The Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria (mas) will host a new session of the 'Intersecciones Creativas' series on 10 November, titled 'Territories that speak'. This event will focus on the relationships between artistic practices, community, identity, and collective memory.
Noemí Méndez, the Councillor for Culture, announced that the event will begin at 18:30 and will feature Ángel Astorqui and Toñi de la Iglesia from La Ortiga Colectiva. They will share their approach to territory as a space for creation, memory, and connection.
The session aims to reflect on the places we inhabit, understood not just as geographical spaces but as settings for experiences, personal relationships, memories, and shared bonds. Méndez stated, “The places we inhabit are part of our identity and are associated with memories, experiences, and relationships with others. This session proposes to explore these connections through art and the experiences of those who wish to participate.”
The event will combine an artistic conversation with a participatory collective mapping exercise, inviting the audience to construct an emotional map of the territory based on words, memories, significant places, and personal experiences. Unlike conventional maps, this cartography will focus on the emotional and social ties that individuals establish with their surroundings.
Participation will be voluntary and does not require prior artistic knowledge, allowing attendees to share their experiences or simply listen to others. “The proposal invites us to observe the territory from different perspectives and discover how the same place can hold different meanings for each person. Words, listening, and collective creation will be the central elements of the meeting,” added Méndez.
This session will also engage in dialogue with the works and thematic lines of the mas collection, particularly those related to landscape, belonging, identity, and memory.
About 'intersecciones creativas'
'Intersecciones Creativas. Shared stories - Living memory of the mas' is an annual cultural mediation cycle that offers various contemporary and participatory approaches to the museum's collection. Through meetings that combine disciplines such as sound, word, body, image, and archive, the sessions relate the works of the mas with the practices of contemporary artists and the experiences of the public.
The material generated throughout the cycle will contribute to a collective sound work that will remain in the museum. The programme takes place on the second Tuesday of each month at 18:30 and is coordinated by Redera Estudio Creativo. La Ortiga Colectiva, the focus of this new session, develops participatory artistic practices and cultural mediation that connect creation with territory and community, placing human experiences and relationships at the heart of the creative process.
