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System of Magical Defence (2025)<\/strong>
Obra d\u2019imatge en moviment de durada prolongada (polit\u00e0pica; presentada a LOOP com un tr\u00edptic) amb so de canal \u00fanic, text, teleprompter i etiquetes retallades.<\/p>\r\n

Emergint a la intersecci\u00f3 d\u2019una formaci\u00f3 de batalla mitol\u00f2gica i una mem\u00f2ria sonora, l\u2019obra vincula la coreografia del Chakravyuh<\/em> de l\u2019\u00e8pic Mahabharata<\/em> amb la feina rotat\u00f2ria d\u2019una pedra de moldre dom\u00e8stica. La rotaci\u00f3 funciona tant com a estructura com a met\u00e0fora, una disciplina que organitza cossos al servei mentre afluixa els l\u00edmits de l\u2019ag\u00e8ncia. La instal\u00b7laci\u00f3 privilegia l\u2019escolta com a mode de coneixement: so, text i imatge en moviment actuen com a materials co-iguals, atraient els espectadors a un camp perceptual on meditaci\u00f3 i disson\u00e0ncia coexisteixen.<\/p>\r\n

La implacabilitat marca el tempo. La repetici\u00f3 es converteix en un pols que sost\u00e9 fins i tot mentre esgota, registrant la resist\u00e8ncia a trav\u00e9s de registres f\u00edsics i ps\u00edquics. Dins d\u2019aquesta cad\u00e8ncia, emergeixen estats d\u2019euf\u00f2ria, breus, que desestabilitzen qualsevol oposici\u00f3 simple entre cura i for\u00e7a.<\/p>\r\n

La pe\u00e7a gira entorn de rituals de treball que suportem amb amor, repetim i ens rendim a ells, rituals constru\u00efts per nosaltres abans de sortir de l\u2019\u00fater. Resistim i cedim a ells per igual. Com Abhimanyu, sabem que hi entrarem i, en algun lloc profund, ens perdrem. La il\u00b7lusi\u00f3 de triar: la participaci\u00f3 es revela com predeterminada, fins i tot mentre cridem a l\u2019\u00e8ter, essent testimonis de viol\u00e8ncia que no podem aturar mentre seguim immersos en sistemes que exigeixen la nostra complicitat.<\/p>\r\n

Escenificada com a tr\u00edptic per LOOP, System of Magical Defence<\/em> estableix un pols implacable en qu\u00e8 l\u2019euf\u00f2ria i el cansament coincideixen breument. La promesa de la pedra de proporcionar aliment roman inseparable de la seva abrasi\u00f3; la bellesa del patr\u00f3, de la seva brutalitat. En el nostre moment contemporani, sentim aquesta tensi\u00f3 molida, essent testimonis del genocidi a trav\u00e9s de pantalles mentre la vida continua. Les nostres rutines di\u00e0ries continuen mentre els mons col\u00b7lapsen fora del nostre abast.<\/p>\r\n

Sejal Parekh (Regne Unit, 1979) \u00e9s una artista multidisciplin\u00e0ria que treballa entre Barcelona i Londres. Sejal va obtenir el seu BA a Winchester School of Art el 2002 i el seu MA al Royal College of Art el 2025.<\/p>\r\n

La seva obra ha estat presentada a Somerset House, Museu T\u00e0pies, MACBA, The Stone Space Gallery, Londres. Exposicions col\u00b7lectives recents inclouen We The In-Between<\/em> a VHC Gallery, Pune, \u00cdndia; Ad Interim<\/em> a Hope93, Londres; Restricted Code<\/em> a PS, Londres; What Does Home Sound Like?<\/em> a Hangar Gallery, Londres; The Archive<\/em> per Procreate Project a Gallery Ovada i MoMA Oxford; i Fluckpunct<\/em> a Tangent Projects, Barcelona. Sejal ha rebut enc\u00e0rrecs per realitzar obres site-specific a La Roca Village, Espanya, i per Art Meets Apolo<\/em>, amb Galer\u00eda Senda. La seva obra forma part de la Col\u00b7lecci\u00f3 Soho House.<\/p>\r\n

www.sejalparekh.art<\/a><\/p>","desc_es":"

