Art Madrid'25 – The International Festival of Video art PROYECTOR celebrates its 8th edition.

With over 3,000m2 of space, Proyector, international and multi-venue festival expands itself simultaneously to Madrid, Jaen, Milan, Coimbra, Oaxaca and Quito between 10 and 27 September.

 

 

In this eighth call, directed by Mario Gutierrez Cru with the collaboration and coordination of Janez Alvarez and Maria Clara Leitão, were received 614 proposals for video art among single channel, multichannel, video dance, video performance, video installations, and videomapping videointeracción from 19 countries, among whom have been selected 28 proposals:

 


Vanane Borian (arm), Blue and Lindy Marquez (col), Johnatan Molina (mex), Alberto Diaz (esp), Tara Mahapatra (ale), Christoph Oertli (sui), Gustavo Gutierrez (col) Caunedo Juan Dominguez (ESP) Javiera Tejerina-Risso (fra-chi), Gabriele Stellbaum (ale), Eduardo Restrepo Brown (col), Joshua Chacon Vega (MEX), Bruna Paula (ESP), Marte Kiessling (ale), Roman Gomes (arg), Johanna Reich (ale), Dominik Ritszel (pol), Melancholy Maaret (end-fra-USA), Daniel Djamo (rum), Miguel Andres (ESP), Jorge Catoni (chi), doriandgrey (esp) Tuchner Shahar (ISR) Richard Bailey (USA), Marina Camargo (bra), Natalia Delgado Valencia (col), Rosie Morris and Sam Grant (ing), Miguel de Almeida Ferreira (POR) and Luis Marques (for). Apart from other places we have Sarah Minter (MEX), Ruben Gutierrez (MEX), Raisa Maudit (esp) and Olalla Gomez (ESP).

 

 


Proyector has, once again, the support of Intermediae Matadero, which will project 5 films (Armenian Genocide 1915. VANANE BORIAN.2014, Armenia. 2 '33' '/ Always Elsewhere. TARA Mahapatra. Germany. 13' 35 '' / Stories of violence in Colombia. Gustavo Gutierrez. Colombia. 17 '01' '/ Birds. DANIEL DJAMO. Romania. 7' 32 '' / developing country "(Developing Nation). JORGE Catoni. Chile. 10 ') and it will host two meetings where the work of other artists from seven Latin American international festivals and European international festivals will be presented.

 

 

Other venues of projection are, for example, THEREDOOM Madrid gallery with a work of Boyer Tresaco and the German HANS Breder; Swinton & Grant with a film of Raisa Maudit and Astarte gallery with a work of the artist Olalla Gómez.

 

Raisa Maudit.

 

 

PROJECTOR has new venues in Cinema Usera, Bow Space, Solar Atelier, Esto es una plaza, Konvent, Coimbra and Espaço Particle...

 

CALENDARIO


J10 SEP
19h. SWINTON GALLERY. Proyección de RAISA MAUDIT (esp)
20h. THEREDOOM. Proyección de BOYER TRESACO (esp)
21.30h. ÉSTA ES UNA PLAZA. Videoinstalación interactiva de MIGUEL DE ALMEIDA FERREIRA y LUIS MARQUES (por)
23h. LA NOCHE BOCA ARRIBA. Fiesta
21h. CASA DE LAS ARTES LA RONDA / Quito - Ecuador. Proyección de PROYECTOR2015
21h. [BOX.] / Milán - Italia. Proyección de PROYECTOR2015

 

V11 SEP
20h. ATELIER SOLAR. Proyecciones de SARAH MINTER (méx) + RUBÉN GUTIÉRREZ (méx)
S12 SEP
18h. THEREDOOM. Mesa redonda con artistas coordinado por Intercambiador ACART
20h. QUINTA DEL SORDO. Proyecciones de CHRISTOPH OERTLI (sui) + JOHANNA REICH (ale) + MARINA CAMARGO (bra) + DORIANDGREY (esp) + ROSIE MORRIS AND SAM GRANT (ing)

 

D12 SEP
18h. ESPACIO NARANJO. Videoinstalaciones JOHNATAN MOLINA (méx) + JOSHUA CHACÓN (méx) + MIGUEL ANDRÉS (esp) + NATALIA VALENCIA (col) + MAIA NAVAS (arg).
19.30h. Performance de MIGUEL ANDRÉS.

 

M14 SEP
20h. ESPACIO LABRUC. Videoproyección AZUL Y LINDY MÁRQUEZ (col) + GABRIELE STELLBAUM (ale). Vídeodanza: OLGA MESA (esp)

 

X16 SEP
19.30h. INTERMEDIÆ - Festivales LatinoAmericanos: PLAY (arg) + OJO DE PERRO (mex), VIDEO BABEL (per) + Festival MIVA (ecu)


J17 SEP
20h. THEREDOOM (solo project). Proyección HANS BREDER (ale)


V18 SEP
19.30h. INTERMEDIÆ - Festivales Europeos. FONLAD (Festival Online de Artes Digitales) (por), + OODAAQ (fra) + VISUALCONTAINER (ita)


S19 SEP
20h. GALERÍA ASTARTE. Videoinstalación de OLALLA GÓMEZ (esp)
20h. FESTIVAL CEL.AV / Barcelona. Proyección de PROYECTOR2015


