“Papagaio”, by Maribel Longueira and Luisa Villalta. Photographic-poetic chronicle about Neighborhood’s Transformation
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“Papagaio”, by Maribel Longueira and Luisa Villalta. Photographic-poetic chronicle about Neighborhood’s Transformation
Year of publication:
2020
Editorial:
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ISBN:
978-84-09-26948-8
How to quote
Nogueira Pereira, M.X. (2020). “Papagaio” de Maribel Longueira y Luisa Villalta. Crónica fotográfico-poética de la transformación de un barrio. En Chaves Martín, M.A. (coord.), Visiones urbanas. IX Jornadas Internacionales Arte y Ciudad: Madrid, 21, 22 y 23 de octubre de 2020 (pp. 339-346). Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. https://es.calameo.com/read/00441965924c516ab15cf
Abstract
The demolition Works for real estate exploitation of O Papagaio, a popular neighbourhood in A Coruña, started in 2001. With them, the process of transformation of a humble buildings zone and prostibular activity in a block of flats and shopping centre began. The demolition of the buildings, which meant the disappearance of a lifestyle, was documented by the photographer Maribel Longueira. In addition to creating an exhibition, she composed in an inter-artistic dialogue with the poet Luísa Villalta the book titled Papagaio (2006). Within it, and from a critical perspective, the two authors prepare a document in which they leave testimony to the destruction and memories of a daily life marked over decades by repression, the violence exerted by patriarchy, prostitution and the market laws. The aim of the communication is to analyze the mechanisms through which this artistic-literary work approaches, from a particular perspective, the theme of the city, its memory and the transformation of its spaces.
