To make these works have been used 47 doors as support for the artistic expression of artists like Judas Arrieta, Bàlu, Susana Blasco, Irantzu Lekue, Amaia Arrazola or Txemy, have joined the project in a disinterested way.
"Puertas aims to contribute to the development of the creative and critical capacity of society, Tabakalera will help in the visibility of a project that seeks to promote reflection and generate questions about the great challenges of society, among which occupies a prominent place the issue of violence against women. "
Edurne Ormazabal, general director of Tabakalera.
This artistic initiative is driven by Dimension, which has the support of the City of Donostia / San Sebastian, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, the Real Sociedad Fundazioa and Tabakalera. Its objective is that it can be shown in various Spanish locations until the end of 2019.
"Puertas was born with an itinerant vocation and we hope it can reach as wide a public as possible. The purpose of the exhibition is to make visible everyday situations that hide gender abuse or inequality, humanize statistics, vindicate the memory of victims of sexist violence and generate conversations using art as a tool".
Victoria Kanpandegi, general director of Dimension.
The Puertas project
Throughout 2018, for each murder of a woman by a man in Spain, Dimension sent a door to an artist, who used it as a support on which to create a work. That door as a canvas represents that reality that is on the other side, with the aim of making it visible. This process of creating each door was also recorded to make a reflection as a documentary about sexist violence.
The artists who have participated in a disinterested way in Puertas are: Judas Arrieta, Guille Viglione, Angela Alonso, Marcos Navarro, Marc Pe, Sortwo, Higinia Garay, Eva Mena, Fortun, Junina Makina, Veronica Werckmeister, Diego Besné, Ibai Maritxalar, Irantzu Lekue, Oscar Casla, Susi Quiu, David Tavares, Susana Blasco, Imanol Andonegi, Juan Alvarez, Amaia Arrazola, Nagore Olarra, Txemy, Woody James, Pin dbr, Xabier Anunzibai, Goretti Aranburu, Aritz Kabe, Gato Urbistondo, Natalia Albéniz, Laura Miner, Mari Matraka, Maria Rios, Ramon Zabalegi, Nerea Urrestarazu, Abel Barcenilla, Belén Lucas, Haizea Merino, Miryam Artola, Iñaki J. Areizaga, Naiara Palacios, Rosario Cornejo, Nagore Legarreta, Bàlu, Iñaki G. Holgado, Paoletta Balmelli, and Garikoitz C. Murua.
The works have already been visited in several places: the Anoeta Stadium, at the Guipúzcoa Provincial Council and at the City Council of Donostia / San Sebastián.
"Puertas is a contribution to social awareness, as it addresses a very crude reality through art, and seeks to promote reflection through beauty about cases that, unfortunately, continue to happen in our society".
Eneko Goia, mayor of Donostia.
"Sexist violence, in all its expressions, is the most painful consequence of the profound inequality between women and men in our society, it is a social problem of the first order that responds to attitudes and behavior deeply rooted in our culture. and all that this profound transformation ends with this reality that is lived daily, that has aggressors and concrete victims, but that concerns all and all".
Markel Olano, Deputy General of Gipuzkoa.
The data of the macho violence in Spain
In the Basque Autonomous Community, 4,565 women receive protection from the Ertzaintza as victims of sexist violence; Of these, 1,472 are in Gipuzkoa, according to data from the Department of Security of the Basque Government. In Spain, 700,000 women are mistreated every year. According to the figures of the Government Delegation for Gender Violence, between 2003 and 2017 there have been at least 921 sexist murders. 47 in 2018.
