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“MIRADES”. EARTH IS NOT A WHOLE
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Collection exhibition
. Lleida
Organizes
Centre Obert d’Arquitectura
COAC
Place
lobby of the Demarcació de Lleida of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC),
Carrer Canyeret, 2 in Lleida, Catalonia.
Lleida
Time
Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm
Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm
Price
Free
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On November 7 at 19:30, the second exhibition of the MIRADES cycle, focused on the element EARTH, will be inaugurated at the headquarters of the Demarcació de Lleida (Lleida Department) of the Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC). The exhibition, featuring photographs by Llorenç Melgosa, is titled “Earth is not a whole” and will be on display until December 31.
On behalf of the COAC, I was asked to create an exhibition inspired by the word EARTH and its meaning. Once the commission was accepted, I began the process of constructing the exhibition narrative, attempting to theorize the idea of EARTH in its entirety from my imagination. With some speed, I arrived at a kind of synthesis in the form of a list of possibilities for how to symbolize and represent my idea through images. A total of twelve themes came to mind, in which I placed the exhibited images according to the interpreted context, some from my archive and others created after receiving the commission.
On the other hand, there are many ways we use the word origin and a multitude of derivatives we can use. Here are a few examples:
The Earth can be owned, Land; it can be under our feet or fall on us, Earth; we can make everyday objects or construction elements from it, Pottery; it can shake violently, Earthquake; the same Earth can be filled with more Earth, Embankment; it can be removed to uncover something, Unearth; or even do the opposite, Buried, a verb that often saddens us when it becomes a reality. I wouldn’t want to end this list without mentioning the word Exile, which was used by kings or high officials when punishing those who were disloyal or simply opposed their decisions.
These are just a few examples of the semantic richness that the word giving the name to this year’s MIRADES project, Earth, and its derivatives bring to our communication. They underscore the importance that EARTH, with a capital letter, holds in our lives — the place that shelters us and, unfortunately, is not treated as it deserves, and which presides over and motivates this exhibition.
Llorenç Melgosa
A professional photographer, he is the founder and co-owner of *Imatge 4, SA*, a company dedicated to advertising since 1974, which he managed for over 35 years. He has taught photography at the *Escola Municipal de Belles Arts de Lleida* and collaborated with numerous artists on their photographic needs, including Leandre Cristófol, Albert Coma Estadella, Antonio Abad Gil, Àngel Jové, Jordi Jové, Antoni Abad Roses, Jesús Mauri, Marta Pruna, Albert Minoves, Joan Pere Massana, Gregorio Iglesias, and others.
He is the author of the book *"Lleida, retrat en color"* and co-author of the books *"Visions de la Seu Vella"* and *"Albert Coma Estadella, art i compromís"* published by *Edicions de la Clamor*. He has held numerous individual and group photographic exhibitions. In 2010, he donated a collection of 10 works titled *"Arquitectura de Guerra"* to the "Institut de Ciències de l'Educació" at the University of Lleida (UdL).
Mirades cycle
The "MIRADES" exhibition cycle is a cultural initiative that weaves across the entire territory in a collaborative manner, highlighting the local heritage through the observation of the four elements of nature: water, earth, fire, and air. Each of these elements is the focus of an annual exhibition, completing the series over four years and enriching the historical archive of the *Col·legi d'Arquitectes* with the donation of photographic records that will form the exhibitions. In this way, from a local perspective, we will collectively share and debate commitments of a global nature.
- Rastres terrenals (Earthly Traces), by Marc Torra (Girona, 19.09 – 8.12)
- Ctonia, by Lluc Queralt (Tarragona, 1.10 – 29.11)
- Terra no és un tot (Earth is Not a Whole), by Llorenç Melgosa (Lleida, 7.11 – 31.01)
- Terra, forma, somni (Earth, Form, Dream), by Bea Dalmau (Tortosa, 15.11 – 3.01)
- Pedra seca: la construcció del paisatge (Dry Stone: The Construction of Landscape), by Marc Ballús (Vic, 16.12 – 24.01)
- Construccions en terra (Earth Constructions), by Mònica Sànchez (3.07 – 28.09)