A Green Jade Lake at CentroCentro

Artists: Coral Morphologic, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Fabian Knecht, Geocinema, Gerard Ortín Castellví, Jana Winderer, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Jonathas de Andrade, Lola Zoido, Maria Nolla, Mauricio Freyre, Michael Wang, Mónica Mays, Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Ursula Biemann, +

Exhibition title: A Green Jade Lake

Curated by: Institute for Postnatural Studies, Gabriel Alonso, Karol Muñozcano Poliwka, Matteo Guarnaccia, Pablo Ferreira Navone, Yuri Tuma

Venue: CentroCentro, Madrid, Spain

Date: October 14, 2021 – March 13, 2022

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and CentroCentro, Madrid

Note: Exhibition booklet is available here

A Green Jade Lake is envisioned as an experiential journey that invites the visitor to wander through its different rooms and landscapes and to reflect on the idea of nature in the contemporary moment. In a situation of ecological fragility, we need to rethink the relationships and flows that are established between humans, ecosystems and their environments, and to take into consideration the new complexities that exist between the natural and the artificial.

Taking the image of a forest as its starting point, as the threshold beyond which categories become entwined, the exhibition includes experience, fiction, artistic work and research to allow us to explore new ways in which we can interact with the planet. Addressing different subjects such as coexistence, botany, territorial policies or the aesthetics associated with the representation of nature, the exhibition is understood as a constellation that creates open and transformative universes.

This exhibition proposes a new contemporary approach to nature in which all audiences, all bodies and all voices can participate.

The Institute for Postnatural Studies is a centre for artistic experimentation from which to explore and problematize the postnatural as a framework for contemporary creation. Founded in 2020, the Institute is a platform for critical thinking, a network that brings together artists and researchers concerned about the issues of the global ecological crisis through experimental formats, sharing and producing open knowledge. The institute is structured around a physical space where workshops, conferences and exhibitions take place, as well as the production of theoretical material. The Institute also hosts two artistic production residences of writing and creation.

A Green Jade Lake, 2022, exhibition view, CentroCentro, Madrid, a project curated by Institute for Postnatural Studies