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Gema Darbo
Gema Darbo is an art curator, a researcher and educator. Her practice emerges at the intersection of visual culture, digital humanities and curatorial knowledge. Recent Projects: Qualsevol Lloc/Anyplace at Centre d'Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona; La Voltereta (The Somersault): Preview+Q&N with artist Mar Reykjavik at Cineteca Madrid; (crear) Situacions: Art i pensament participatiu. Curatorial training program at Centre d'Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona; Readers e-flux: Support Bubble, compiled with curator Deniz Kirkali; Absent Audience: Practicing Terminology. Talk and workshop in collaboration with the Sixtyeight Art Institute and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen; Interview Fabra i Coats, Barcelona; Curatorial residency granted in Barcelona & Madrid, Matadero Centre for Artists in Residence, LOOP Festival, Fabra i Coats and Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica; Absent Audience Conference, Goldsmiths University of London; Interview [ANTI]MATERIA Cámara de Maravillas, México DF; Photobook Ruta 234, published by Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Madrid; Diffractions Without Organs at Nan Studios, London. Voice is Open Source at Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London; Tocar el Pueblo Sala Cuarto Espacio, Zaragoza. Previously: I coiniciated Widephoto, a non-profit collaborative and collective curatorial platform focused on learning, exchange and debate about contemporary photography. Projects with WP include: Photobook Live at Centre Contemporary Culture of Barcelona; The Online Photobook Club at Foto Colectania, Barcelona; Babá Khumú Ta Tá at Wer-Haus Gallery, Barcelona; Geology of the Ineffable, Can Felipa Visual Arts Open Call, Barcelona.
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She is currently studying an M.Res in Advanced Practices at Goldsmiths, University of London.
She holds an MA in Contemporary Photography Practices and Philosophies at Central Saint Martins, London.
Contact: gemadarbo@gmail.com