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Temporary Exhibition
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February 15, 2019 \u2013 January 5, 2020 03.10.2024 \u2013 12.07.2025 Where?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Museu de la Vida Rural<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Admission Fee<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \u20ac3 Fire illuminates, fertilizes, purges, and purifies. Fire regenerates, sublimates. But it also devours, burns, consumes, and destroys: it is war, the apocalypse, eternal damnation, the great threat. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tTradicionari. Enciclop\u00e8dia de la cultura popular de Catalunya<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t An exhibition about one of the materials that have most changed our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Where lies the balance between the use and abuse of plastic<\/strong>? Its economic, versatile, resistant, and durable nature has brought about great changes in our lives, offering significant advantages, but also major drawbacks. Its omnipresence has become a significant threat that severely affects ecosystems and, consequently, our lives. <\/p>\n \u201cPlastic\u201d<\/strong>, the second in-house exhibition by the Museu de la Vida Rural of the Fundaci\u00f3 Carulla<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, invites us, <\/span>through visual arts<\/strong>, to explore the history of plastic, offers us various perspectives on this material and prompts us to reflect on its current use.<\/p>\n Curated by <\/span>N\u00faria Vila<\/a><\/span><\/span>,<\/strong> <\/span>the exhibition features the participation of some <\/span>twenty local and international artists<\/strong> <\/span>and brings together objects from the Museu de la Vida Rural collection, photographs, videos, and artistic installations that constantly challenge and ask: <\/span>\u201c<\/strong>How do you see it?\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It features voices, both young and old, from the worlds of art, science, architecture, design, cinema, philosophy, and education, but, above all, everyone who visits participates by contributing their vision.<\/p>\n Divided into four sections \u2013The Plastic Era<\/strong><\/em>, <\/span>The Object<\/strong><\/em>, <\/span>The Persistence<\/strong><\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>Abundance<\/strong><\/em>\u2013, the exhibition features works by artists <\/span>Aleksey Kondratyev<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Basurama<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Coke Bartrina<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Domestic Data Streamers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Elsa Yranzo<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Ester Parteg\u00e0s<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Ida-Marie Corell<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Ivana Larrosa<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Lucas Hope<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <\/span>Mandy Barker<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Nick Pumphrey<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>N\u00faria Val<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Octavi Serra<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Pepi de Boissieu<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <\/span>Samuel Rodr\u00edguez<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <\/span>Sean Lin<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <\/span>Sil van der Woerd<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <\/span>S\u00edlvia Conde<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/span>and Sophie Thomas<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> A Brilliant Invention<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Since the invention of<\/span> <\/span>Parkesine<\/em> <\/span>in 1856, plastic has revolutionized human life. It is a resistant, economical, lightweight, waterproof, insulating, and durable material. The advantages of plastic in social, technological, and especially medical fields are unquestionable. <\/span> A Perverse Invention<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Plastic has become one of the main threats to the ecosystem. Most plastic does not disappear; instead, it decomposes into microparticles. In 2018, the presence of microplastics in human feces was discovered for the first time. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> A Perverse Invention<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Plastic has become one of the main threats to the ecosystem. Most plastic does not disappear; instead, it decomposes into microparticles. In 2018, the presence of microplastics in human feces was discovered for the first time. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Educational Program<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> The educational focus is central to the exhibition. The exhibition includes a program specially designed for schools that delves into the thematic content. <\/span><\/p>\n This activity is aimed at the following educational levels: <\/span>middle and upper primary education, secondary education, baccalaureate, vocational training, and special education.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> Brilliant or perverse?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>
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