System of Magical Defence (2025)<\/strong>
Video instalaci\u00f3n (polit\u00e9pica; presentada en LOOP como un tr\u00edptico) con sonido de un solo canal, texto, teleprompter y etiquetas troqueladas.<\/p>\r\n

Emergiendo en la intersecci\u00f3n de una formaci\u00f3n de batalla mitol\u00f3gica y una memoria sonora, la obra vincula la coreograf\u00eda del Chakravyuh<\/em> del \u00e9pico Mahabharata<\/em> con el trabajo rotatorio de una piedra de moler dom\u00e9stica. La rotaci\u00f3n funciona tanto como estructura como met\u00e1fora, una disciplina que organiza cuerpos al servicio mientras afloja los l\u00edmites de la agencia. La instalaci\u00f3n privilegia la escucha como modo de conocimiento: sonido, texto e imagen en movimiento act\u00faan como materiales co-iguales, atrayendo a los espectadores a un campo perceptual donde la meditaci\u00f3n y la disonancia coexisten.<\/p>\r\n

La implacabilidad marca el tempo. La repetici\u00f3n se convierte en un pulso que sostiene incluso mientras agota, registrando la resistencia a trav\u00e9s de registros f\u00edsicos y ps\u00edquicos. Dentro de esta cadencia, emergen estados de euforia, breves, que desestabilizan cualquier oposici\u00f3n simple entre cuidado y fuerza.<\/p>\r\n

La pieza gira en torno a rituales de trabajo que soportamos con amor, repetimos y nos rendimos a ellos, rituales construidos para nosotros antes de salir del vientre. Resistimos y cedemos a ellos por igual. Como Abhimanyu, sabemos que entraremos y, en alg\u00fan lugar profundo, nos perderemos. La ilusi\u00f3n de elecci\u00f3n: la participaci\u00f3n se revela como predeterminada, incluso mientras gritamos al \u00e9ter, siendo testigos de violencia que no podemos detener mientras seguimos inmersos en sistemas que exigen nuestra complicidad.<\/p>\r\n

Escenificada como tr\u00edptico para LOOP, System of Magical Defence<\/em> establece un pulso implacable en el que la euforia y el cansancio coinciden brevemente. La promesa de la piedra de proporcionar alimento permanece inseparable de su abrasi\u00f3n; la belleza del patr\u00f3n, de su brutalidad. En nuestro momento contempor\u00e1neo, sentimos esta tensi\u00f3n molida, siendo testigos del genocidio a trav\u00e9s de pantallas mientras la vida contin\u00faa. Nuestras rutinas diarias siguen mientras los mundos colapsan fuera de nuestro alcance.<\/p>\r\n

Sejal Parekh (Reino Unido, 1979) es una artista multidisciplinaria que trabaja entre Barcelona y Londres. Sejal obtuvo su BA en Winchester School of Art en 2002 y su MA en Royal College of Art en 2025.<\/p>\r\n

Su obra ha sido presentada en Somerset House, Museu T\u00e0pies, MACBA, The Stone Space Gallery, Londres. Exposiciones colectivas recientes incluyen We The In-Between<\/em> en VHC Gallery, Pune, India; Ad Interim<\/em> en Hope93, Londres; Restricted Code<\/em> en PS, Londres; What Does Home Sound Like?<\/em> en Hangar Gallery, Londres; The Archive<\/em> por Procreate Project en Gallery Ovada y MoMA Oxford; y Fluckpunct<\/em> en Tangent Projects, Barcelona. Sejal ha recibido encargos para realizar obras site-specific en La Roca Village, Espa\u00f1a, y para Art Meets Apolo<\/em>, con Galer\u00eda Senda. Su obra forma parte de la Colecci\u00f3n Soho House.<\/p>\r\n

