anecdotes from the other side

Stories are best told at night, probably even better when darkness begins to fall; when jinn move, when objects reveal their hidden histories and when nocturnal confabulators recite their stories for those who have the desire to hear them.

"Anecdotes from the Other Side" is a performative work in two acts by Arash Fayez in collaboration with Noela Covelo Velasco and TRIIM, which is presented from dusk until the beginning of the night.
The bilingual (Spanish/English) publication of this play will be launched at the end of this event, and all proceeds will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in support of the people of Gaza.

This event is part of a research project entitled "The in-Between: an Emotional Landscape" developed through The Scotsman 2022 call for research projects. It is a research project exploring the concept of the 'in-between'.

bio

Arash Fayez is an artist who is currently based in Madrid. He has a bachelor in architecture from the university of Soureh (Tehran, Iran) and a Masters in Fine Arts from California College the Arts (San Francisco, United States).

Fayez’s practice investigates conditions of displacement and notions such as statelessness, limbo, and in-betweenness. Spanning writing, performance, and video, his projects explore situations where the mind is in limbo and the body is in between; in other words, the mental and physical states resulting from being between two locations, two cultures, or two identities. Fayez’s practice looks at the segment that separates two conditions and directs the audience to neither one place nor another but to what can be found in between. His work is primarily based on autobiographical experiences interlaced with fictional and nonfictional content. By employing storytelling strategies, he combines fiction and documentary to construct an emotional landscape that resonates with the in-between.

Fayez has presented his projects at venues such as Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York); Musée du quai Branly (Paris); the British Museum (London); the Wattis Institute (San Francisco); Asian Art Museum (San Francisco); Württembergischer Kunstverein (Stuttgart); Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA); La Virreina Centro de la Imagen (Barcelona); i Cineteca Matadero (Madrid).

James Trimmer is a musician and visual artist based between Barcelona and London. After playing in various bands in London, he adopted the moniker TRIIM for his solo projects, releasing music on the Barcelona-based label Drakis and London-based label Atata Records. He composed and performed the score for Soren Evinson's Just Desire.

Noela Covelo Velasco (Pontevedra, 1994) lives in Barcelona since 2012. Her practice is linked to the voice as a material and sound space, getting closer and closer to choral composition. She has had solo exhibitions at Bombon Projects in the context of Art Nou 2022 and the Museum of Tortosa, and has presented performances at espai Nyam Nyam, Mieres and Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid.
Graduate in Design, specialising in Fashion at ESDi and Master's Degree in Sound Art from the University of Barcelona. Co-founder of the environment for pedagogical experimentation c h o r o located in the Foc space, and member of the study group of practices linked to the body Cascades and 101, practice linked to textiles, fashion and ornamentation. Since 2022 she has been a member of the MACBA Web Radio working group.

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