This micro-story devised by Maral Kekejian, resident at the Academy 2020-2021, aims to be a dialogue with the history of two public places such as the historical complex that houses the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome and the School of Arts and Crafts with its Museum of Applied Arts of Toledo, which was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest and Historical Institute of Castilla - La Mancha in 1998.
Work on the power of the public space meaning of two cities like Rome and Toledo from a selection of artists from more peripheral disciplines and profiles that are part of the recent history of the Academy's scholarship holders. A program that values the ephemeral heritage of the instituted through contemporary artistic practices.
During the month of May 2023, a series of interventions, actions and workshops would be carried out, for this we will create a dialogue about the power of these spaces from their history and from their future projection with the young students of the Toledo school and with most established artists. A selection of scholarship holders from the last 20 years of the Academy's history who work on more peripheral themes and formats, many of them linked to live art and others who produce or have more site-specific artistic pieces.
Among the possible resident collaborators of this short story are the stage director, Fernando J. Renjifo, (2002-2003); the creator and performer, Rosa Casado (2007-2008); the plastic artist of the waste Guillermo Mora (2010 – 2011); the musical playwright Rafael R. Villalobos (2015 – 2016); the ingenious and powerful artist duo Los Bravu (2016-2017); the light artist, Irene Cantero (2016 – 2017); the historian and singer, Julia de Castro (2017-2018). The stage director and manager of the peripheral, Fernando Sánchez Cabezudo (2018 - 2019), the artist who looks at the water, Irene de Andrés (2020-2021) or the inventor of the Academy's bread, Miguel de Torres (2020 - 2021 ).
This activity is part of the project Living several times at the same time. The shared memory of the Academy of Spain in Rome curated by the cultural manager and member of the Board of Trustees Santiago Eraso.
