Karaoke Biennial

Karaoke occupies a marginal position as a cultural genre, although every day it summons thousands of bodies in bars, party rooms, canteens or virtual platforms to tune their heartbeats to the chords of a hit and put themselves at the service of the reproduction of a series of images, models and identities.

From the Digitalisation Guild we have invited a series of artists interested in the practice of karaoke to reflect on this playful way of being together. What artistic potential does karaoke have today? What would a karaoke biennial be like?

From 5 to 7 p.m.: Round table with the artists Scott Sinclair, Joana Tischkau and Clara Reiner, moderated by Pilar Cruz.

From 19h to 20h: Clàudia del Barrio and Noela Covelo Velasco invite us to sing in an open-air karaoke and to transform ourselves into a virtual image. A festive game of presentation of the project Chroma Sessions III, in which the artists continue their research on the karaoke space.

By the Digitalisation Guild

In collaboration with Festa Major del Raval

Languages:
Round table in English, without simultaneous translation.
Karaoke in Catalan and Spanish.

Clàudia del Barrio is a video artist. Her practice focuses on the construction of identity from the intersection of popular culture and the emerging fictional forms of the new audiovisual media.

Noela Covelo Velasco is an artist, graduated in fashion design and trained in vocal and singing techniques. Her artistic work approaches voice and clothing from their relationship with the body and its capacity for transformation.

Scott Sinclair is the soul of the musical project Company Fuck (CxFx). In his energetic live shows, he parodies the figures of DJ, MC, singer and dancer, and proposes a vertiginous journey through hardcore, rave, noise, with pop and karaoke interludes.

Joana Tischkau and Clara Reiner are choreographers and performers. Trained at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Gießen, they are dedicated to contemporary stage creation. Their pieces explore themes such as racialisation, queer politics, friendship and science fiction.

Pilar Cruz is a curator, cultural manager and "ye-y-e girl". She is interested in hybrid projects that critically reflect areas and uses of digital culture: from its conditions of material production, memes, genres and clichés to the excess of heteropatriarchal presence in cultural discourse.