Joëlle Tuerlinckx: El caso de l(a casa) museo(a)

The work of Joëlle Tuerlinckx (Brussels, Belgium, 1958) challenges us on such seemingly abstract issues as space and time, although translating these concerns into the viewer’s experience within the exhibition space and the temporalities it contains. By assuming and transforming the legacy of conceptual art, performance, practices stemming from institutional criticism and sound installations, the artist displaces and converts protocols and devices, museum work teams, their voices and actions into the raw material and agents of her production. El caso de l(a casa) museo(a) (The Case of the [House] Museum) is an exhibition designed as a kind of disconcerting retrospective in which Tuerlinckx brings together historical works alongside recent proposals that are themselves traces and records of previous works and exhibitions.

After several visits to the museum and extensive conversations with its teams, Tuerlinckx constructed a symphony that acts as a network of echoes and resonances; a multilingual sonic palimpsest triggered by several voices reading the texts and statements suggested by the artist, as we hear them spontaneously respond to questions she asked them about their work and the functioning of the institution.

Joëlle Tuerlinckx’s work has been seen in international exhibitions and events such as Skulptur Projekte (Münster) or documenta X (Kassel), as well as in museums and institutions such as Kunstmuseum (Basel), Wiels Contemporary Art Centre (Brussels), Haus der Kunst (Munich), Drawing Art Centre (New York), Witte de With (Rotterdam), MNCARS (Madrid) or the South London Gallery (London), among many others. This is the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to the artist in Spain. The exhibition is produced in collaboration with Kanal Centre Pompidou, Brussels.