Son[i]a #36
Manolo Laguillo and Jorge Ribalta
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The exhibition “Barcelona, 1978–1997… MANOLO LAGUILLO” takes a look at an important part of Manolo Laguillo’s work (Madrid, 1953), specifically the one that focuses on the representation of Barcelona. He does so based on the hypothesis of the close relation that his work maintains with the construction of an image of the city through photography from the 1980s, a crucial period in the urban history of this city.
SON[I]A speaks with Jorge Ribalta, curator of the exhibition, and with Manolo Laguillo on subjects such as the tension between the work of the author (art) and the representation of the city (document) which comes out in his photographic language.
Auxiliaries
In PROBES #37.2, Chris Cutler opens a conversation with crooners, experimental artists, and rock legends in order to exchange notes at their EA (Electricionists Anonymous) meeting on their mutual dependency on microphones and loudspeakers (feedback welcome).
Deleted scenes
We dig up some unreleased fragments of the interview with Manolo Laugillo that we were unable to include the first time around.
Manolo Laguillo
Manolo Laguillo is a photographer, essayist and professor of photography in the Fine Arts Faculty, Universitat de Barcelona. His stark, deserted urban representations illustrate processes of change in the contemporary metropolis. In FONS AUDIO #37 Manolo Laguillo talks about his methods of working with large format cameras, about his walks in the city outskirts, about puddles, asphalt and ruins, about the qualities of colour and black and white, the sensuality of prints on paper, and the links between music and photography.