D’una nit. Actions of Asymmetrical Proximity

De una noche. Acciones de proximidad asimétrica proposes a reconsideration of the concept of friendship from an ecological and interspecies perspective in the Vall de Santa Creu.

The event is a day of performance bringing together artists Lu Chieregati, Anna Cornudella, Javier Peñafiel, and Carme Torrent to explore friendship as an expanded and radical concept that challenges relationships and hierarchies beyond an anthropocentric perspective. The project draws on Spinoza’s notion of meaningful encounters and on the potential of collective assemblages in Deleuze and Guattari, bringing these ideas into dialogue with contemporary theories of ecosystems and hybrid kinships developed by Donna Haraway, Vinciane Despret, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Through the body, image, voice, and language, these four interventions merge with the surroundings of the Vall de Santa Creu as afternoon gives way to a particular summer night, allowing themselves to be permeated by the destabilising spirit of Puck and Shakespeare’s forest. Here, night unfolds not merely as a backdrop, but as a space-time of transformation and radical interdependence; a permeable territory where climate, botany, living beings, and non-human creatures intertwine to experiment with collective methodologies of attention, observation, and asymmetrical proximity. A threshold for learning to “become with others” and to remember, as K. Le Guin suggested, that collective connection is the only hand that can save us.

Ultimately, De una noche functions as a political reflection and an exercise in ecological humility; an act of resistance against the instrumentalisation of our time, seeking to create affective and artistic ecosystems by proposing new forms of coexistence in which to live, survive, and think together.

PROGRAMME

6:00 pm | Lu Chieregati, Floresta. Walking performance with Norma Perez.
Limited places. Advance registration until 26 August or until places are filled: info@arbar.cat
Meeting point: ARBAR entrance.

* Audience information: To follow the performance, it is essential to bring a mobile phone and headphones. The audio material will be sent in advance via WhatsApp. Please arrive ten minutes before the activity begins. Comfortable footwear, sun protection, insect repellent, and something to sit on the ground, such as a scarf, shawl, or towel, are recommended. Please note that mobile phone coverage in the area is very limited.

7:15 pm | Carme Torrent — Meteorologies dels cossos — choreographic action.
Starting point: Font square.

8:00 pm | Javier Peñafiel — Premisa y pasado. Confedrama and texts.
Starting point: ARBAR entrance.

8:30 pm | Anna Cornudella — Proximidad asimétrica. Live broadcast / video performance.
Starting point: inside ARBAR.

9:15 pm | Conversation with the participating artists.

Credits

Date: Saturday, 29 August
Venue: ARBAR Centre
Time: 6:00 pm–10:00 pm
Photography: altered archival image
Text: Myriam Rubio

With the support of the Government of Catalonia, Department of Culture; Girona Provincial Council; El Port de la Selva Town Council; Bòlit, Girona Contemporary Art Centre; and the Institut d’Estudis Empordanesos; and with the collaboration of the Associació de Veïns de Sant Marçal, la Vall de Santa Creu, and the Museu de l’Empordà.