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Koke Pursals","desc_ca":"Aquesta exposici\u00f3 neix de dues obsessions que m\u2019acompanyen des de fa temps: la recerca de la simetria i la fascinaci\u00f3 pels museus. Dos impulsos que comparteixen el desig d\u2019imposar ordre sobre el caos.\r\n\r\nEl recorregut s\u2019articula en tres moments. Primer, les <strong>simetries pures<\/strong>: escales que ascendeixen i descendeixen en perfecta correspond\u00e8ncia, sales que es reflecteixen les unes en les altres, terres d\u2019escacs que prometen ordre per\u00f2 amaguen un cert vertigen. En aquestes formes hi busco una mena de calma, com si la simetria pogu\u00e9s convertir-se en un principi d\u2019organitzaci\u00f3 del m\u00f3n.\r\n\r\nDespr\u00e9s, els <strong>museus<\/strong>: el Louvre, la Tate Modern, el MoMA, el Neues Museum, la Biennal de Ven\u00e8cia, Documenta a Kassel, la Royal Academy... No m\u2019interessa tant fotografiar l\u2019art exposat com l\u2019acte d\u2019exposar-lo i de contemplar-lo. Les vitrines, els passadissos, els visitants que s\u2019aturen o passen de llarg. Tamb\u00e9 m\u2019atrauen els reflexos de la ciutat en els vidres, les escultures dialogant amb l\u2019arquitectura exterior, el l\u00edmit constant entre l\u2019interior del museu i el m\u00f3n que l\u2019envolta.\r\n\r\nFinalment, <strong>Arles<\/strong>, on sento que totes dues obsessions conflueixen. Les esgl\u00e9sies medievals reconvertides cada estiu en sales d\u2019exposici\u00f3, la pedra rom\u00e0nica emmarcant la fotografia digital. La simetria del continent abra\u00e7a la temporalitat del contingut, que desapareix fins al juliol seg\u00fcent.\r\n\r\nAl capdavall, la meva obsessi\u00f3 per la simetria \u00e9s, en el fons, una forma de malenconia: la certesa que el m\u00f3n podria ser ordenat, si tan sols sab\u00e9ssim on tra\u00e7ar la l\u00ednia.\r\n\r\n<i>Comissariat per Pepe Font de Mora<\/i>\r\n<i>Col\u00b7laboraci\u00f3 de Joan Pifarr\u00e9 de FotoColectania<\/i>","desc_es":"Esta exposici\u00f3n nace de dos obsesiones que me acompa\u00f1an desde hace tiempo: la b\u00fasqueda de la simetr\u00eda y la fascinaci\u00f3n por los museos. Dos impulsos que comparten el deseo de imponer orden sobre el caos.\r\n\r\nEl recorrido se articula en tres momentos. Primero, las <strong>simetr\u00edas puras<\/strong>: escaleras que ascienden y descienden en perfecta correspondencia, salas que se reflejan unas en otras, suelos de ajedrez que prometen orden, pero esconden cierto v\u00e9rtigo. En estas formas busco una especie de calma, como si la simetr\u00eda pudiera convertirse en un principio de organizaci\u00f3n del mundo.\r\n\r\nDespu\u00e9s, los <strong>museos<\/strong>: el Louvre, la Tate Modern, el MoMA, el Neues Museum, la Bienal de Venecia, Documenta en Kassel, la Royal Academy\u2026 No me interesa tanto fotografiar el arte expuesto como el acto de exponerlo y de contemplarlo. Las vitrinas, los pasillos, los visitantes que se detienen o pasan de largo. Tambi\u00e9n me atraen los reflejos de la ciudad en los cristales, las esculturas dialogando con la arquitectura exterior, el l\u00edmite constante entre el interior del museo y el mundo que lo rodea.\r\n\r\nFinalmente, <strong>Arles<\/strong>, donde siento que ambas obsesiones confluyen. Las iglesias medievales reconvertidas cada verano en salas de exposici\u00f3n, la piedra rom\u00e1nica enmarcando la fotograf\u00eda digital. La simetr\u00eda del continente abraza la temporalidad del contenido, que desaparece hasta el julio siguiente.\r\n\r\nAl final, mi obsesi\u00f3n por la simetr\u00eda es, en el fondo, una forma de melancol\u00eda: la certeza de que el mundo podr\u00eda estar ordenado, si tan solo supi\u00e9ramos d\u00f3nde trazar la l\u00ednea.\r\n\r\n<i>Comisariado por Pepe Font de Mora<\/i>\r\n<i>Colaboraci\u00f3n de Joan Pifarr\u00e9 de FotoColectania<\/i>","desc_en":"This exhibition grows from two obsessions that have long accompanied me: the pursuit of symmetry and a fascination with museums. Two impulses that share the desire to impose order on chaos.\r\n\r\nThe journey unfolds in three moments. First, <strong>pure symmetries<\/strong>: staircases ascending and descending in perfect correspondence, rooms mirroring one another, chessboard floors that promise order yet conceal a certain vertigo. In these forms I seek a kind of calm, as if symmetry could become a principle for organizing the world.\r\n\r\nThen, the <strong>museums<\/strong>: the Louvre, Tate Modern, MoMA, the Neues Museum, the Venice Biennale, Documenta in Kassel, the Royal Academy\u2026 What interests me is not so much photography on display as the act of displaying it and contemplating it. The vitrines, the corridors, the visitors who pause or pass by. I am also drawn to the reflections of the city in the glass, sculptures in dialogue with the exterior architecture, the constant threshold between the museum's interior and the world that surrounds it.\r\n\r\nFinally, <strong>Arles<\/strong>, where I feel both obsessions converge. Medieval churches transformed each summer into exhibition spaces, Romanesque stone framing digital photography. The symmetry of the container embraces the temporality of the content, which disappears until the following July.\r\n\r\nIn the end, my obsession with symmetrical is, at its core, a form of melancholy: the certainty that the world could be ordered, if only we knew where to draw the line.\r\n\r\n<em>Curated by Pepe Font de Mora<\/em>\r\n<em>In collaboration with Joan Pifarr\u00e9 of FotoColectania<\/em>","event_category":189,"event_show_only_own_date":true,"_event_free":true,"_event_price-min":"","_event_price-max":"","_event_web_ca":"https:\/\/www.h2o.es\/#\/ca\/exposicion\/433\/simetries","_event_web_es":"https:\/\/www.h2o.es\/#\/es\/exposicion\/433\/simetries","_event_web_en":"https:\/\/www.h2o.es\/#\/en\/exposicion\/433\/simetries","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":"Galeria H2O","abe_event_category":"Inauguraci\u00f3","start":"2026-02-26 18:00:00","end":"2026-02-26 21:00:00","schedule":"once","schedule_meta":"","frequency":1,"all_day":0,"until":"2026-02-26 18:00:00","include":[],"exclude":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/54661","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\/149"}],"occurrences":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/54661\/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\/54883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-venues?post=54661"},{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=54661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}