Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source
Exhibition
until 11.09.2022

Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source

Vista de l'exposició Teresa Lanceta. Teixir com a codi obert, 2022. Foto: Miquel Coll

For Teresa Lanceta (Barcelona, 1951), the act of weaving constitutes a triggering of critical imagination beyond the confines of materiality. For her, weaving is an open-source formula of repetition and rupture, from which it is possible to read, transform and convey a knowledge that is always complex and plural. It is a procedure for which there is no rough outline to follow; where figure and ground, object and language, medium and image, come together at the same time, assuming the unexpected, along with error and success. Accepting the unexpected is for Lanceta a way of learning a primordial and universal source or code that clearly manifests an internal law; a law that transcends physical, temporal and cultural frontiers. For weaving is a techné – a ‘technical’ knowledge dependent on a specific geographical, cultural and human context, be it, in her case, Barcelona’s Raval neighbourhood, where she lived, or the Middle Atlas, which she visited every year for three decades. Both of these places fed her fascination for women’s work and the non-verbal communication of stories and emotional bonds.  

Teresa Lanceta. Weaving as Open Source traces the artist’s trajectory from the 1970s through to the present day and includes a broad selection of tapestries, weavings, fabrics, drawings, photographs and videos, offering the most comprehensive overview of her work to date. The exhibition also explores Lanceta’s interest in collaborative work formats based around dialogues that she establishes with the help of ‘creative accomplices’, including Olga Diego, Pedro G. Romero and Xabier Salaberria; the curator Leire Vergara; the art collective La Trinxera; the filmmaker Virginia García del Pino; the artist and thinker Nicolas Malevé who, together with members of the Museum’s Education Department and pupils and teachers from Miquel Tarradell secondary school, has spent the last few years developing the project The Trades in the Raval.

dates
8 April to 11 September 2022
documentation
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Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source
artist
Teresa Lanceta
Barcelona, 1951
Després d’estudiar Història i cursar el doctorat en Història de l’Art a la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Teresa Lanceta va passar llargues temporades a Alacant, Granada, Madrid, Sevilla i Marràqueix. Va exercir la docència a l’Escola d’Arquitectura d’Alacant i a l’Escola Massana de Barcelona. A començaments dels anys setanta, Lanceta va optar pel tèxtil com a forma d’expressió artística, i així va forçar els límits entre el que es considera art i artesania. Li interessen els elements d’exploració formal, però també les qüestions materials i tècniques, així com les tradicions i formes de vida associades a l’acte de teixir, una forma de creació que opera sense un esbós previ i en què figura i fons es construeixen alhora. Lanceta entén el teixir com un codi primigeni de la humanitat mitjançant el qual ha entrat en contacte amb les cultures de diversos col·lectius, com ara la població gitana i les teixidores nòmades marroquines. Tradicions artístiques i formes de vida amb què ha mantingut un diàleg a través dels seus tapissos, pintures i dibuixos, així com de la seva teorització. La seva obra ha estat objecte d’exposicions individuals al Museu Tèxtil i d’Indumentària, Barcelona (1989); al Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Elche (1995); al Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2000); a la Ville des Arts, Casablanca (2000); a La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2016); a l’Azkuna Zentroa Alhóndiga, Bilbao, i al Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona (2017-2018). Ha participat a les biennals del Caire (2009), São Paulo (2013, 2014) i Venècia (2017). El seu treball es troba a les col·leccions del Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; la Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo; la Fundación José Cuervo, Mèxic; el Pérez Art Museum, Miami, y el MACBA, Barcelona.
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Guided tours to <em>Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source</em>
Guided tours to Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source
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10.04.2022
nuar-embastar-repuntar-sargir
nuar-embastar-repuntar-sargir
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29.06.2022
Views of the exhibition
Looking out of the corner of one’s eye
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01.06.2022
Visit to Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source
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25.05.2022
Teresa Lanceta and Leire Vergara
Trabajo de estudio (Study Work)
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18.05.2022
Javiera de la Fuente dances with We Eat and Drink Squares at the presentation of Machines of Living at Bauhaus Dessau. We Eat Circles And Drink Squares (2018-2019) realized by The art's room Factory of the Dutch Art Institute with contributions by Teresa Lanceta. March 10, 2019, organized by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.
Up and down the stairs
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14.05.2022
Let’s talk about… Teresa Lanceta: Weaving as Open Source
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21.04.2022
Image of the work
El círculo y la flor
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30.04.2022
Teresa Lanceta
A conversation between Teresa Lanceta, Nuria Enguita and Laura Vallés
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07.04.2022
P2P. L’art com a codi obert a l’ensenyament
P2P. L’art com a codi obert a l’ensenyament
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09.03.2022
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La veu de l'artista | Teresa Lanceta | MACBA – YouTube
La veu de l'artista | Teresa Lanceta | MACBA – YouTube
Teresa Lanceta parla de l'exposició "Teresa Lanceta. Teixir com a codi obert". «Teixir em va atrapar, i ho va fer d’una manera radical, absoluta, més enllà d…
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La veu de l'artista | Teresa Lanceta | MACBA – YouTube
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Teresa Lanceta. Teixir com a codi obert | Exposició MACBA – YouTube