Filenews 6 January 2022
Works of art from all over the world inspired and about the pandemic are on display in a digital museum that is constantly growing.
During the two years that this story of the pandemic has plagued us, we have experienced countless different psychological moods in our direct and indirect environment. Moods due to the virus itself as a disease, to lockdowns, to economic after-effects, to the relationships being tested, to alternative forms of work and education.
All this, some face with patience, some with action, some with denial. And there are, fortunately for all of us, some who treat them in a creative way. And some who make sure that this creative way is brought to the fore. Like the gang from Barcelona who created the Covid Art Museum.
Do not look for his address in the capital of Catalonia. The Covid Museum of Art is digital and there are collected works of art from all over the world (photos, animation, illustrations, installations, etc.). Already in its nine months of operation, more than 900 works are on display there and on Instagram it is followed by about 170,000 people.
In the works parade in an imaginative way the "paraphernalia" of this unprecedented situation: masks, gloves, syringes, self-tests, the graphic representation of the virus, tweaked famous paintings, a lot of bitter satire about quarantines and isolation. We also counted 23 projects where toilet paper plays a leading role in similar incredible ways. They are works that share hope and solidarity, projects that worry, projects that are afraid, projects that hurt, projects that feel lonely and anxious, projects that are struggling. Works by professionals and people have discovered their talents at this juncture.
The museum's creators are Emma Calvo, Jose Guerrero and Irene Yorka. All three are engaged in art and advertising, and in lockdown they noticed that they go through the applications of their computers (and not only) extraordinary things that people made during confinement. These works decided not to let them be forgotten, and thus was born this digital place that as it goes and expands, hosting creations from all over the world. And the latter is particularly important because we are simultaneously experiencing a globally unexpected and harsh situation and it is very interesting indeed when you see where the perspectives coincide and where the perspectives differ depending on the place of origin of the work.
The Covid Art Museum is now constantly accepting a very large number of projects, and its team is trying to select the most important ones based on quality and originality. And when for good Covid is a thing of the past, the CAM will remain there as yet another historical evidence of the creative treatment of a destructive and irrational era.
Source: theartnewspaper
