Introduction
LABacción is a six-day festival bringing together key local and national artists working in the field of art-action and electronic music.
A LABoral project in collaboration with Teatro Jovellanos in Gijón
Curated by:
Asturias Performance Programme: Ladines Centro de Investigación Artística
National Performance Programme: Luan Mart
DJs Programme: Scattini
Programme
Saturday 9th August
Los Torreznos (founded 2001)
Venue: Paseo Begoña
Time: 9:00 pm
A simple yet effective instrument to explore issues, themes and sensations of interest.
María AA (Seville, 1968)
Venue: Patio de la Casa de la Palmera
Time: 10:00 pm
Mainly addressing autobiographic themes, this work revolves primarily around body art and oral art.
Sunday 10th August
Carlos Llavata (Valencia, 1964)
Venue: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Time: 8:00 pm
An artist assaulted, attacked and humiliated in which the spectator can see himself reflected.
Bailarinas Parabólicas (Asturias)
Venue: Paseo Begoña
Time: 10:00 pm
Experimental dance pieces looking to transgress the codes and limits of the body.
Friday 15th August
Scattini (Asturias)
Venue: Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Gijón
Time: 09:00 h.
Dj 40oz (Asturias)
Venue: Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Gijón.
Time: 10.00 h.
Saturday 16th August
G-Khan (Asturias)
Venue: Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Gijón.
Time: 09.00 pm
Dj Pimp (Gijón, Asturias)
Venue: Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Gijón.
Time: 10.00 pm
Monday 18th August
Nel Amaro (Asturias, 1946)
Venue: Paseo Begoña
Time: 9:00 pm
Nel Amaro defines his work as “conceptual—especially work on the street—with lots of critical and biting (sarcastic) humour and irony.”
Pistolo Eliza (Barcelona, 1965)
Venue: Paseo Begoña
Time: 10:00 pm
Different facets of the plastic arts: photography, sculpture, intervention, comics, actions and, now, shorts and multimedia.
Tuesday 19th August
Cuco Suárez (Asturias, 1961)
Venue: la Ciudadela de Celestino Solar
Time: 9:00 pm
Creates and uncreates the image using sensations, developing a more updated active channel for understanding art.
Fasenuova (Asturias, 2006)
Venue: Paseo Begoña
Time: 10:00 pm
Waves of raw dynamic sound accompanying rhythms created using drum machines and words introducing surrealist elements.
