On 16 January 2026 at 8:00 PM, Espacio Tangente (Burgos, Spain) will host the opening of The Eloquent Silence of the Landscape, a photographic project by Toni Coll Tort that brings into dialogue the power of the Castilian landscape with the silenced histories of Francoist repression in the province of Burgos.
The exhibition emerged from the author’s direct engagement with memorialist collectives and the Coordinadora para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica de Burgos (CRMHB). It has been produced in collaboration with the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) of the Solidarity Foundation of the University of Barcelona, within the framework of the commemoration “Spain in Freedom. 50 Years.”
Based on the census and map of mass graves in Castilla y León, the project focuses on landscapes where graves have been documented but not yet excavated—places where memory remains underground, and where the seemingly quiet terrain safeguards what institutional oblivion sought to erase.
Without intervening or marking the sites, Toni Coll Tort allows the terrain, architecture, and passage of time to speak for themselves. Each image invites viewers to look with respect, listen with their eyes, and recognize the dignity of those who still await justice.
Associated Activities
With the aim of broadening the dialogue with the public and deepening the themes addressed in the exhibition, The Eloquent Silence of the Landscape will feature a programme of parallel activities:
Guided tours
Tuesday, 20 and 27 January, and 3 February at 7:30 pm
Saturday, 7 February at 12:30 pm
The Sounds of Fear. Archive and sound art workshop around historical memory
With Edurne Rubio and Álvaro Alonso de Armiño G.
29, 30 and 31 January at 8:30 pm
Prior registration required: [email protected]
€10 for non-members of Espacio Tangente
Closing activity | Debate
“Landscape and Memory: Heritage, Intervention and Conservation”
6 February at 7:30 pm
With the participation of Foro Arte y Territorio, the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM), the Coordinadora para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica de Burgos (CRMHB), and the author.