By Judith Martinez Estrada Judith Martinez Estrada. Ephemeral Landscape n.4. 2025.Re-imagined landscapes featuring historical archival images. UV inks on aluminium. 120cm wide x 70cm high. All stories have a beginningThis story starts at a gravesite. To be more specific, it starts at the exhumation of Juan Costalago Dueñas, a man who was assassinated on September … Continue reading “Creative reflection”
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New Exhibitions/Nuevas Exposiciones
New Exhibitions/Nuevas Exposiciones Our first exhibition, Mar de Sombras/Sea of Shadows, took place at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester in June 2024. It emerged from a fruitful collaboration between three associations dedicated to the recovery of historical memory — BCA’1937 UK-Euskadi, Intxorta 1937 Kultur Elkartea and Gernika Memoriaren Lekuko — alongside our research team, MTC … Continue reading “New Exhibitions/Nuevas Exposiciones”
Dive into the Catalogue of Sea of Shadows / Mar de sombras
You can now explore the catalogue of the exhibition Sea of Shadows / Mar de sombras, held at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester in the summer of 2024. Follow the link below to access the flipbook, where you’ll be able to discover all the poems, artworks, and essays created for the project: https://simplebooklet.com/seaofshadowscatalogue
Sea of Shadows / Mar de sombras
The MtC team are very excited to announce our upcoming exhibition, Sea of Shadows / Mar de sombras, curated by Mónica Jato and Marta Simó-Comas. The exhibition will run from June 14 to July 19 2024 at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester. More information can be found on the poster below, and you can reserve … Continue reading “Sea of Shadows / Mar de sombras”
What is ‘Memory Care’?
The concept of memory care, or our understanding of memory work as a form of care, is a fundamental aspect of our project. But what, exactly, do we mean by this? The work — or, indeed, the labour — of memory is frequently entangled with the act of care. To remember a lost family member, … Continue reading “What is ‘Memory Care’?”
Request for Material
Per the above flier, we are searching for material to help us curate a museum exhibit on the memory of Basque children evacuated during the Civil War. In particular, we are looking for photographs, documents, and items owned by or associated with these children. This material will form part of the artistic work created by … Continue reading “Request for Material”
Workshop: Call for Participants
WORKSHOP WITH THE DESCENDANTS OF THE BASQUE CHILDREN EVACUATED TO THE UK DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AS WELL WITH THOSE MORE BROADLY INVOLVED IN THIS CHAPTER OF HISTORY The working group Memory as Transgenerational Care (Transmisión Transgeneracional de la Memoria), formed by members of various UK academic institutions and the Association for the Basque … Continue reading “Workshop: Call for Participants”
About the Project
The recuperation of the democratic memory of 20th-Century in Spain has endured a long and arduous process. It was first repressed during the Franco Dictatorship (1939-1975) and then remained dormant in the political domain during the country’s transition into democracy and its Amnesty Law (1977), since there were neither legal nor symbolic reparations for the … Continue reading “About the Project”
The Memory Care Team
Monument to the Niñ@s de Guerra in Santurtzi. Photo by BCA37UK. The project ‘Memory as Transgenerational Care’ is led by PI Mónica Jato, and comprises a diverse group of artists, academics, and memory activists. The working team is formed of the following members: Work by Judith Martínez Estrada. To contact the team, please send us … Continue reading “The Memory Care Team”