WeMadeThis.es

For some time now Spanish cultural tradition has been disproportionately biased towards the visual arts. For example, the importance of Velázquez, Goya and Picasso, the influential trio of painters, does not strike a balance with the ground-breaking literary modernity of Cervantes. In Spain even good projects in non-visual media are known chiefly by their emblematic figures, such as Don Quixote or Don Juan.

Indeed, visual defines Spanish art in all its forms, both past and present. In the new digital environment everything is images, everything is visual. The emergence of new media is providing a fertile ground for the creators who work in this emerging visual tradition. Young, brilliant, joyful and bold, the work of these artists is both commercial and deeply personal. Their worlds are virtual and tactile; it is the world we live in today. Who nowadays would dare say that what they do is not pure art?

This exhibition presents the new generation of Spanish visual creators. The result is a selection of works in printed and audio-visual format where each artist presents  two works created specially for each of the venues. In every venue, different artists are displayed in order to promote as many as possible.

The travelling exhibition  also features the book WemadeThis.Es, as well as lectures and a workshops held by the participating artistst.