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| The project is part of the Cultural Reactives Program | The Carmen Artistic Laboratory opens the exhibition 'Massive Distraction Weapons', which is part of the Reactivos Culturales program and which can be visited until January 15.In 'Weapons of Mass Distraction', the result of the residence carried out in the Artillery Barracks by the artist Virtoc, dystopian scenes of acid social criticism are represented, reflecting on the aspect of contemporary reality, in large-format works made using the techniques pictorial of urban art.In this way, a fictitious society is shown in which the development of a critical spirit and independent thought are threatened by various factors, such as alienation, which generates the abusive use of social networks.The exhibition can be visited from Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
and from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
and on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.Virtoc, an artist born in Madrid, has lived in different cities such as Nancy, Edinburgh, London and Houston.
He currently resides in Murcia where he combines his work as a teacher with an artistic career and studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Murcia.
His first work was done on the Berlin Wall.
He uses the essence of the pictorial techniques of urban art, painting on cement canvases that seem to have been torn off.He creates underground art in danger of extinction, questions and reveals himself in the face of the contradictions implied by belonging to a commercialized society, atomized by large corporations and the media.This is one of the projects selected in the 'Reactivos Culturales' program of the Murcia City Council, an initiative created to support the cultural sector of the municipality of Murcia, promoting artistic and creative production through an investment of more than 700,000 euros in the direct contracting of the cultural initiatives selected in the nine lines of action.
The program, which has been recognized by Europe as an example of good practice, arose as a result of the paralysis that the cultural sector suffered due to the health crisis of COVID-19.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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