structured rationale of classification: scoreboards, cameras, heart rate monitors, thermal and biometric sensors, monitoring devices, pharmacology and anti-doping controls are orchestrated in a perfect composition of competitiveness culture turned into spectacle.\r\n\r\n<i>CITISSIMUM ALTISSIMUM FORTISSIMUM<\/i>\u00a0is an exhibition about a contemporary phenomenon that, despite radically affecting our lives, remains underrepresented in the art world: sport as a symptom of contemporary society. Through the exploration of concepts such as the body, measurement and performance, competitiveness, binarism and representation, the exhibition brings together various artistic pieces that use absurdity, irony and deconstruction to push the manifestations of competitive and mass sports to their ultimate consequences, inviting reflection on how we are all, in some way, immersed in the same rationale: competing through ostensibly objective measurements and, from this, contributing to the creation of a spectacle.","event_category":103,"event_show_only_own_date":false,"_event_confirmed":true,"_event_public":true,"_event_free":true,"_event_price-min":"","_event_price-max":"","_event_web_ca":"https:\/\/www.santamonica.cat\/ca\/exposicions-i-activitats\/exposicions\/2025\/citissimum-altissimum-fortissimum","_event_web_es":"https:\/\/www.santamonica.cat\/es\/exposicions-i-activitats\/exposicions\/2025\/citissimum-altissimum-fortissimum","_event_web_en":"https:\/\/www.santamonica.cat\/en\/exposicions-i-activitats\/exposicions\/2025\/citissimum-altissimum-fortissimum","event_contact_email":"santamonica@gencat.cat","event_apply_email":"https:\/\/www.santamonica.cat\/ca\/exposicions-i-activitats\/exposicions\/2025\/citissimum-altissimum-fortissimum","is_online_event":false,"is_art_nou_event":false,"is_bgw_event":false,"date_text":"","register_deadline":null,"altres_organitzadors":""},"abe_event_venue":"Santa M\u00f2nica","abe_event_category":"Exposici\u00f3","start":"2025-04-28 19:00:00","end":"2025-09-14 20:30:00","schedule":"once","schedule_meta":"","frequency":1,"all_day":0,"until":"2025-04-28 19:00:00","include":[],"exclude":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/47558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"occurrences":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/47558\/occurrences"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"event-category","href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-venues?post=47558"},{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=47558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}