Roundtable on Memory and Participation

by sergi | Oct 21, 2015

An introduction to citizen participatory processes in the building of collective memory. Presentation of the projects for the future monument of the former Les Corts Women’s Prison and the Model Prison memorial project, promoted by EUROM and the Polis Research...

Las Ventas: the history of a women’s prison (1933-1969)

by sergi | Oct 20, 2015

Curated by Fernando Hernández Holgado, this exhibition aims to reconstruct the history of the women’s prison of Las ventas (1933-1969), in Madrid. Created as a flagship project of the republican penal reforms, with Victoria Kent named the first woman director of...

“Blood brothers. The search continues”

by EUROM | Oct 9, 2015

“Hijos de Sangre. La búsqueda continúa” (Blood brothers. The search goes on) describes Virginia Orgando’s search for her brother, who was born in 1976 while their parents, Stella Maris Montesana and Jorge Ogando, were kidnapped by military forces...

Street Chroniclers: Passerby stories of dictatorship

by sergi | Sep 21, 2015

A series of four performances and an interactive audiovisual production including spontaneous interviews and invited guests to approach some of the episodes related to the the years of francoism in Barcelona. Organized in collaboration with Eduxarxa, the activity was...

Franco 4040: Francoism under quarantine. 40 years of dictatorship after 40 years of democracy

by EUROM | Sep 20, 2015

On November 20, Spain commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of the last dictatorship in Western Europe. Francisco Franco died on such a day in 1975 leaving behind almost 40 years of repression. 40 years later Spain still deals with its consequences. Franco...