Round table with Pilar Aymerich and Paula Artés

Moderated by Rocio Santa Cruz

As part of the exhibition “Palmira Puig. Perspectives revealed”, MORERA is organizing a round table with Pilar Aymerch and Paula Artés, moderated by Rocío Santa Cruz, co-curator of the exhibition, to discuss the female condition in the world of photography. This has been marked, historically, by a constant tension between invisibility, representation and conquest of authorial spaces . Although photography was born in the 19th century as a relatively accessible technique, compared to other artistic disciplines, the women who actively participated in it have often been relegated to the background or directly erased from official stories.

From the 20th century onwards, and more clearly with the emergence of feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, many female photographers began to question these models of representation and propose new ways of looking and narrating. Despite these advances, inequalities have not completely disappeared. Even today, the presence of women in public collections, large-scale exhibitions, awards and the art market continues to be lower than that of men. In addition, factors such as job insecurity, the difficulty of work-life balance and caring roles particularly strongly affect the professional trajectories of many female photographers, especially in demanding fields such as photojournalism or conflict photography. In the current context, however, a critical review of both the history of photography and its mechanisms of legitimacy is taking place.

To discuss these topics, we will have the participation of Pilar Aymerich and Paula Artés . This conversation between two photographers from very different generations will be moderated by Rocío Santa Cruz , co-curator of the exhibition “Palmira Puig. Perspectives revealed”.

Pilar Aymerich

a Catalan photographer fundamental to understanding the visual memory of the late Franco regime and the Transition in Catalonia and the Spanish State, with a view especially committed to the feminist movement, culture and the fight for civil rights. She has received, among other awards, the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2005 and the National Photography Prize from the Ministry of Culture

Paula Artes

a Catalan visual artist and researcher who works mainly with photography, video and installation, with a practice strongly linked to critical research into systems of power, surveillance, institutional opacity and structural violence. She is part of the national photography collection of the Generalitat of Catalonia and has exhibited at MORERA.

Rocio Santa Cruz

Co-curator of the exhibition dedicated to Palmira Puig, a curatorial task that she combines with her work as a gallerist (Galeria RocioSantaCruz), committed to the international promotion of artists and publisher and promoter of Arts Libris, the International Fair of Artist’s Books, Photobooks and Self-Publishing.

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