D20 SEP
12-20h. ESPACIO PROA. Videoinstalaciones ALBERTO DÍAZ (esp) + MARTE KIESSLING (ale) + MELANCHOLY MAARET (fin-fra-eeuu) + SHAHAR TUCHNER (isr)
20h. ESPACIO OCULTO MADRID. Videoinstalaciones EDUARDO RESTREPO CASTAÑO (col) + PAULA BRUNA (esp) + ROMÁN GÓMES (arg)
22h. CINEMA USERA. Proyección JAVIERA TEJERINA-RISSO (fra-chi) + JUAN CANEDO DOMÍNGUEZ (esp) + DOMINIK RITSZEL (pol) + RICHARD BAILEY (eeuu)
21h. PLAZA DE LA CRUZ DE PIEDRA/ Oaxaca - México. Proyección de PROYECTOR2015


V25 SEP
20h. MUSEO PROVINCIAL / ARTJaén. Stand de PROYECTOR2015


S26 SEP
22h. ARTJaén. Proyección de PROYECTOR2015
21.30h. ESPAÇO PARTÍCULA / Coimbra. Videoinstalaciones de PROYECTOR2015
 

From July 7 to 9, 2025, the Balsera Palace will host the First Course on Collecting and Contemporary Art, an intensive 15-hour program that will explore the complex and fundamental question of taste in contemporary art. Organized by the Nebrija Institute of Arts and Humanities at Nebrija University and the Avilés City Council, in collaboration with 9915 — Association of Private Collectors of Contemporary Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art, the course offers a unique opportunity for analysis and debate on the dynamics that shape aesthetic and symbolic value in today’s art scene.


First Course on Collecting and Contemporary Art. Avilés, Asturias


The notion of taste, intrinsically tied to aesthetic judgments and power relations, has played a decisive role in the historical prominence of artists and artworks. However, contemporary art—marked by its breaking of conventions, diversity of media and techniques, and critical stance toward traditional canons—raises fundamental questions about the continued relevance of this concept.

This course will explore how the decisions made by key players in the art system—institutions, private collections, galleries, curators, and artists—continually redefine a field of taste shaped by aesthetic, symbolic, cultural, social, and political logics.


"¿But does it exist, and what is the prevailing taste of our time—so seemingly confused, fragmented, indecipherable?" - Omar Calabrese, The Neo-Baroque Era.


The academic program, directed by José Luis Guijarro Alonso, Director of the Master’s in Art Market and Related Business Management at Nebrija University, and Pablo Álvarez de Toledo, Head of the Department of Arts at Nebrija University and the Nebrija Institute of Arts and Humanities, will bring together a distinguished group of national experts—including collectors, critics, curators, gallery owners, and artists—whose contributions will address key issues in shaping aesthetic, symbolic, and market value in today’s art world.


PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 7

9:30 AM Registration.

10:00 AM Course Opening Nebrija University Avilés City Council Presented by Rosario López Meras – President of the Association of Contemporary Art Collectors, 9915, and Adrián Piera – President of the ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art.

10:30 AM Course Presentation By José Luis Guijarro Alonso – Art Historian and Anthropologist, Researcher, and Director of the Master’s in Art Market and Related Business Management at Nebrija University.

11:00 AM Coffee Break.

11:30 AM Panel Discussion The Taste of Private Collecting as a Prelude to History. Speakers: Candela Álvarez Soldevilla – Entrepreneur and Collector; Javier Quilis – INELCOM Collection; José Miguel Vegas Valle – Collector. Moderator: Luis Feás – Critic and Curator.

1:00 PM Lunch Break.

3:30 PM Individual Lecture On Good Taste in Contemporary Art. Speaker: Marisol Salanova – Curator and Art Critic, Director of Arteinformado.

4:45 PM Panel Discussion The Influence of Galleries in Shaping Contemporary Taste. Speakers: Elba Benítez – Gallerist; Ricardo Pernas – Gallerist (Arniches 26); Aurora Vigil-Escalera – Gallerist. Moderator: Rafael Martín – Coleccion@casamer.

6:00 PM End of Day.

6:30 PM Activity and Cocktail Visit to the Exhibition Asturian Artists in the Pérez Simón Collection – Avilés.

TUESDAY, JULY 8

10:00 AM Individual Lecture Contemporary (Bad) Taste: Kitsch, Camp, and Tacky. Speaker: Julio Pérez Manzanares – Autonomous University of Madrid.

11:00 AM Coffee Break.

11:30 AM Panel Discussion Institutions and the Formation of Contemporary Taste. Speakers: Virginia López – Artist, Founder of PACA_Proyectos Artísticos Casa Antonino; Julieta de Haro – Artistic Director of CentroCentro; Carlos Urroz – Director of Institutional Relations, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Moderator: Laura Gutiérrez – Director, School of Art of Oviedo.

1:00 PM Lunch Break.

3:30 PM Panel Discussion Beyond the Eye: The Taste for Ethical, Ecological, Social, or Political Concerns in Contemporary Art. Speakers: Semíramis González – Independent Curator; Eugenio Ampudia – Artist; Claudia Rodríguez-Ponga – Independent Curator. Moderator: Bárbara Mur Borrás – PhD in Fine Arts.

5:00 PM End of Day.

5:30 PM Activity Visit to the Studiolo Exhibition – Candela Álvarez Soldevilla Collection.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9

9:30 AM Meeting with Asturian Artists Speakers: María Castellanos – Artist; Avelino Sala – Artist; Consuelo Vallina – Artist. Moderator: Pablo Álvarez de Toledo – Nebrija University.

11:00 AM Activity Visit to the Niemeyer Center – Avilés.

Course Closing Ceremony.





This course is designed for art professionals, collectors, researchers, and students seeking an in-depth analysis of the dynamics that shape taste and collecting practices in contemporary art. Adopting a critical and multidisciplinary perspective, it provides a unique opportunity to rigorously examine the aesthetic, symbolic, and structural factors that underpin the legitimization of contemporary art.