Exhibition "Cristina de Middel. Letters to the director"

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De Friday, September 29, 2023 - 11:00 p.m. a Sunday, January 14, 2024 - 14:00 p.m.

Ongoing

2023-09-29T11:00:00

2024-01-14T14:00:00

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Exhibition/Museum

Canal de Isabel II Hall

La Canal de Isabel II Hall hosts "Letters to the Director", an exhibition that presents the perspective of the photographer Cristina de Middel on the fundamental issues of the traditional press (war, violence and migration) through previous and more recent projects that are shown for the first time time broadly

Starting from the only response space that existed in the traditional press: letters to the editor (where, whoever read a newspaper could write to question, ask or complain about something), Cristina de Middel seeks to counteract the unidirectional discourses of the visual and the informative.

The exhibition features earlier and more recent projects being shown in full for the first time, from “Life and Miracles of Paula P.” (2009), “Gentlemen's Club” (2015 – 2023) to other current ones such as “Journey to the Center” (2015 – 2022) or the new production “The Kabuler” (2022) together with Lorenzo Meloni. All these series, along with others, address topics such as daily life in Taliban Afghanistan, the migratory journey through Mexico to reach the supposed center of the earth (as in Verne's novel) located in the United States or the prostitution from different angles. Beyond the drama of these issues, de Middel gives a twist and proposes new perspectives without judging, leaving the public to draw their own conclusions.

Cristina of Middel (Alicante, 1975) speaks with a visual language inherited from his initial stage in photojournalism, with a commitment to communicate that he has never lost, at the same time that he uses the artistic as a truly transforming tool of reality, encompassing different forms of relate issues that interest you constantly, such as fiction/reality, narration and communication of the visual, humor, the story and the ultimate reading of whoever is looking.

After 10 years as a photojournalist, Cristina De Middel's work began to investigate the ambiguous relationship that photography has with the truth. Combining the documentary with more conceptual approaches, the result is a questioning of the stereotypes and the absolute truths that the medium tends to champion. In 2017, she received the National Photography Award and became part of the Magnum agency, of which she assumed the presidency in 2022.

Hours and more information

Site: Canal de Isabel II Hall

Dates: September 29, 2023 - January 14, 2024

**Exhibition hours*:**

From Tuesday to Saturday from 11.00:20.30 a.m. to 12:1 p.m. (including October 9, November 6 and 8, December XNUMX and XNUMX)

Sundays: from 11.00:14.00 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.

Closed: Monday, December 24, 25 and 31, January 1 and 6

*Access to the room up to 10 minutes before closing

Free entrance and activities

IMPORTANT: It is not necessary to reserve a ticket in advance if you are going to visit this exhibition individually. If you want to go in a group (15-25 people) you must book your pass/s over the phone (from September 29 at 11.00:XNUMX).

Virtual tour

Guided tours

Dates and times: Tuesday and Friday at 19.00 noon.
- October 6, 10, 17, 20, 24, 27, 31
- November 3, 7, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28
- December 1, 5, 12, 15, 19
Duration: 60 minutes
Aimed at: All public
Location: Canal de Isabel II Hall
Design and realization: The door. Culture and Projects
Tickets available through RESERVATION CENTRAL (the registration period opens on Friday, September 22 at 10.00:XNUMX a.m.)

RESERVATION CENTRAL

Do you want to visit us in a group?

Those groups that want to see the exhibition must call the Sala Canal de Isabel II, from September 29, from Tuesday to Friday from 11.00:20.30 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. and arrange their pass (Tel.: 91 545 10 00 Extension 2505*)

Do you want to book a guided tour with our mediation team?

Our guided tours for groups The following days and times will take place between October 10 and December 20, 2023:

Tuesday and Wednesday at 11.00:12, 30:17 and 30:XNUMX.
Friday (from November 17) at 17.30:XNUMX p.m.

They are aimed at educational centers, associations, groups of friends, relatives... of between 15 and 25 people who want to learn more about the exhibition with their groups. If you are going to be less than 15 people, please come visit us at the sessions that we schedule for individual audiences (Tuesdays and Fridays at 19.00:XNUMX p.m.) and that are managed through the BOOKING CENTER.

Do you want to book a visit-gathering with our mediation team?

Our visits-gathering for groups They are a different activity from the guided tour, more participatory and ideal for educational centers where they are working on social issues such as those reflected in her work by the photographer Cristina de Middel. The following days and times will take place between October 10 and November 22, 2023:

Tuesday and Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. and 17:30 p.m.

They are especially aimed at educational centers of Secondary Education and artistic teaching of between 15 and 25 people who want to get to know the exhibition through a more dynamic activity.

I want to go in a group, but with my own guide...

They must also book in advance by phone to avoid capacity problems. The groups will be a maximum of 26 people, guide included, and may not coincide in date and time with the activities already scheduled by the Sala Canal de Isabel II. Reservations will be made by phone from September 29 at 11.00:XNUMX a.m.

We encourage you to consult the teaching materials online -CLICK HERE-

To avoid crowds...

