Based on the visual productions and protest actions carried out in Madrid during the Journey for Life, the workshop “Learning from the journey of the Zapatistas (Viaje por la vida) through Europe. Images, words and representations for an urgent anti-colonialism” (Centro Social Tres Peces Tres – Madrid, 22 April 2025) addresses the production and use of images and counterfactual narratives incited by Zapatista travelers, as well as their limits and challenges.
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Aesthetics of resistance: other journeys for life
Starting with the Zapatistas’ journey for life in Europe in 2021,, the seminar “Aesthetics of resistance: other journeys for life” (Les Abattoirs, 20 march 2025) will seek to analyse the structuring role of images in the constitution of models of resistance to extractivist and neoliberal logics, in order to create spaces for solidarity and sharing.
María Ruido “Of Love and Rage” – Spanish Academy in Rome
María Ruido has been awarded the prestigious grant (2024-2025) from the Spanish Academy in Rome to develop her project “De amor y rabia” (Of Love and Rage).
Equipo Comunicación. Antifranquismo, edición, debate (1968-1979)
The exhibition “Equipo Comunicación. Antifranquismo, edición, debate (1968-1979)” ( Sala de exposiciones UAM, October 28 – December 6, 2024) aims to recover the editorial and intellectual activity of Equipo Comunicación, relating it to the movement of non-tenured professors (PNN, profesores no numerarios) of the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Equipo Comunicación, in Context: Anti-Francoism, Publishing, and Cultural Criticism
The seminar “Equipo Comunicación, in Context: Anti-Francoism, Publishing, and Cultural Critique” (Madrid, 6-8 November 2024) aims to recover and contextualize the work of Equipo Comunicación, revisiting the collective as a crucial agent in shaping an anti-Francoist and proto-democratic cultural sphere.
New Project: NOVA-IMAGO-ZAP
The project “Political Images and New Worlds to Build: The Visual Culture of the Zapatistas’ Journey for Life in Europe” (NOVA-IMAGO-ZAP) analyzes the creation of images by European activists during the “Journey for Life” (Mexico-Europe, 2021), focusing on their impact on collective imaginaries and social movements in Europe.
Award CREA – The Revolution (is) probable
The audiovisual essay “The Revolution (is) probable” was presented at the 19th Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnográfico (Museo do Pobo Galego, March 20-26, 2024), receiving the CREA award. The jury valued that, “through virtuoso editing and extraordinary archive material”, the film reflects on the audiovisual memory of a revolution that is very close to us.
Powers, Challenges and Potentialities of Images: Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Art History and Visual Culture
The doctoral seminar “Powers, challenges and potentialities of images: theoretical and practical approaches in art history and visual culture” will take place on 17 and 18 January 2024 at the Université Toulouse II – Jean Jaurès. Understanding the image as a tool, this seminar aims to reflect on its powers, challenges and potentialities from the perspective of the history of art and visual culture.
Presentation of the book ‘Revolver el tiempo’ in Barcelona
The book Revolver el tiempo. Conceptos críticos, mutaciones históricas y estéticas entre la Guerra Fría y la contrarrevolución neoliberal (Bellaterra, 2023) will be presented on 14 December 2023 at 19.30 at La Caníbal (C/ Napoles 314, Barcelona). The editors Paula Barrerio López and María Ruido will be accompanied by Ignasi Gonzalo Salellas, Antonio Gómez Villar and María Íñigo Clavo.