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SUMMARY: José Vicente Martín Martínez – All that matters is the story
DESCRIPTION: An artist talk by José Vicente Martín Martínez. Presented as p
 art of the Distinguished Visiting Artist Program in the Department of Art H
 istory\, Visual Art and Theory at The University of British Columbia and th
 e Destino Program at Miguel Hernández University. 
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><a href="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-c
 ontent/uploads/sites/37/2023/09/Jose-Vicente-JCI-poster-final.jpg"><img cla
 ss="aligncenter wp-image-33942" src="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-conten
 t/uploads/sites/37/2023/09/Jose-Vicente-JCI-poster-final-663x1024.jpg" alt=
 "" width="423" height="654" /></a></p><p><b><span data-contrast="none">All 
 that matters is the story</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"
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 one">An artist talk by José Vicente Martín Martínez.</span><span data-ccp-p
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 <p><span data-contrast="none">Wednesday\, September 27\, 2023</span><span d
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 ,"335559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"469777927":[0]\,"469777928":[1]}"><br
  /></span><span data-contrast="none">5:30 p.m.</span><span data-ccp-props="
 {"201341983":0\,"335551550":6\,"335551620":6\,"335559739":0\,"335559740":24
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  data-contrast="none">Room 104\, Frederic Lasserre Building </span><span da
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 "335559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"469777927":[0]\,"469777928":[1]}"><br 
 /></span><span data-contrast="none">6333 Memorial Road\, University of Brit
 ish Columbia</span><br /><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335551550":
 6\,"335551620":6\,"335559739":0\,"335559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"46977
 7927":[0]\,"469777928":[1]}"><br /></span><span data-contrast="none">This e
 vent is free and open to the public.  </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233
 118":false\,"201341983":0\,"335551550":1\,"335551620":1\,"335559739":240\,"
 335559740":252}"> </span></p><p>Please contact the AHVA Visual Resources Ce
 ntre for access to the event recording: <a href="mailto:ahva.vrc@ubc.ca">ah
 va.vrc@ubc.ca</a>.</p><p><span data-contrast="none">This lecture will exami
 ne José Vicente Martín Martínez’s art projects from 2008\, when he abandone
 d his early figurative paintings to focus on a more interdisciplinary appro
 ach with the interest of exploring how narratives shape reality.</span><spa
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  </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">The talk will focus in particular
  on the projects: </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Homunculi and demons
 </span></i><span data-contrast="none"> (2008)\, based on a drama written by
  the artist\; the video installation </span><i><span data-contrast="none">M
 emorial</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> (2017)\, inspired by the dedi
 cated benches of Stanley Park\; the speculative object </span><i><span data
 -contrast="none">Blurring glasses (ut visio poesis)</span></i><span data-co
 ntrast="none"> (2017)\; </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Where nothing 
 happens\, variations on filmic discontinuity</span></i><span data-contrast=
 "none"> (2022)\, which followed a media archaeological approach\; and the e
 ditorial project </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Tomorrow we will leav
 e for the North</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> (2023)\, a trip book.
 </span></p><p> </p><p><b><span data-contrast="none">José Vicente Martín Mar
 tínez</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> (b. 1968) is Professor of Paint
 ing at Miguel Hernández University\, Altea Campus in Spain. </span><span da
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 739":0\,"335559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"469777927":[0]\,"469777928":[1
 ]}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">His career as an artist start
 ed with figurative painting in the nineties\, but he has progressively expa
 nded the range of media he uses to include video\, installation\, speculati
 ve objects\, and editorial projects. His work explores how narrative strate
 gies configure reality\, and how the social and the individual imaginary ar
 e shaped by medial rhetoric\, techniques\, and devices. This evolution rela
 tes to his research into topics that include media archaeology and narrativ
 e strategies\, and their relationships with art practice. </span><span data
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 "> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Since 1993\, he has presented a
  number of solo exhibitions\, including: Galería Buades\, in Madrid (1995)\
 ; Club Diario Levante\, Valencia (</span><i><span data-contrast="none">Well
  worth the flight</span></i><span data-contrast="none">\, 1993)\; Universit
 y of Valencia (</span><i><span data-contrast="none">The shrinking man\,</sp
 an></i> <span data-contrast="none">1995)\; Muelle 27 Gallery\, Madrid (</sp
 an><i><span data-contrast="none">World of J.V. Marjov</span></i><span data-
 contrast="none">\, 2003)\; Espai d’Art “La Llotgeta\,” Valencia (</span><i>
 <span data-contrast="none">Homunculi and demons</span></i><span data-contra
 st="none">\, 2006)\; Fish Market of Alicante\, Spain (</span><i><span data-
 contrast="none">Memorial</span></i><span data-contrast="none">\, 2017)\; Un
 iversity of Umeå\, Sweden (</span><i><span data-contrast="none">The end of 
 the biography</span></i><span data-contrast="none">\, 2018)\; and Fundación
  La Posta\, Valencia (</span><i><span data-contrast="none">Where nothing ha
 ppens\, variations on filmic discontinuity</span></i><i><span data-contrast
 ="none">\,</span></i> <span data-contrast="none">2023).</span><span data-cc
 p-props="{"201341983":0\,"335551550":1\,"335551620":1\,"335559739":200\,"33
 5559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"469777927":[0]\,"469777928":[1]}"> </span
 ></p><p><span data-contrast="none">He has participated in numerous group ex
 hibitions\, notably </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Muestra de Arte Jo
 ven</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> (Madrid\, 1993)\, </span><i><span
  data-contrast="none">Muelle de Levante</span></i><span data-contrast="none
 "> (Madrid\, 1995)\, </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Plural. The Spani
 sh art in the 21st century</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> (Madrid\, 
 2002)\, </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Imago Mundi. Spain Identity / 
 Modernity. Luciano Benetton Collection</span></i><span data-contrast="none"
 > (Venice\, 2015)\, and </span><i><span data-contrast="none">XIII Premio de
  Videoarte</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> (Astillero\, Spain\, 2020)
 .</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335551550":1\,"335551620":1\
 ,"335559731":0\,"335559739":0\,"335559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"4697779
 27":[0]\,"469777928":[1]}"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.josevicentema
 rtin.com/"><span data-contrast="none">http://www.josevicentemartin.com</spa
 n></a><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0\,"335551550":1\,"335551620":1\,"
 335559739":0\,"335559740":240\,"469777462":[284]\,"469777927":[0]\,"4697779
 28":[1]}"><br /></span>Image: José Vicente Martín Martínez\, <i>Memorial</i
 >\, 2017. Courtesy of the artist.</p><p>Presented as part of the Distinguis
 hed Visiting Artist Program in the Department of Art History\, Visual Art a
 nd Theory at The University of British Columbia and the Destino Program at 
 Miguel Hernández University.</p>
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