Lola Lasurt

Lola Lasurt (Barcelona, 1983), visual artist. I work on aspects of des-temporality, evading historical doctrine as an open and self-critical endeavor. Through my projects, I analyze past paradigms of change while reformulating the present. I conduct artistic research through pictorial installation, video, editorial projects, dance, and collaborative processes. All this contributes to a reorganization of historiography through an archaeology of mediums—with painting as a starting point—from a micro-political and performative perspective, framing all my work as an exercise in reenactment.

Among my recent solo exhibitions are: Ensayo para Deep Song, Centro Federico Garcia Lorca, Granada (2022); El Ganxo, Fundació Joan Brossa, Barcelona (2021); Cardiograma, curated by Nuria Enguita, IVAM, Valencia (2021); and Joc d’Infants, La Capella, Barcelona (2020).

Among my group exhibitions are: Preludi. Intenció poètica. Col·lecció Macba, Barcelona (2024); ¿Cuánto dura un eco?, curated by Violeta Janeiro, TEA, Tenerife (2023); Materialisme històric, curated by Pedro G. Romero, La Oficina, Madrid (2023); Popular, curated by Pedro G. Romero, IVAM, Valencia (2023); Un altre fi. La Resta, curated by Amanda Cuesta and Nora Encarola, El Born CCM, Barcelona (2022); Efecto Coloso, curated by Ángel Calvo, Centro de Arte José de Guimarães, Portugal (2021); Uns altres temps, curated by Rosa Lleó, Green Parrot, Barcelona (2021); and Mitos del futuro próximo/Fotonoviembre, curated by Laura Vallés, TEA, Tenerife (2019).

I was nominated for the Young Belgian Art Prize 2015, organized by Jeune Peinture Belge and BOZAR, Brussels. In 2015, I also received the Miquel Casablancas Prize in the project category (Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona). In 2017, I received the Guasch Coranty Prize from the Fundació Ciutat de Valls for the project ‘A Visit to the CP Nel Museum with Mo,’ and the grant for training and development in the field of visual arts abroad from the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, which allowed me to enroll at the Royal College of Art in London. In 2018, I was part of Generación’18 (Fundación Montemadrid/La Casa Encendida) and won third prize at the 15th Naturgy Art Exhibition (MAC, A Coruña) for my project ‘El Partido’. In 2019, I received the Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators from the BBVA Foundation, and I am currently preparing a new project for Manifesta’24.

I hold a degree in Fine Arts from UB. I have been an artist in residence at HISK, Ghent (BE); La Ene, Buenos Aires (AR); Kunsthuis SYB, Friesland (NL); Greatmore Art Studios, Cape Town (SA); and Hangar, Barcelona.

https://lolalasurt.com/

Residency project

Heliofilia originates from an artistic investigation surrounding Els Amics del Sol, a pioneering naturalist movement born in Barcelona in the summer of 1915, aimed at rediscovering part of the buried memory of the beaches in the metropolitan area. Formed by a group of members from the sports and hiking sections of the Ateneu Enciclopèdic Popular, the group’s primary goal was to escape the urban environment by organizing outings to the beach to bring the body into direct contact with natural elements, especially the Sun. Hiking, self-taught exploration of the landscape, and respect for nature defined them before the word “ecology” became widespread. Initially, their first meetings were held at the old Can Tunis beach, now the container unloading dock of the Port of Barcelona. The project involves the creation of two pictorial friezes based on the analytical study of sequences of choreographic exercises that Els Amics del Sol performed on the beaches, inspired by the work of Isadora and Raymond Duncan. These friezes will interact with the architecture of the Casa Gomis in El Prat del Llobregat, one of the venues for Manifesta 15.

Additionally, the project also includes the recreation of three excursions by Els Amics del Sol between September and November 2024: one at the now-defunct Can Tunis Beach and two at different sections of El Prat Beach.

Team:

These artistic recreations, understood as ‘choreographed walks,’ will be open to the general public and will feature a dance intervention in collaboration with choreographer Mireia de Querol, performers Manuela Raurich, Elena Lalucat, and Sergi Rodríguez, musician Arnau Millà, and costumes by Sara Espinosa and Mònica Calor. Daniel Barbé Farré, director of the Arxiu de Paisatges Inestables, the Taula del Llobregat, laviral (Radical School of Arts and Sciences), Annelies Broekman, a water management researcher at CREAF, and El Graner will also participate.