MORE-THAN-HUMANS PUBLIC PROGRAM
Tomás Saraceno, Living at the Bottom of the Ocean of Air (Underwater Spider), 2018. Courtesy the artist.
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PUBLIC PROGRAM
EducaThyssen offers the general public a variety of educational resources related to More-than-humans exhibition to facilitate comprehension, enrich the experience and show how it is connected to other works in the museum’s collection.
Conversatorio 21 [Conversation Studio 21]
Conversation with the audience about the More-than-humans exhibition, guided by a museum educator. This activity aims to make the show more accessible and understandable and draw visitors into a lively debate about the discourse of the artists and the curator. Advance registration at www.educathyssen.org required.
5, 10, 19 and 24 October and 2, 7, 16, 21 and 30 November at 4:30 pm
Sound Intervention
In partnership with the Centro District Municipal School of Music and Dance, EducaThyssen proposes a sound intervention related to the exhibition. More information at www.educathyssen.org
Workshop Tuning in to other worlds: Spider webs and invertebrate vibrations
Activity led by Dr Roland Mühlethaler, entomologist and expert on vibrational communication in animals. In this popular science workshop, participants build simple electronic devices that let them hear the vibrations made by spiders, insects and other invertebrates. The devices made during the workshop can later be used in another activity, "Spider Web Mapping and Field Recording in local ecosystems".
30 October, 10 am–1 pm
Guided tour: Spider web mapping against extinction and field recording in local ecosystems
Activity led by entomologist Dr Roland Mühlethaler. During this guided tour of the Real Jardín Botánico, participants will learn how to find the spider webs that share our urban ecosystems. Those who participated in the previous workshop can use their recording devices to pick up the vibrations of the invertebrate worlds they discover.
30 October 3–5 pm and 31 October 10am–1 pm
Advance registration at actividades@tba21.org required
Arachnomancy readings
Individual fortune-telling sessions with Ania Puig Chang, using spider-based “Arachnomancy” cards 15-minute sessions conducted in Spanish. Register at actividades@tba21.org
30 and 31 October, 2–7 pm
Talk: Human and Nonhuman Intelligence
Celebrated artist Joan Jonas has focused on animals, the body, and mythologies throughout her exceptional career. Storytelling, movement, and sound are important tools in her oeuvre, evoking that which cannot be explained by the rational human mind. Next February, TBA21 will bring Jonas’s exhibition “Moving Off the Land II” to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. This round table focuses on Jonas and brings her in conversation with founder of TBA21, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, whose recent lecture performance Sounds Too Many homes in on the auditory senses in the oceans, sound archivist, curator, and founder of the label Mana Andrea Zarza, and Stefanie Hessler, curator of the exhibition and director of Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway
30 October, 7–8:30 pm, Auditorium, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Free admission. Advance registration at www.museothyssen.org required.
Arachno-concert: interspecies jam session with a spider performed by Niño de Elche
The “More-than-humans” public program comes to a close with an Arachno improvised concert: an improvised jam session between singer Niño de Elche and a Cyrtophora citricola spider, whose spider web has been rendered sensitive as a musical instrument via Saraceno’s custom spider/web sonification devices, which amplify the spider/web’s vibrations, and feed vibrations back into the spider/web. Francisco Contreras Molina, known as Niño de Elche, is an artist, poet, and flamenco singer. Considered one of the greatest innovators of flamenco today, his work is difficult to classify within a single genre. He combines flamenco with jazz and electronics as well as performance art, poetry, and dance. On this unique occasion, Niño de Elche jams live on stage with spiders. Here human culture meets nonhuman intelligence. This concert is part of an ongoing series conceived of as communicative experimental encounters between species by Tomás Saraceno Studio. Introduction by Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza and intervention by Tomás Saraceno. In collaboration with Radio 3.
31 October, 8 pm. Auditorium, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Advance registration at actividades@tba21.org required.
Conversation: Learning form the others
María Blasco (researcher and director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre) and Rafael Doctor Roncero (curator, art critic and former director of the MUSAC and the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía) will talk about how to learn from animals in an anthropocentric culture. Moderated by Carlos Urroz (director of TBA21).
