Activities

The aim of the course is the preparation and presentation of a stage performance with objects and performers in the context of a collaborative creation. Marcel·lí Antúnez will take advantage of the course of this study and essay to shell out his knowledge and experiences in this environment as well as other frameworks in which his artistic career has developed.

In recent years I have done a series of collaborative works of a scenic, performative nature and also related to the installation in which I have used large visual elements that become dramatic objects decisive in the story that is told. Some of these objects have been used as static sets, but most of them have been moving elements such as clothing, animals, symbolic icons or giant figures.

More of these works have been developed to be performed only once as a specific action. This is the case of Fargabudell (2014), Alsaxy (2015) and Tracapelló (2017). Others have been intended to become visual installations either in three dimensional or muralistic form to be temporarily exhibited or to remain in one place for a season. This is the case of Monutafi (2015), Pittsburg (2016), Milcaps (2018) or the cycle Traspassant Murs (Beyond the walls), in which three murals have been produced with the titles Revolupià (2018), Parapupapia (2019) and Upceanopia (2020-21).

My purpose at the time of constructing these elements, whenever possible, has been to use economical or waste materials such as plastic packaging and carboard, in an attempt to extend the life of materials designed as disposable objects.

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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR

Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca (Moià, 1959) is internationally known for his mechatronic performances and his interactive installations. he is also known for being one of the founders of the Fura dels Baus. In recent years he has combined his creative efforts in the production of callaborative works with the organization and development of his creative universe which he calls Marcelaxia. His work has been presented in numerous festivals, galleries, museums and theaters in more than forty countries all over the world, including the Villette of París, the I.C.A. of London, the FILE of Sao Paulo, the Cultural Center of Tokyo, the DOM Cultural Center of Moscow, the MACBA of Barcelona, the DEAF of Rotterdam, the Ars Electronica of Linz or the Performing ARts of Seoul (Korea).

Since the 802, as the founder and artistic coordinator of the Fura dels Baus and since the 90's, on his own, Marcel·lí's career has developed a particular universe in which his interest in comics, Art Brut, the avant-garde of the 60's or popular traditions, among other things, have had an important role. A cosmos completed by its inclinations for certain elements of the human condition such as food, sex or death.

Has received, among others, the following distinctions and awards: first prize at Festival Étrange, París 1994; Best New Media in New Cinema / New Media Montreal 1999; Max Award for new stage languages, Spain 2001; Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2003, Ciutat de Barcelona Award in the Multimedia category 2003, Ciutat de Barcelona Award in the Visual Arts category 2014 and the Art Excellence Award 2015 Japan Media Arts Festival.