The work draws inspiration from Euro-Westerns filmed in Spain, like Navajo Joe (1966) in Cáceres. These films transformed the Spanish landscape into a “virtual American West", creating a stage for actors from the U.S. and Europe to perform exaggerated versions of themselves. As an Australian who has watched hundreds of this films, I’ve experienced Spain through this cinematic lens. In my performance of ‘‘A Hand’’, I reflect on how this sense of absurdity and dislocation remains in my body, intersecting with the actual Spanish terrain, and explore the lingering effects of this dual experience

Performance & Exhibition: Mark Shorter

Curated by Fiona Fell for City Loop BCN 2024

14 to 23 November, 2024