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PROHIBIDO CANTAR / NO SINGING (2012)



ON VIEW:
Galerie MICHEL REIN, Paris. April 6- june 1st 2013.

matadero madrid / abiertoXobras Sept 14 / December 31 / 2012

Prohibido cantar / No singing. review ARTFORUM. 01.2013 Martí Perán. pdf /ENG 







'It's easier getting gold out of men than from rivers'.
Bertolt Brecht, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, 1927-30

 
The foundation of a city is not necessarily a heroic act. Everyday a new city begins to be built on water, concrete, sweat and money. Some are -almost- a pure idea. In his election manifesto president Juscelino Kubitschek promised the creation of a modern capital for Brazil in three years, Brasilia was built amongst the weeds of the high central plane, faithfully following the plans of Lucio Costa. At the same time the builders, who came on foot from all parts of the country, pitched their trembling huts where they slept and founded– without knowing it- their own city.
 
There are glass cities that grow out of offices and others made from tin and card that dance to the rhythm of their own inhabitants. On one occasion, a group of outlaws were being tailed by the police, when their truck broke down in the middle of the desert. They couldn't keep going or turn back. So they ended up founding a paradise city, the golden city, where the worst crime was not to have any money. That city was called Mahagonny and Bertolt Brecht envisioned it at the time when Las Vegas came about shaping the image of the city that we recognise today.
 
In Prohibido cantar / No Singing a few characters make a gambling den where they offer entertainment games, tricks, love and food at low prices. The action takes place close to a dusty road, on the same plot of land -near Zaragoza- and during the time in which a great private city was planned, with 32 casinos, called Gran Escala, which was to attract 25 million visitors, and yet never saw the light of day. These images reveal how the city of Eurofarlete thrives, under a blazing sun and strong blowing winds. Fragments of what passed there over two days may help to discern the particular form of organisation needed for survival, where everything is on sale at a bargain price or indeed at any price.




matadero/madrid

PROHIBIDO CANTAR / NO SINGING installation video



Prohibido Cantar/ No Singing
 produced by CO producciones (Barcelona) & Matadero Madrid Abierto x Obras (Madrid)


PROHIBIDO CANTAR/NO SINGING:

With:
Jenny:
 Inma Chopo, Leocadia Begbick: Isabel Rodríguez. Fugitives: Jordi Romero, Josep Maria Faro. The magicians: Jordi Magomero, Sergi Ayet. Tickets: Reyes Vicente de Blas. Guitarist: Marc Viaplana, Joueurs : Julio Pareja, Luis Orduña (Berger), José Luis Lasheras, Raquel Atares, Leticia Navarro, Raquel Gazol, Beatriz Fle, Raúl Gazol, Alberto Samper, Carlos Javier Rodrigo, Alonso Ruata, Andrea Lostao, Francisco Tolosa, Crescencio Martinez, Joaquín Fustero, Ainhoa Gimeno, Pilar Letosa, Maksim Malachenko, Ivet Lafuente, Jaime Sánchez, Marta Soto, Andrea Lastao, Sabina Azara.

Crew:
Direction Assistant: Albert Kuhn. Camera Men: Marcell Erdélyi. Production: Oriol Caba, Production Assistants: Agnès Mateus, Irene Milla, Carles Fígols. Still Photography: Marc Viaplana. Sound: Gautam K. Choudhury. Sound Assistant: Alex Silva, Adrià Martí. Set Construction: Sági Szabolcs. Camara Assistants: Deirdre Canle, Sofía Pérez Portabella. Media Manager:Tomás Muñoz. Post-production vidéo: Adolf Alcanyiz.


Aknowledgments: Ayuntamiento de Farlete