This initiative originated from the shared opinion that currently all domains of creation (theatre, visual arts, music, etc.…) inevitably enter global market dynamics, where culture turns into a product, in its more perverse sense, a product destined to be consumed and even in some cases subject to the laws of offer and demand. The result which prevails is none other than a type of culture easy to consume and digest without content and which avoids critique and reflection at all costs.

Even if we come from very different backgrounds, one from a more socio-political perspective and the other from a creative and artistic point of view, we coincide in the principle that culture permeates and transforms the society in which it manifests itself and in the imperative need to generate other spaces for artistic creation and to be able to present another type of art.

For this reason we would like to start by concentrating on what from a post-modern point of view one could denominate the “invisible”, supporting artists and topics which do not possess the visibility they deserve in Europe: artists which come from marginalised geographical regions and still too immersed in ethnocentric and stereotyped categories (Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America), young artists and, unfortunately still, women artists.

Sandra M. Maunac majored in History and is finishing a PhD in International and African Studies at the Autonoma University of Madrid (Spain). She has been coordinator of cultural activities at the Three Cultures Foundation in Seville (Spain). She is part of the organisation of the African Film Festival of Tarifa (Spain) and in charge of artistic direction and lateral activities. She has worked in Cairo, Egypt, as representative of artists of the Egyptian Centre for Culture and Art abroad, and as independent art curator. She is co-founder of Masasam – Spaces for Artistic Creation.

Monica Santos majored in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from York University (UK). During the past few years she has worked in galleries, art fairs, biennials and as independent art curator of solo and group exhibitions at a national and international level. She has also worked for Entropia, first European video art production company, representing resident artists. She is part of the organisation of the African Film Festival of Tarifa (Spain) and in charge of artistic direction and lateral activities. She is co-founder of Masasam – Spaces for Artistic Creation.