Raw

Raw is a voice improvisation based on cuts and sprains, exposing the space between the body of flesh and bones and the aerial, spiritual body of the voice. It is an investigation in sound and movement based on the gesture of our breath in space, starting from the idea that the voice does not belong to us, that it is a body that travels and lives outside of our bodies for a determined period of time, and is hard to remember.

Laia Estruch (Barcelona, 1981) is the second creator invited to participate in the series The Chairs of Tàpies: Tattooed Memories. She has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona (2010), and studied the final degree year at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York). Her artistic practice is developed in the context of performance art and sculpture, through which she researches the language of the body and the voice. She has presented projects at CCEMx. Centro Cultural de España en México (2020), MACBA. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2022), PUBLICS (Helsinki, 2022), Hauser & Wirth Menorca (2023), the Bienal de Arte Paiz (Guatemala, 2023), MNAC. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (2023), El Patio by Zona Maco (Baja California, Mexico, 2024), the Triennial Kortrijk (Belgium, 2024) and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2025).

A session of  the second edition of the series The Chairs of Tàpies