SATURDAY, 23 MAY 2026 (IN THE MORNING: 10H.)
L’IRRADIADOR PRESENTATION. MAY, 23. 10:00h.-14:00h.
Round Table Discussion
L’IRRADIADOR: Archive of Visual Artists of the Province of Tarragona
L’irradiador is a service for professionals in the visual arts that brings together the portfolios of 108 contemporary artists from the Camp de Tarragona and the Terres de l’Ebre. The project was launched with the aim of fostering a space for communication and exchange between artists, audiences and other cultural actors. It is being presented to the public for the first time during a series of events that will explore peripheral practices, community organisations and alternative circuits to the major cultural capitals.
This is a collaborative effort between Artsud—Association of Visual Artists of the Southern Counties, Lo Pati—Art Center of the Terres de l’Ebre, and Mèdol—Center for Contemporary Arts of Tarragona. It is also supported by the Tarragona Provincial Council and the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia.
Program:
10:00 AM Opening and welcome
10:15 AM Project presentation by Darío Corbacho.
10:45 Presentation by Irradidador Artist – Aura Roig
11:30 Coffee Break
12:00 Presentation by Rafel Tormo Cuenca
12:45 Presentation by Irradidador Artist – Cristina Torta
1:30 PM Closing
Management and coordination: Álvaro Romero Molina
BIOGRAPHIES:
Darío Cobacho Velasco (Tarragona ,1993)
Ph.D. candidate in Art: Production and Research and holder of a Master’s degree in Cultural Management from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Co-founder of Polígon Cultural and partner at Artsud. Throughout his career, he has helped curate various initiatives related to urban art, such as Poliniza Dos (UPV, Valencia), Betart Calvià (Calvià City Council, Mallorca), Murs Que Parlen (Teler de Llum, Tarragona), Orcasitas Cartas Boca Arriba (Intermediae Matadero, Madrid), and Gestos y Evanescencias en el contexto urbano (UPV, Valencia). He recently coordinated the update of the L’IRRADIADOR artist archive through Artsud, in collaboration with Lo Pati and Mèdol Centre d’Art.
His professional activity has also been linked to research, art mediation, and guided tours. She is currently finalizing her doctoral thesis, Una modernidad suspendida. Universidad Laboral Francisco Franco, on this artistic heritage and the figure of Jorge de Oteiza. She has contributed to the development of exhibition mediation texts for the IVAM (2021–2023) and texts for the artistic complex of the Universidad Laboral de Tarragona. Urbs SCAN (2024), and has coordinated and authored the book Murs Que Parlen. Mural Art in Tarragona’s Public Space (2022), as well as the academic texts Sustainable and Responsible Management of Urban Art Events: An Approach to the Spanish Case (2017) and Des(integration)es: Practices of Contextual Intervention (2015).
Aura Roig (Tortosa, 1994)
They holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Barcelona and is a 2025 fellow of the Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt in Berlin. They is currently an artist-in-residence at Hangar, a center for artistic production and research, in Barcelona.
Through painting, they combines humor, conflicts, and personal experiences within a magical realism where bodies merge with objects and plants to explore themes such as care, gender, and family roles.
Recent exhibitions include Prats Nogueras Blanchard (Barcelona), Sender (Hamburg), Haus Coburg: Städtische Galerie (Delmenhorst), Galerie im Körnerpark (Berlin), Futur3: Wochen für Kunst und Diskurs (Kiel), Fight or Flight II at StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin), the Mèdol Centre d’Arts Contemporànies (Tarragona), the Centre de Lectura (Reus), 101 Projectspace (Berlin), Lo Pati Centre d’Art (Amposta), and the Museu de Tortosa (Tortosa).
Cristina Torta Aubeso (Amposta, 1996)
A multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in the visual arts, where the environment and social issues serve as the focal points of her research and creative work.
She has developed projects and exhibitions in various contexts, such as Lo Pati Centre d’Art, where she has participated in initiatives linking art and the local area, as well as interventions in public and community spaces in Bilbao, with projects such as Sinergia for Gau Irekia and Haciendo San Fran. She has also held solo and group exhibitions in various cultural venues.
