LOOP Fair 2023

Dates: 21-23 Nov
Location: Almanac Barcelona

For the 21st edition of LOOP Fair, we will once again transform the Almanac Barcelona into an intimate and fully immersive space dedicated to artists films.

LOOP Fair provides a platform for exchange of critical ideas within the art world and fosters collaboration between artists, galleries, collectors, and many others moving image professionals.

This year’s presentations significantly explore the bridges between the symbolic world and the conception of nature, like the intertwining the presence of the animal kingdom with the notion of the landscape. They also delve into the essence of time, by addressing reflections on memory and archives. Additionally, some works stand out for denouncing issues related to protests and political conflicts, offering a critical artistic perspective within a context that brings together international galleries and audiences.

Artists and galleries selected:

Katja Aufleger / Galerie Conradi (Hamburg); Trisha Baga / Societé (Berlin); Delaine Le Bas / Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix (London); Nelson Bourrec Carter / Galerie Alain Gutharc (Paris); Ulla von Brandenburg / Produzentengalerie Hamburg (Hamburg); Xavi Bou / Galería Senda (Barcelona); Cabello/Carceller / Galeria Joan Prats (Barcelona); Seba Calfuqueo / Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain (Paris); Mariana Caló & Francisco Queimadela / NO·NO Gallery (Lisbon); Carlos Casas / àngels barcelona (Barcelona); Kent Chan / A.I. (London); Fito Conesa / House of Chappaz (Barcelona) & JOEY RAMONE (Rotterdam); Ana Esteve Reig / Luis Adelantado Gallery (Valencia); İnci Eviner / Gandy Gallery (Bratislava); Alexandre Farto aka Vhils / Galeria Vera Cortês (Lisbon); Anna Bella Geiger / Galería Marlborough (Barcelona); Shadi Habib Allah / Rodeo (London, Piraeus); Kameelah Janan Rasheed / NOME (Berlin); Jeroen Jongeleen / Upstream Gallery (Amsterdam); Juul Kraijer / Les filles du calvaire (Paris); Lawrence Lek / Sadie Coles HQ (London); Emilien Leroy / SKOPIA / P.-H. Jaccaud (Geneva); Fredj Moussa / Le violon bleu (Carthage); Lera Nibiru / Iragui (Moscow); Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi / Stevenson (Cape Town); Pere Noguera / Bombon Projects (Barcelona); Valentin Ranger / Spiaggia Libera (Paris); Louis-Cyprien Rials / Galerie Eric Mouchet (Paris); Ugo Rondinone / Esther Schipper (Berlin); Jura Shust / Management (New York); Maya Schweizer / Galerie Dix9 Hélène Lacharmoise (Paris); Young-jun Tak / Fragment (New York); Mimiko Türkkan / Analix Forever (Chêne-Bourg); Steina and Woody Vasulka / BERG Contemporary (Reykjavik); Wang Jun-Jieh and Cheang Shu Lea / Chi-Wen Gallery (Taipei); Cheng Xinhao / Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, London); Simona Žemaitytė / Meno Parkas Gallery (Kaunas)

The 2023 jury was formed by Elvira Dyangani Ose (Director, MACBA, Barcelona), Helena Kritis (Chief Curator, WIELS, Brussels), Andrea Lissoni (Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst, München), Benjamin Weil (Director, Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisboa), Daniela Zyman (Artistic Director, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Madrid).

Taiwanese Wang Jun-Jieh and Cheang Shu Lea, receive the Fair Award for their video How Was History Wounded? about the media coverage of the Tiananmen protests, presented by the Chi-Wen Gallery. Fair Acquisition Award goes to artist Shadi Habib Allah’s M1 presented by Rodeo Gallery.

Download the 2023 LOOP Fair agenda here.

Main Selection

Committee

The fair committee, formed by collectors Haro Cumbusyan, Renee Drake, Josée & Marc Gensollen, Isabelle Lemaître, and chaired by Jean-Conrad Lemaître, has valued the strength of the galleries' programs and the quality of the artists' works.

Jean-Conrad & Isabelle Lemaître

París

Promotors del premi StudioCollector Prize dedicat per premiar l’excel·lència en l’àmbit de la creació de vídeo.

Josée & Marc Gensollen

Marseille

Collectors who have turned their private home La Fabrique into a bustling art center open to new initiatives.

Haro Cumbusyan

Zurich

Collector of media art.

Renée Drake

Amsterdam

Closely related to the Netherlands art scene, her collection has travelled to some of the most important venues in the United States.

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Main Selection

Katja Aufleger

Conradi

Hamburg

Love Affair (2017)

Delaine Le Bas

Yamamoto Keiko Rocheix

London

St Sara Kali George (2020)

Cabello/Carceller

Galeria Joan Prats

Barcelona

Una película sin ninguna intención. Después de Chantal Akerman (2022)

Seba Calfuqueo

Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain

Paris

TRAY TRAY KO (2022)

Fito Conesa

House of Chappaz & JOEY RAMONE

El Reparo (2021)

Ana Esteve Reig

Luis Adelantado

Valencia

Estudios del parpadeo (2022)

Inci Eviner

Gandy Gallery

Bratislava

Nursing Modern Fall (Modern Çöküşün Bakımı) (2012)

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils

Galeria Vera Cortês

Lisbon

Rust Belt #07 (2021)

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

NOME

Berlin

Keeping Count (2021)

Jeroen Jongeleen

Upstream Gallery

Amsterdam

Batterie 2 (collapsed tobruk @ Zuydcoote) (2022)

Juul Kraijer

Galerie Les filles du calvaire

Paris

Wenn du der Träumer bist, bin ich dein Traum (2022)

Lawrence Lek

Sadie Coles HQ

London

Black Cloud (2021)

Lera Nibiru

Iragui

Paris

Kromkhel’s Journey to the Seventh Heaven (2018)

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

STEVENSON

Cape Town | Amsterdam

The Same Track (2022)

Valentin Ranger

Spiaggia Libera

Paris

Going to the Meta Hospital (2021)

Maya Schweizer

Galerie Dix9 Hélène Lacharmoise

Paris

Errant Gestures (2023)

Jura Shust

Management

New York

Neophyte III: On the Eve of the Shortest Night (2023)

Young-jun Tak

Fragment

New York

Wish You a Lovely Sunday (2021)

Steina and Woody Vasulka

BERG Contemporary

Reykjavík

Noisefields (1974)

Wang Jun-Jieh and Cheang Shu Lea

Chi-Wen Gallery

àngels barcelona