Since October, the Experimental Hub has been open to the public, a new exhibition space in Barcelona dedicated to experimental photography. It has become a meeting point for artists and photography enthusiasts, offering exhibitions that explore the boundaries of the image.
Current Exhibition
Winds of Change
In her analog and digital works, Hajnal Szolga merges Anthropocene and post-human tendencies with progressive experimentation with the medium. Thinking in series, the artist explores the relationship between dystopian environments,
humans, and technology through lyrical narrative arcs: mainly seeking to answer what is the remaining role of humanity and to what extent do they control the world? Szolga executes the enlargement processes, combining photographs and photo paintings with classic photographic techniques, photograms and chemigrams. In her image manipulation processes, she prefers environmentally friendly, biodegradable or recycled materials
Finissage on January 10th
C/ Llull 105, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Metro L4 Llacuna station
Visiting hours: Mon-Fri 10:30 am-6:30 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Experimental Hub, Photo & Art Space
The permanent exhibition space of the Experimental Photo Festival in Barcelona, where the most advanced proposals in experimental photography converge, creating a meeting point for artists and visionaries from all over the world. It is a place where creativity flows without borders, fostering collaborations and synergies that break with the conventional. With a program focused on experimental photography and disciplines such as experimental video and visual poetry, we are dedicated to promoting emerging artists, both local and international.
Located in Mecal Factory, it encourages the convergence of various artistic disciplines, creating an ecosystem of festivals where photography blends with audiovisual art (Mecal: International Short Film and Animation Festival of Barcelona), illustration (KIBLIND Atelier, France), and music (Mecal Factory). More than just a gallery, Experimental Hub is a catalyst for artistic innovation. Each exhibition aims to offer new visions that challenge established norms, transforming the space into a creative laboratory where visual and cultural narratives are reconfigured to give rise to unprecedented forms of artistic expression.
Future Exhibitions
ATÁVICO. The Beginning
Every journey has its origin, its starting point, that moment of introspection and deep inquiry. This is the beginning of my path, of my family and territorial history. My father, Luigi Calabrino, born in Ischia, Naples, Italy, and my mother, Giovanna Chillemi, born in Lentini, Sicily, Italy, arrived in Argentina in the 1950s. They escaped the poverty caused by World War II and settled in Mar del Plata.
I intend to explore migration and the relationship with territory as a place of emotional and human connection. Mar del Plata was the destination for many immigrants from Ischia and Sicily who settled in the port area, in "Little Italy." My family's history unfolds in this context. With this project, I wish to delve into my identity, family ancestry, and female artisanal traditions, understanding that the individual bears a mark of its time, transcending into collective history. This visual arts project crosses the historical-territorial, linking my birthplace in America with those of my ancestors in Europe, creating an aesthetic journey from map to territory, from the present to the roots.
I seek to develop a personal grammar composed of elements such as family and contemporary photographic archives, letters and maps, dialogues with distant relatives, cultures, landscapes, languages, dialects, and countless tangible and intangible ancestral encounters. A conceptual narrative through the reinterpretation of images, proposing a metareading of the work.
Opening, January 30th
Where We Are
C/ Llull 105, Poble Nou, Barcelona