www.sejalparekh.art<\/a><\/p>","desc_en":"System of Magical Defence<\/i><\/b> (2025)<\/b>\r\n<\/b>Durational moving-image work (polytypic; presented for LOOP as a triptych) with single-channel sound, text, teleprompter and die-cut labels.<\/b>\r\n\r\nEmerging from the juncture of a mythological battle formation and a sonic memory<\/i>, the work binds the choreography of the Chakravyuh from the epic Mahabharata, to the rotary labour of a domestic grinding stone. Rotation operates as both structure and metaphor, a discipline that organises bodies into service while loosening the boundaries of agency. The installation privileges listening as a mode of knowing: sound, text and moving image act as co-equal materials, drawing viewers into a perceptual field where meditation and dissonance co-exist.\r\n\r\nRelentlessness sets the tempo. Repetition becomes a pulse that sustains even as it exhausts, registering endurance across physical and psychic registers. Within this cadence, states of euphoria surface, brief, destabilising lifts that complicate any simple opposition between nurture and force.\r\n\r\nThe piece turns on rituals of labour we lovingly endure, repeat and surrender to rituals constructed for us before we left the womb. We resist and yield to them in equal measure. Like Abhimanyu, we know we will enter and, somewhere deep inside, lose ourselves. The illusion of choice: participation reveals itself as predetermined, even as we shout into the ether, bearing witness to violence we cannot arrest while remaining enmeshed in systems that demand our complicity.\r\n\r\nStaged as a triptych for LOOP, System of Magical Defence<\/i> sets a relentless pulse in which euphoria and fatigue briefly coincide. The stone\u2019s promise of nourishment remains inseparable from its abrasion; the pattern\u2019s beauty from its brutality. In our contemporary moment, we feel this grinding tension, witnessing genocide through screens while life goes on. Our daily routines continue as worlds collapse beyond our reach.\r\n\r\nSejal Parekh (UK, 1979) is a multi-disciplinary artist and works between Barcelona and London. Sejal received her BA from Winchester School of Art in 2002, and her MA in from the Royal College Art in 2025.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHer work has been presented at Somerset House, Museu T\u00e0pies, MACBA, The Stone Space Gallery, London. Recent group shows include We The In-Between<\/i> at VHC Gallery, Pune, India, Ad Interim<\/i> at Hope93, London, Restricted Code<\/i> at PS, London, What Does Home Sound Like?<\/i> at Hangar Gallery, London, The Archive<\/i> by Procreate Project at Gallery Ovada and MoMA Oxford and Fluckpunct<\/i> at Tangent Projects, Barcelona. Sejal has been commissioned to make site-specific work by La Roca Village, Spain and for Art Meets Apolo, with Galer\u00eda Senda and her work is included in the Soho House Collection.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nwww.sejalparekh.art\r\n\r\n@holasejal","event_category":189,"event_show_only_own_date":false,"_event_free":true,"_event_price-min":"","_event_price-max":"","_event_web_ca":"https:\/\/espaisouvenir.com\/","_event_web_es":"https:\/\/espaisouvenir.com\/","_event_web_en":"https:\/\/espaisouvenir.com\/","event_contact_email":"","event_apply_email":"","is_online_event":false,"is_art_nou_event":false,"is_bgw_event":false,"date_text":"","register_deadline":null,"altres_organitzadors":""},"abe_event_venue":"Espai Souvenir","abe_event_category":"Inauguraci\u00f3","start":"2025-11-17 19:00:00","end":"2025-11-17 21:10:00","schedule":"once","schedule_meta":"","frequency":1,"all_day":0,"until":"2025-11-17 19:00:00","include":[],"exclude":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/51883","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\/186"}],"occurrences":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/51883\/occurrences"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"event-category","href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category\/189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-venues?post=51883"},{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=51883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}