Mario acting Garnet character

The first sing of Garnet was in 2015 in Tabacalera, during a mural painting session, when preparing the first workshop in Madrid.

Since then, Mario has been working on this animating character, a new process was slowly been opened.

In Mario’s work we can see a lot of similarities with AIM (Bristol), around the story and its representation through the clothing, being more precise with the work of Betty Sargent.

Garnet's weak

Detail of Garnet's weak

Garnet's globes

Most recently the clothing elaboration on the process of Garnet (weak and globes) has gone a further step in the imitation of the character.

At the moment, Mario together with the wales artist Cai Tomos, is starting the first movements in the representation of the character.

Mario Batanero acting Garnet, together with 

Cai Tomos (Nave 10, Matadero-Madrid, 2017)

Working with needles

There are already 3 artists working on sewing.

Marina Solana, Mercedes Serra and Rúl Hernández are opening the path in this field, substituting drawing materials by needles and fabrics. These artworks are personal tales and the three of them relating to the mothers. Marina’s mother is from Japan and she is sketching in fabric all the Japanese family. Mercedes is working with the memory of her mother who died a year ago. In her embroidered portrait, you will see her mother holding her grandchild. Raul’s work is more abstract, but he likes sewing because her mother was a dress maker and he comes to the workshop with a fantastic sewing box with plenty of colourful threads 

Marina Solana 

Mercedes Serra

Raúl Hernández

Examples of some of the Tea Service plates

 

 

 

 
 
 

The Tea Service Launch

The first tea services at Spike Island Open Studios have been a great success, some fascinating conversations complimented by tea and cake. 

The artists working with AIM developed the idea for this project. We also invited our partners from Debajo del Sombrero and Gasp. 

The project was a creative way to engage with other groups, organisations and local community networks to discuss and share ideas about a wide range of topics including art, disability and local history. It was also a great opportunity to share the work we had been dong through our European exchange.

The central focus of the artwork consists of a purpose-made tea set, created by the artists through applying their painting, drawings, writing and photography to china whiteware by using ceramic transfers.

The artwork will tour to a number of venues in Bristol; art institutions, creative spaces, community centres and schools where the artists will invite others to join them at the table for art, tea and discussion. Maybe in the future maybe it could even tour to Madrid and Cork.

DS-Mariana Solana's Japaneese family

Marina Solana 's work is very much around her family and so this is an interesting drawing about her family from Japan. After the drawing it becomes an embroidery of the family.

DS-Belén's next film costume

Clothes made by Belén for her next film "MARKALA 44". they are the clothes for the bad people.

DS-Belén and Jorge at San Antón's church

We have been working at San Antón church. This is the church of the homeless and it is open 24 horas a day. It is located at the very centre of the city of Madrid.

As we have to exchange photos of architecture and especial places of the city of Madrid with the artists from Cork and Bristol, we thought that it would be a very good idea to start up with this church as it is full of histories. We spent two mornings there. Belen has taken 999 photos and that was edited in a sequence with music played by her with the piano. This is the video and it was thought for Dave Pearse, artist from Bristol to write about it.  Jorge has drawn the big central altar

https://vimeo.com/198859890