ECHO: DRIVING, DREAMING, DRIFTING

Driving, Dreaming, Drifting focuses on the impact of the automobile on the environment and the city. The project originated in Stuttgart and brings what was experienced, learned, and discovered there to Brussels and Barcelona in the form of echoes. This polyphony, unfolding across different temporal and spatial levels, seeks to create a cross-border artistic dialogue.

In Barcelona, Natalia Domínguez and Paco Ladrón de Guevara continue the processes begun in Stuttgart or translate them into new forms. While the first part centered on the theme of air, the echoes foregrounds the interplay of bodies, natural resources, and patriarchal dominances, which can be subsumed under the concept of petromasculinity. Central to the project throughout is an engagement with public space, its social hierarchies, and mechanisms of exclusion. From queer-feminist perspectives that emphasize fluidity, corporeality, and collective participation, the works presented develop alternative ways of thinking toward greater justice and inclusivity.

An accompanying publication brings together texts, research, interviews, and artistic works, with contributions by Camila Cañeque, Cara New Daggett, Natalia Domínguez, Julia Hainz, Arnau Horta, Paco Ladrón de Guevara, Kenza Lansari and Hannah Lyssens, Marenka Krasomil, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.), Jasmin Schädler, and Selma Selman.

At the opening on 13 February, Natalia Domínguez presents the second part of her performance RALENTÍ: TICKING OVER. The voices and bodies of three performers enter into dialogue with mechanical residues; breaths, hums, and echoes form a sonic composition.

Driving, Dreaming, Drifting is a project by Art Public Space – Culture Matters gUG as part of CURRENT – ART AND URBAN SPACE CURRENT – ART AND URBAN SPACE in collaboration with Centre Cívic Sant – Andreu Districte de Sant Andreu,  Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creaciò Barcelona, and Recyclart in Brussels.