Post-Human. Good-bye to Mankind. December 1, 2009

Seven Artists that Explore the Paradoxes of Civilization... A group exhibition featuring the works of Pepa Poch, George Rodez, Gonzalo Obes, Heather Brillant, Matt Lamb, Josep Puigmartí, and AdriáNomada.

Real Circulo Artistico de Barcelona (RCA) presents "Post-Human. Good-bye to Mankind." as a first ever exhibition outside of Barcelona and in conjunction with Art Basel-Miami.

. . . Man is something that shall be surpassed. . .
Friedrich Nietzsche

…These are poetics that question the civilizing paradigm and they are included as part of a speech that articulates diverse forms of fusion and Post-Utopian connections (the existential, the instrumental, the political and the anthropological), but not on the side of rationality but on the side of chance; a vindication of the failure, a transcendental fault (...) Without doubt in a momentary lapse of time, mankind will suddenly be scalable like a machine, once completed its genomic cartography… this can even occur in different types of cyborg or unsuspected subsequent mutant transformations between the instrument and its flesh "(de)naturalized"(...) cleared, rearmed and redone in/from bionic assemblies where the body and the entire "Being" will be able to be replaced by a Total Prosthesis which will happen in-line with other phenomena connected with the body, like Carnal Tragedies... a Nuclear Park and/or a Museum of the Negativity...

AdriáNomada
(curator)

RCA was founded in 1881, and given its present day name by King Alfonso XIII in 1926. It is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and support all artistic and cultural activities of the people of Barcelona.

On December 1, World AIDS Day, RCA joins Mother's Voices in its mission to end AIDS. Mother's Voices, which was founded in New York in 1991, and whose South Florida chapter opened its doors in 1996, is a nonprofit AIDS organization with the mission of strengthening family communication about sex, sexual health and HIV/AIDS/STD prevention through education and awareness.

JOIN US:
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 6 to 10 PM for the vernissage.

SCHEDULE:
December 2-5 | 11 am - 10 pm
December 6-11 | 11 am - 5 pm
December 12 | 7 pm - 10 pm