The group must be punctual and access at the set time.
Priority access will be given to those groups that have booked in advance with the Room.
You will receive an email after making your telephone reservation where you have all the information about your pass, how to get there and information to prepare the exhibition. For any modification and/or cancellation, call us by phone.
On weekends it is not possible to access in groups.

(*) Operational telephone number from March 1 at 11.00:11.00 a.m. during office hours - Tuesday to Friday, from 20.30:XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. Closed Monday-. [Check the information on data protection]

Online teaching material

online meeting

Activity finished

Date: Tuesday October 17
Opening hours: of 19.00 to 20.00 hours
Addressed to: All public
Participants: Cristina de Middel and Semiramis González
To consider: the session will be held through the ZOOM digital platform. It will not be recorded or available on any digital platform.
Reservations: through the registration form (the deadline opens on September 11 at 10.00:XNUMX a.m.)
Free activity
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Visits-gathering

If you want to get to know the exhibition from another point of view, share with other people opinions and perceptions about the "Letters to the Director" exhibition, we encourage you to participate in this activity. It is not a usual guided tour but a brief tour where we will see a selection of images from Cristina de Middel's series to then chat and discuss those aspects that have caught your attention the most and that you will decide for yourself. This activity will take place inside and in the outside reception area of the Sala Canal de Isabel II.

Activity finished

Dates: Fridays October 6, 20, 27 and November 3, 17.
Schedules: of 17.30 to 18.50 hours
Duration: 80 minutes
Aimed at: All public
Location: Canal de Isabel II Hall
Design and realization: The door. Culture and Projects
Tickets available through RESERVATION CENTRAL (the registration period opens on Friday, September 22 at 10.00:XNUMX a.m.)

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FAQs

Can you take photos?

YES, it is allowed to take photographs in the room as long as they are for personal use, without flash and without a tripod. For safety, the use of sticks is not allowed either. selfies.

For filming and professional and press reports, permission from the Community of Madrid is required. The request should be sent by email to museosexposiciones@madrid.org*

If you need photographs, we have an image bank at Flickr/Spacesforart free of rights and that can be very useful to you.

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Is it an accessible space?

Can you access with animals?

It is allowed exclusively for dogs that are guides for people with visual disabilities, as well as assistance dogs that are duly identified by an official tag (a badge that must be placed in a visible place, eg the collar) and whose owner trainer carries the identification card of the linking unit or the identification card as a trainer/educator.

For conservation and security reasons, access to other animals is not allowed.

In the Community of Madrid the right of access with a guide dog is regulated by the Law 2/2015, of March 10, on access to the environment of people with disabilities who require the accompaniment of assistance dogs PDF (0,18 MB)

The provisions of this Law have been developed in regulations by the Order 251/2018, of February 20, of the Ministry of Social Policies and Family, which regulates the procedure for recognition, suspension and loss of the status of assistance dog in its different modalities and of the bonding units, your accreditation and identification and your registration External website .

How can you get to this room?

The best way to get to the Sala Canal is by Metro since it is located very close to the Ríos Rosas station (Line 1). Those of Canal (Line 2 and 7) and Alonso Cano (Line 7) are also very close.

In front of this space there are several bus stops of the EMT, specifically lines 3, 37 and 149. If you want to come in BICYCLE you have stations at c/ Santa Engracia, 127 (130).

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Is there a store in the showroom?

YES. The visitor service desk is a point of sale where you can exclusively find fashion and photography publications related to this room and the temporary exhibitions that have been organized by the Community of Madrid.

The point of sale is open during store hours and only when there is a temporary exhibition. It also has a dataphone, so it is possible to pay by card.

If you are interested in buying a catalog so online you can do it through our distributor Teran Books.

What was this building before being an exhibition hall?

This building was the first elevated water tank in Madrid. It was built between 1907 and 1911, as part of the distribution project carried out by the engineer Diego Martín Montalvo, to solve the lack of pressure on the network to serve the houses in the upper areas of the Chamberí neighborhood, given that it was higher than the old town.

Luis Moya Ydígoras was in charge of materializing this civil engineering work consisting of a steel tank, coated on the outside with stainless zinc and with a capacity of 1.500 cubic meters. The cistern was connected through a pipe with the collector that started the water supply artery to the Salamanca and Chamberí neighbourhoods. The total height of the deposit is 36 meters.

This deposit, popularly known as a cuba or glass, is supported by a neo-Mudejar-style exposed brick structure with a granite plinth. The interior space is distributed through twelve niches that shelter the starts of the buttresses that support the container vessel.

The building ceased to function as a water tank in 1952 and in 1985 it was rehabilitated as an exhibition hall, following the project of the architects Antonio Lopera and Javier Alau. This work was awarded the Europa Nostra Prize in 1992 and the subsequent intervention in 1998 with the Quality Prize for the trades of the year 2000.

More information over the building.

Curator: Semiramis González

Organized by: Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport. DG of Cultural Promotion. General Subdirectorate of Fine Arts

Free admission (limited capacity). It is not necessary to reserve a ticket in advance, unless you want to visit the exhibition in group -click here-

Free activities

Phone: 91 545 10 00 - Ext.2505* (Only active during temporary exhibitions)

E-mail: museosexposiciones@madrid.org *

Press contact: comunicacion.espaciosarte@madrid.org *