Secrets de fabricació

Secrets de fabricació, the third exhibition in the Digues, cosa cycle.

The exhibition Secrets de fabricació is the third in the Digues, cosa cycle, centred on Joan Brossa's object poems. Its focus is the making of the object, where production and conception are hard to tell apart. The Espai A exhibition space, located in the Fundació Joan Brossa - Centre de les Arts Lliures, brings together sketches and documents that show the genesis of these poems, along with works by artists in which the production of the object gives it meaning and guides its reading.

Among the material on show is a magazine in which Brossa published poems: in his personal copy, the word « purs » in the original title has been crossed out in pencil. In the introduction to that publication, the author argues that the secret of poetry lies in knowing how to observe, which brings the poet closer to the viewer than to the creator. For Brossa, looking is equivalent to building.

The pieces use highly restricted procedures, such as instructions or protocols, which deny the object's usual uses or shift its authorship. The titles and material descriptions underline the tension between making as a game of concealment and making as a poetic mechanism. The exhibition is curated by Marc Navarro, a writer.