12 November, 5–7 pm. Auditorium, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Free admission. Advance registration at www.museothyssen.org required.
Other activities and partnership for special audiences Comunidad Musaraña [Shrew Community]
For practising teachers and educators Over a weekend, teachers will experiment with contemporary art to discover new lines of work related to non-human intelligence and environmental awareness.
Saturday, 26 October 2019, 10 am–2 pm and 4–7 pm Sunday, 27 October 2019, 10 am–2 pm More information at www.educathyssen.org
Hecho a Medida [Made to Measure]
For community, social and healthcare organisations and collectives Tours of the exhibition, designed in collaboration with participating institutions, that draw connections between the featured artworks and the specific interests of these collectives.
1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 October and 5, 12, 19 and 26 November at 4 pm Bookings at educathyssen@museothyssen.org or on +34 913 600 334
Un Impulso Externo [An External Drive]
Activity for Education students In partnership with the Complutense University of Madrid’s Department of Education Sciences, EducaThyssen offers an introduction to the practices and content of contemporary art for Education students preparing to become teachers. Free admission. More information at www. educathyssen.org
Partnership with Medialab-Prado
On the occasion of More-than-humans, Medialab Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza are launching a collaborative programme which will link the exhibition themes to a public call for projects that explore the connections between living organisms and digital invention. Thanks to this partnership, there will also be a guided tour of the More-than-humans exhibition at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza on 29 November and a visit to the Fab Lab to see the projects developed during the month of November. For more information about the Medialab Prado workshops, write to: info@medialab-Prado.es, actividades@tba21.org
Partnership with Teatro Real
To mark the presentation of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s work OPERA (QM.15) at the More-than-humans exhibition, the Teatro Real, TBA21 and the Museo Nacional ThyssenBornemisza have joined forces and opened their doors to a variety of institutional activities and events.
TBA21, in partnership with nuevospublicos com, is working to engage with new audiences through offline and online campaigns aimed at associations and collectives in the fields of the environment, ecology, science, research, development and technology, attempting to create synergies between their practices and the content of More-than-humans.
For more information, please write to actividades@tba21.org or tba21@nuevospublicos.com
PUBLIC PROGRAM
EducaThyssen offers the general public a variety of educational resources related to More-than-humans exhibition to facilitate comprehension, enrich the experience and show how it is connected to other works in the museum’s collection.
Conversatorio 21 [Conversation Studio 21]
Conversation with the audience about the More-than-humans exhibition, guided by a museum educator. This activity aims to make the show more accessible and understandable and draw visitors into a lively debate about the discourse of the artists and the curator. Advance registration at www.educathyssen.org required.
5, 10, 19 and 24 October and 2, 7, 16, 21 and 30 November at 4:30 pm
Sound Intervention
In partnership with the Centro District Municipal School of Music and Dance, EducaThyssen proposes a sound intervention related to the exhibition. More information at www.educathyssen.org
Workshop Tuning in to other worlds: Spider webs and invertebrate vibrations
Activity led by Dr Roland Mühlethaler, entomologist and expert on vibrational communication in animals. In this popular science workshop, participants build simple electronic devices that let them hear the vibrations made by spiders, insects and other invertebrates. The devices made during the workshop can later be used in another activity, "Spider Web Mapping and Field Recording in local ecosystems".
30 October, 10 am–1 pm
Guided tour: Spider web mapping against extinction and field recording in local ecosystems
Activity led by entomologist Dr Roland Mühlethaler. During this guided tour of the Real Jardín Botánico, participants will learn how to find the spider webs that share our urban ecosystems. Those who participated in the previous workshop can use their recording devices to pick up the vibrations of the invertebrate worlds they discover.
