This week, we’re back in the studio in Malmö—this time with Daniel Ricardo Terres, a curator (among other things) based in Gothenburg. We talk about urban art, intergenerational trauma, finding art through his old punk bands in Argentina and Bolivia, the power of comic books, and the joy of, occasionally, doing absolutely nothing.
While we don't fully dissect the terms "urban art" and "urbanity" in this episode, we do have a brief discussion on this topic. Because, I mean, technically, anything in a city is urban. So what differentiates urban art from the art in city-based white cubes and sanctioned public artworks? Who is even defining these terms, and what is their power relationship to the makers, viewers, and discourse of urban art? And again, no group is a monolith (where everyone is the same)—class, gender, etc. intersect in all kinds of ways!
But also I promise, we have some funny chats in this episode too! (Hint: coordinated outfits from Daniel's band days.)
For the past 10 years, Daniel Ricardo Terrés has worked as a curator and project manager in the independent cultural sector and for institutions such as Urban Konst at Göteborgs Konsthall.
Daniel's previous background is in pedagogy and social work with young people dealing facing vulnerable situations and substance abuse. Based in Gothenburg, he was born in exile and grew up between Argentina and Bolivia.
In the autumn of 2021, he was guest editor of Ord&Bild, together with Patrik Haggren. The result of this collaboration can be read as an in-depth exploration of the relation between art and a segregated urbanity.
Daniel Terres’ essay Föreställningen om en urban konst was published in Paletten, issue 331.
You can read his and Patrik Haggren’s 2021 editorial text for Ord&Bild here: Urban Konst i toleransens tid (Urban Art in the time of tolerance).
Summer exhibition curated by Daniel, Dorna Aslanzadeh, Stina Edblom, and Liv Stoltz:
Jag föreställer mig ett hem – Göteborgs konsthall 100 år (SV)I’m imagining myself a home– Goteborgs konsthall 100 Years (ENG)
June 9–August 27, 2023
And the books mentioned earlier on in the episode:
The Eternaut (sci fi comic) by Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Qué horizonte: Hegemonía, Estado y revolución democrática by Íñigo Errejón and Álvaro García Linera