El Ranchito

Matadero

From May, 2010, to April 2012

El Ranchito is a research and creativity project sponsored by Matadero Madrid that explores alternatives to conventional formats for exhibition and seeks to find new organizational models within cultural institutions. This experimental program began as a research for new working methods to work around the stand-still caused by the economic crisis. Several focal areas were established where El Ranchito could center its attention: a residency program for artists and thinkers; an area for reflection; a series of open calls for local artists or art establishments for work spaces and a collaboration with foreign artists invited to El Ranchito‘s residency; and a program of activities designed in tandem with all of the above.  All of this is formalized in several premises that guide the project’s work: multidisciplinary work, site-specific art creation, collective production of meaning, community building, the importance of the process, and a resource economy.

Cultural agents and Projects: Husos Cotidianidades doméstico productivas en Madrid; André Komatsu Landscapeknowhere–Timeout; Enrique Radigales Gran Amarillo; Guillermo Mora Subir para bajar; Cia Puctum / BiNeural MonoKultur Conectados; Sally y Gabriela Gutiérrez Dewar Villalba cuenta; Todo por la praxis Banco guerrilla; ZIRA02 100x100 Corralas; Colectivo Excedentes / Excess Excedentes / Excess (práctica artística en torno a comida desechada); Tercerunquinto Trozo de escombro para mantener la puerta abierta; Walking Theory Escenas discursivas; Zoohaus Offfficina temporal de Inteligencias Colectivas; El gato con Moscas / Arquitectura Expandida LATINOAMeRICA GO.ES – LATINOAMeRICA COMES!!!!; Jerónimo Hagerman Archipiélago (Sistema modular dinámico hexagonal de islas vegetales); Franco Ingrassia Pensar en la dispersión; Colectivo Situaciones Impresiones (finales) desde Sol

Installation: C+Architects

Visual Identity: La Camorra

Photographs: Imagen Subliminal