The FoodCultura SatĂ©lite BoquerĂa space (FC_SAT.BQ #437) was located, for a little over three years, at stop #437 of the oldest market in Europe: Mercat de Sant Josep, La BoquerĂa, in Barcelona
FoodCultura transformed the stand into an interactive art center (2015-2018) in which numerous artistic projects related to food were exhibited. Many of the exhibits and performances were the result of in situ investigations that explored the relationships of art with food with the idea of connecting La Boqueria with other cultural centers and artistic events (MACBA, ACVIC, Massana, EINA, Loop, La Place, and others). Art was placed in a food market and a food market was placed in art, all under the vigil of Sant Stomak who would receive in its belly the prayers and offerings of curious visitors and customers as one more aspect of the market’s life.
Its location in a neighborhood like El Raval, which welcomes so many diverse cultures, offered a great cultural, gastronomic and social richness. Topics always present in the FoodCultura debate: from tradition and memory to the reality of the diaspora, new habits, products, customs …
FC_SAT.BQ #437
Mercat de la BoquerĂa, Barcelona, 2014-2018
Exhibitions / Actions:
“El viatge d’en Titot”, Nyamnyam i Quim Packard, 2014
LOOP Festival 2015. Sally (2010), Malia Jonsen; 15 minutos (2010), Teresa Serrano; Salt dinner (2012), Shahar Marcus & Nezaket Ekiel; The Bunker (2007), The Boxer (2007), Shahar Marcus; Barcelona Gran MenĂş (1984), Miralda & Benet Rosell.
Ofrenes, Sant Stomak, 2015.
“In the mood for soup (the trip of the noodle soup boxes)”, Pilar Talavera, 2015-2016
La Vella Quaresma (mascarada), 2016
“Cooking in Maximum Security”, Phase 2, Matteo Guidi, 2016
“Clay Pot Feast”, Marta Archilés, 2016
“Floristaurant”, Marisa Benjamin, 2016
LOOP Festival 2016, “Venedors dels Mercats de Barcelona, 1979”, Jordi Bover
“Que l’OU continuï ballant / Huevos revueltos en tiempos revueltos / Six of One or Half a Dozen of the Other”, FoodCultura, El Quim de la Boqueria, La Place y Pus de Calaf, 2016. With Julia de Luis, Stephanie Herr and Hugo Rangel.
“Brainfood”, Miralda y Graffit de Sram 23, 2016
“Embuchar y digerir”, ACVic y La Comunidad, 2016
“Todos los santos”, Nevenka Pavic, Memoria Viva – Ruta de Altares, 2016
“Marentus’’ El Buche de Miel”, Alfonso Borragán y GalerĂa La Place, 2016
“Embolicant”, Juan David Galindo, Marta Archilés, Zhang Li, Sara Gómez, 2016-2017
Cuaresma 2017. ProcesiĂłn ritual de protecciĂłn (perĂmetro de ceniza), Confesionario de gulas. VĂdeo de Juan David Galindo.
“Tezcatlipoca 007 / Armas Tomar”, CĂ©sar MartĂnez Silva, 2017
“Massana entra a la Boqueria”: OrĂgens de la BoquerĂa al moianès (RaĂşl Cañadas, Vitor Grilo, MartĂ de la Malla, Eloi RodrĂguez, Kevin Timmerman) / Fruit Kit (Gabriel Ardèvol, Laura Mir, Alba Sánchez, Ariadna Torrents y Marta ValentĂ) / Boqueria Market (Souvenir). Marina Carmona, Leily Khabiri, Alicia Ortiz i Anna SolĂ©, 2017.
“Rodant. Homenajes a Sant Stomak”, 2017. With Benet Rosell, Flores y Prats, Aleix Castany, Miguel Galván, Coralà Mercader, Yaiza Bocos.
Sant Stomak 2017: Yes, Zero Hunger! Degustation by La Baula and Bebelona.
“Shanghai-Barcelona, de la BoquerĂa a New York” (documental “Twin, Tastes & Tongues”, Miralda), 2018.
“COMO ARTE / Sevilona”, La Plasita, 2018. Exhibition and seminar by Yaiza Bocos, in collaboration with Escola Massana, EINA and UAB.
“Inmarchitables”, Bernat Daviu & Joana Roda, 2018
Closing action by Bendita Gloria, 2018
Realization: FoodCultura / Miralda
Stop: Flores & Prats
Blinds: Bendita Gloria
Video: Benet Rosell
Collaborators: Grazia Mirabell, Yaiza Cobos, Julia de Luis, Coralà Mercader, Raúl Herrera, Inés Cañellas, Marc Tamajón, Montse Guillén, James Balder, Blanca Pujals, Nyamnyam, La Comunidad, La Place, La Plasita, Escola Massana, EINA, etc.