Before and After, Time and Possibilities at SEAT School
“We propose a work of practice, research, and collective creation with the students focused on the history of SEAT School, with the aim of developing a ‘site-specific’ project that values the school’s space from an architectural and historical point of view, its trajectory, and its impact on the life of the neighborhood and its inhabitants.
In this process, we will invite the students to explore, on the one hand, the history of SEAT School, its transformation, its various uses, the people who have inhabited it, its function within the community, and its influence on the surrounding environment; and on the other hand, the memory of the students’ own experiences throughout their time at the school.
We will approach memory and history creatively, proposing a play on temporality and the possible derivatives and/or versions of the same origin, entering the realm of possibilities, inspired by personal and collective imagination linked to a common space. Moreover, by working on the relationship between body and word, we will question the meaning we give to forms, starting from their abstract condition and giving them different interpretations.
We aim to approach the project from an integrative perspective, allowing collaboration with other teachers and enabling the students themselves to develop different skills in various areas creatively and in collaboration with their peers.”
Mireia de Querol / Big Bouncers
The Big Bouncers Collective is composed of Anna Rubirola, Cecilia Colacrai, and Mireia de Querol. All of them have extensive experience as creators both individually and alongside other artists, as well as in dance education. From the beginning, the collective’s work has focused on the creation of stage pieces, performances for unconventional ‘site-specific’ spaces, and pedagogy.
Among their notable works are: *Big Bounce* (2013), for which they received the Sebastià Gasch Award, Applause for Emerging Creation, FAD 2015; *Big Bounce Site Specific* (2013), *O.V.N.I* (2017), *Jungla* (2018), and *PLATA* (2023). Some of the pedagogical activities the collective has participated in include: Pedagogical project for teachers and early childhood education schools organized by GRANER 2019-2020; En Residència Project 2018, conducted at Moisès Broggi Secondary School and promoted by the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) and the Barcelona Education Consortium (CEB); Culturnautes at the CCCB (2020 and 2021), Dansalabo 2022 (La Caldera).
Reference teachers: Juan Diego Arenas (6th A) and Laura Gris (6th B)
The educational program of Graner is part of the Caixa d’Eines program, driven by the Barcelona Neighborhood Plan, which involves the introduction of artistic practices within the school curriculum with the aim of reducing inequalities between the city’s neighborhoods.
Mediation by Magdalena Garzon – Graner.