30 October 3–5 pm and 31 October 10am–1 pm
Advance registration at actividades@tba21.org required
Arachnomancy readings
Individual fortune-telling sessions with Ania Puig Chang, using spider-based “Arachnomancy” cards 15-minute sessions conducted in Spanish. Register at actividades@tba21.org
30 and 31 October, 2–7 pm
Talk: Human and Nonhuman Intelligence
Celebrated artist Joan Jonas has focused on animals, the body, and mythologies throughout her exceptional career. Storytelling, movement, and sound are important tools in her oeuvre, evoking that which cannot be explained by the rational human mind. Next February, TBA21 will bring Jonas’s exhibition “Moving Off the Land II” to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. This round table focuses on Jonas and brings her in conversation with founder of TBA21, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, whose recent lecture performance Sounds Too Many homes in on the auditory senses in the oceans, sound archivist, curator, and founder of the label Mana Andrea Zarza, and Stefanie Hessler, curator of the exhibition and director of Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway
30 October, 7–8:30 pm, Auditorium, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Free admission. Advance registration at www.museothyssen.org required.
Arachno-concert: interspecies jam session with a spider performed by Niño de Elche
The “More-than-humans” public program comes to a close with an Arachno improvised concert: an improvised jam session between singer Niño de Elche and a Cyrtophora citricola spider, whose spider web has been rendered sensitive as a musical instrument via Saraceno’s custom spider/web sonification devices, which amplify the spider/web’s vibrations, and feed vibrations back into the spider/web. Francisco Contreras Molina, known as Niño de Elche, is an artist, poet, and flamenco singer. Considered one of the greatest innovators of flamenco today, his work is difficult to classify within a single genre. He combines flamenco with jazz and electronics as well as performance art, poetry, and dance. On this unique occasion, Niño de Elche jams live on stage with spiders. Here human culture meets nonhuman intelligence. This concert is part of an ongoing series conceived of as communicative experimental encounters between species by Tomás Saraceno Studio. Introduction by Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza and intervention by Tomás Saraceno. In collaboration with Radio 3.
31 October, 8 pm. Auditorium, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Advance registration at actividades@tba21.org required.
Conversation: Learning form the others
María Blasco (researcher and director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre) and Rafael Doctor Roncero (curator, art critic and former director of the MUSAC and the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía) will talk about how to learn from animals in an anthropocentric culture. Moderated by Carlos Urroz (director of TBA21).
12 November, 5–7 pm. Auditorium, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Free admission. Advance registration at www.museothyssen.org required.
Other activities and partnership for special audiences Comunidad Musaraña [Shrew Community]
For practising teachers and educators Over a weekend, teachers will experiment with contemporary art to discover new lines of work related to non-human intelligence and environmental awareness.
Saturday, 26 October 2019, 10 am–2 pm and 4–7 pm Sunday, 27 October 2019, 10 am–2 pm More information at www.educathyssen.org
Hecho a Medida [Made to Measure]
For community, social and healthcare organisations and collectives Tours of the exhibition, designed in collaboration with participating institutions, that draw connections between the featured artworks and the specific interests of these collectives.
1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 October and 5, 12, 19 and 26 November at 4 pm Bookings at educathyssen@museothyssen.org or on +34 913 600 334
Un Impulso Externo [An External Drive]
Activity for Education students In partnership with the Complutense University of Madrid’s Department of Education Sciences, EducaThyssen offers an introduction to the practices and content of contemporary art for Education students preparing to become teachers. Free admission. More information at www. educathyssen.org
Partnership with Medialab-Prado
On the occasion of More-than-humans, Medialab Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza are launching a collaborative programme which will link the exhibition themes to a public call for projects that explore the connections between living organisms and digital invention. Thanks to this partnership, there will also be a guided tour of the More-than-humans exhibition at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza on 29 November and a visit to the Fab Lab to see the projects developed during the month of November. For more information about the Medialab Prado workshops, write to: info@medialab-Prado.es, actividades@tba21.org
Partnership with Teatro Real
To mark the presentation of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s work OPERA (QM.15) at the More-than-humans exhibition, the Teatro Real, TBA21 and the Museo Nacional ThyssenBornemisza have joined forces and opened their doors to a variety of institutional activities and events.
TBA21, in partnership with nuevospublicos com, is working to engage with new audiences through offline and online campaigns aimed at associations and collectives in the fields of the environment, ecology, science, research, development and technology, attempting to create synergies between their practices and the content of More-than-humans.
For more information, please write to actividades@tba21.org or tba21@nuevospublicos.com
