by jmaxd

created by. Jean-Maxime Dufresne
location. madrid
keywords. workshop urban walk anomalies scenarios scanning scripting supplementing plugins program

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ESCANEAR, TRANSCRIBIR, SUPLEMENTAR / SCAN, SCRIPT, SUPPLEMENT : FIELD NOTES FROM MADRID **************

PARKED TURTLES AT ESTACI

PLAYFUL DISTURBANCE WITHIN MUSEO REINA SOFIA'S ADDED PAVILLIONS *********** One key feature of the addition (completed 2006) is a huge hovering red canopy that extends over a central court and terraces, that engulfes us in a significant void surrounded by beehive activity in three added pavillions. One could read this as a challenging possibility for activating these spaces beyond their initial architectural proposal - this one being a grand gesture by

CURRO :

EL VAQUERO DEL RASTRO : EASY RIDING IN MADRID ************ Within a regulated regime of driving codes and standardized vehicles, the fleeting presence of El Vaquero del Rastro surely catches the attention. A conglomerate of comic figures is glued up as a plastic growth to the back of his motorcycle that harbours a Spanish flag among provocative quotes. Stories reveal that El Vaquero del Rastro has been working as a bike courrier in Madrid, where he has held a comicbook store since 1975. Adaptiveness also comes with personalization and excentricity, as the lone sight of this urban vaquero mounted on his mutant stallion fuels up rumours of his go abouts.

LOCUTORIOS : HAIRSTYLING AND CALLING ABROAD ******* Lavapi

THREE CASES FOR ADAPTIVE MARKETS : WEEKLY PLUGINS AT EL RASTRO,

BIRDCITY : CAGED PARADISES RESONATE *********** One first gets attracted by the pristine echoes of birds in a quiet street of Lavapi

URBAN BODIES : LAST INTERFACES IN THE CONTROLLED PUBLIC SPHERE ******** For some, the body becomes the last interface on the street, as it lends itself to tactics that attempt to operate within or bypass regulations as well as increasing surveillance. West African vendors working informally on Madrid?s main artery Gran Via rely on their own vigils to ensure a quick wrap-up of their vending spree before authorities show up. Pirate DVDs, jewels, magazines displayed on white canvas instantly get picked up with the pull of a few elastic strings : as everyone is forced to leave, there remains a sense of a rushed collective body that still coalesces with solidarity. In zones of greater affluence, the immobile body also disrupts the flow : Chinese vendors socialize around beer-vending stalls set up on street corners late on weekend nights ; freezestatue amateurs downplay the idea of maintenance as they unlock themselves to broom away the shoes of passersby ; crisis times attract gold buyers dressed up in highly visible fluorescent jackets with