cineclub

The film club is a monthly gathering where we will present a carefully curated selection of films. Each session will include a screening and vegetarian snacks prepared by a guest artist, inspired by the film being shown. 

In this session, we will look at works by Bárbara S. Barroso. 

Wednesday, June 17

20h

Botanical Dream by Bárbara S. Barroso | 2022 | 5:41 min

In a dreamlike fantasy, the plants of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden imagine an escape beyond the boundaries that confine them. The film gives voice to a garden that dreams of becoming a forest.
 

The way my mother talked to plants by Bárbara S. Barroso | 2022 | 11:44 min

Filmed alongside her mother, the film explores the emotional bonds and caregiving practices between humans and non-humans.
 

Una comunitat de llavors i de relats by Bárbara S. Barroso | 2023 | 10:08 min

Through a series of shared walks and the collective creation of a 16mm film, a group of students explores alternative ways of seeing, inhabiting the landscape, and engaging with images.
 

Aiguarir by Bárbara S. Barroso in collaboration with Maria Marvila | 2023 | 11:18 min

Inspired by a fire that transformed the landscape of Sant Pere de Rodes, the film documents a collective action that bridges the mountain and the sea. A ritual of repair and care that invites us to imagine other ways of relating to the land.
 

Biophilia by Bárbara S. Barroso | 2023 | 7:04 min

In a world where the system we once knew seems to have come to an end, a voice imagines new ways of inhabiting the ruins. An exercise in speculative storytelling about possibility, coexistence, and the construction of alternative futures.
 

Els peregrins by Bárbara S. Barroso | 2026 | 14:34 min

Near Barcelona-El Prat Airport, a falconer works to keep birds away that interfere with air traffic. Set amid farmlands, falcons, and airplanes, the film explores the complex relationships between humans, animals, and infrastructure.

21:30h

Vegetarian snacks by Yazel Parra.

bios

Bárbara S. Barroso works primarily with film and video installation, as well as through performance and writing. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Audiovisual Communication from the University of Barcelona, a postgraduate degree from HISK in Belgium, and a master’s degree in artistic research from the Malmö Art Academy in Sweden. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues and institutions such as the Fundació Joan Miró, La Capella, Centre d’Art La Panera, the Taipei MoCA, the MHKA in Antwerp, and the Bienal Sur, among others. She is currently a doctoral candidate at BAU-UVic, an artist-in-residence at La Escocesa, and a lecturer at various universities and institutions.

Yazel Parra is a Venezuelan performer, researcher, and cultural mediator. She defines herself as a deconstructed actress/cultural worker. She completed postgraduate studies (Master’s and PhD, UAB) on the political and poetic possibilities of contemporary theatre created within marginalized communities, and attended the Independent Studies Program at MACBA (2023–24). Her current practice investigates artistic languages through the materiality of the body and everyday life surrounding food, work rhythms, and domestic knowledge, seeking to listen to the questions that emerge and how they propose other forms of cultural mediation.

Activity coordinated by Catarina Botelho, Carlos Vásquez, Marla Jacarilla, Valentina Alvarado Matos and Elena Maravillas.

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