(Creation Residence )
L'animal a l'esquena (Celrà)
From 10/03/2014 to 22/03/2014
Presentation :
On 22/03/2014 at 19:00 in L'animal a l'esquena (Celrà)
Natxo Montero, Laia Cabrera
In collaboration with the Basque creation centre Azala, L'animal a l'esquena hosts a creation residency for Barbecho, a project by Natxo Montero and Laia Cabrera.
"Barbechar"
1. To plough or till the land to prepare it for sowing.
2. To plough the land to air it and let it lie fallow.
Just as the plough turns over the earth to prepare it to bear fruit, play tills people's minds to make them ready for adulthood, when imaginary dangers will give way to real threats.
And just as the plough digs into the earth to give it air and make it fertile again, play provides a fallow period, an essential breathing space.
Life would be absolutely impossible if we could not play. When we say play, we do not mean fiddling with a train set, but in the broader sense of human play. If we feel like listening to music, we are playing. If we dance, we are playing. If we want to go for a walk, we are playing. It is this playful sense we are referring to, everything that is not work, obligation or duty. Everything else, for us, is play and the human is a playful animal.
"Play tills the soul".
L'animal a l'esquena (Celrà)
From 10/03/2014 to 22/03/2014
Presentation :
On 22/03/2014 at 19:00 in L'animal a l'esquena (Celrà)
Natxo Montero, Laia Cabrera
In collaboration with the Basque creation centre Azala, L'animal a l'esquena hosts a creation residency for Barbecho, a project by Natxo Montero and Laia Cabrera.
"Barbechar"
1. To plough or till the land to prepare it for sowing.
2. To plough the land to air it and let it lie fallow.
Just as the plough turns over the earth to prepare it to bear fruit, play tills people's minds to make them ready for adulthood, when imaginary dangers will give way to real threats.
And just as the plough digs into the earth to give it air and make it fertile again, play provides a fallow period, an essential breathing space.
Life would be absolutely impossible if we could not play. When we say play, we do not mean fiddling with a train set, but in the broader sense of human play. If we feel like listening to music, we are playing. If we dance, we are playing. If we want to go for a walk, we are playing. It is this playful sense we are referring to, everything that is not work, obligation or duty. Everything else, for us, is play and the human is a playful animal.
"Play tills the soul".
