The Art, Culture and Tourism Centers presented this Wednesday the latest proposal of the 9th Biennial ArteLanzarote Meeting 2017, 'One man-10 days-settlement 29º-13º', a project that places man in front of the nature of the hand of the Dutch artist Arnon Grunberg, who will live for ten days "in complete solitude" in a small ruined building temporarily enabled in the foothills of the Risco de Famara. A solar panel, a desk, a bed, a shower and a toilet are the elements that will be part of his day to day. This is a project by visual artist Marieke Schoonderbeek, in collaboration with artistic researcher and mediator Eva Pel.
Grunberg has highlighted the opportunities of a project in which "literature, art, culture and design" are mixed, in which he will dedicate most of his day to day to writing for different Dutch media "about his experience and personal sensations". In addition, he will discover places as particular as the Timanfaya National Park and La Graciosa. "It is a great place to work quietly", Grunberg pointed out, highlighting one of the "great virtues" that led him to choose Lanzarote, and Famara in particular, to materialize this initiative.
On the other hand, Marieke Schoonderbeek has highlighted the importance of executing her project "with an artist who, at the same time, is a writer, to transfer everything he does to paper". "It is fascinating to find a way to explore Lanzarote and collaborate to publicize the culture and singularities of the island", she pointed out.
For his part, the councilor of the Centers, Echedey Eugenio, who moved to Famara to welcome the expedition to the island, has underlined "the benefits of a surprising and innovative project, which will allow us to discover the enormous potential of our island in the field of arts through the eyes of an artist, in this case, a writer, who will reflect on how the human being inhabits the planet".
Eugenio recalled that with 'One-Man-10-Days-Settlement-29º-13º' the 9th Biennial Arte Lanzarote Meeting comes to an end, "an exciting journey with which we wanted to rethink the insular fact, tourism and the place of culture and contemporary creation based on the work and figure of Agustín Espinosa". Finally, the councilor thanked "the collaboration and involvement of public entities and people who have wanted to join their talent to a project of such importance for the Art, Culture and Tourism Centers".
Arnon Grunberg will remain writing in "his new home" and discovering the nature of Lanzarote until June 25. 'One man-10 days-settlement 29º-13º' is the latest project of the 9th Biennial ArteLanzarote Meeting "with which the Centers have tried to connect citizens with art and culture through different social and educational artistic proposals around the work Lancelot 28º-7º. Integral guide of an Atlantic island, by Agustín Espinosa".
About Arnon Grunberg
Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg (Netherlands, 1971) is a Dutch writer of novels, essays and columns, and also a journalist, who currently lives in New York.
Grunberg made his literary debut in 1994 with the novel 'Blue Mondays', with which he won the Anton Wachterprijs award for best debut novel. In 2000 he was again a winner, this time under his pseudonym Marek van der Jagt, for the novel 'The History of My Baldness'.
"Grunberg is known for his literary journalism and periods of complete immersion in various aspects of society: he has lived with masseurs from a Roman tourist center and written about them and their day to day, as well as with patients from a Belgian psychiatric ward, with waiters from a car of a Swiss train and with an ordinary Dutch family on vacation", they point out from the CACT, from where they point out that he has also been "involved with Dutch troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has visited Guantanamo Bay". In 2009, his reports were published in a book called 'Chambers and Soldiers'.
His books and essays are published in 29 languages. He contributes to The New York Times, The Times of London, L'espresso, Internazionale, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt, Die Zeit, SonntagsZeitung, Libération, Bookforum.
