The MNAC exhibition with more than 1,000 collaborators

Barcelona"Onward, onward, onward, long live the wild!" "Pixadora fog, it's raining all the time!": a demonstration begins inside the Oval Room of the MNAC, led by the artist Marcelino Antúnez Roca, which brings to life the large participatory installation that he presents until January 6, entitled Marcelino Antúnez Roca. Nature, east-central. Oval Camp. Antúnez is accompanied by a band of musicians, Fail Again Ensemble (Marceluia and her Mireios) and a string of performersAnd all of this is a call to rebel while having fun.

"The center of all things is nature, and screens make us subject to the algorithm. In this propaganda format, made with wood and paper, we seek to reclaim this historical moment we are living through, quite dodgy"By the way, to come back together and get our hands on the earth," Antúnez said during the presentation of his work this Friday. Listening to him, one can recall his fierce past as a founder of La Fura dels Baus, and, at the same time, have a good time and learn from his evolution as an eco-activist and celebratory artist. ~BK_SLT Nature, east-central It's one of the largest exhibitions the museum has ever held: as Antúnez himself says, "more than 1,000 people" from "vulnerable groups and collectives" collaborated on the creation of the pieces, the result of several projects since 2014. "It may look like a museum piece, but I didn't want to lose sight of the fact that all of this was produced in the street, during a celebration," Antúnez emphasizes. Furthermore, with this project, he distances himself from the snobbery that contemporary artists can sometimes fall into. "In recent years, contemporary art has become self-referential, preoccupied with things that aren't the real problems of our time and are far removed from our lives. With this exhibition, I'm trying to make it understandable for a five-year-old, or at least allow them to experience it a little. I see it as an act of sharing, an act of dissemination."

The installation is organized in a dozen wooden booths, inside which there are videos of the projects from which the drawings, posters, backdrops, banners and the animal costumes on display originate, among which is the streetFargatriba (2014). These projects were part of events such as the Olot Seismograph Festival, so the exhibition now offers an opportunity to see them again. Throughout the exhibition, some twenty posters are displayed featuring alternative figures, including Quico Picanyol, a horticulturist, dry stone builder, and representative of Moianès culture. hippieand Llum de la Selva, the vegetarian and raw food farmer who died at 106. Further on, there is a gigantic drawing depicting a meeting between Marx, Proudhon, and Bakunin. Stalin also appears, organizing "the dictatorship of the proletariat." But historical developments took other, more class-based paths, as Antúnez shows with a drawing of 1960s Spain under Franco. the necklacesPeret and Sophia Loren in bikinis holding a peseta.

The installation will remain open until January 6 during the museum's opening hours. Antúnez and his collaborators will activate it at noon on December 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, and 31, and on January 2, 3, and 4. Admission is €2 without prior registration. Admission is free for those under 16 and over 65.