Wednesday, 22 March 2023 - 7pm
Museo Reina Sofía, in its role as a vehicle of knowledge and reflection, as well as an impulse for new spaces for experimentation, creation and dissemination of contemporary art, sets in motion a number of diverse lines of thought and debate. The development of research, analysis and debate frameworks which can imbue the narrative of the Collection with an additional dimension, as well as the programming of exhibitions.The setting in motion of discussion forums on key issues of contemporary debate relevant to the museum as an institution dedicated to providing citizens with frameworks for the critical analysis of culture.The experimentation with alternative methods of mediation between the citizens and the museum's proposals, taking up as a starting point the experience of artists and of the agents with whom the museum establishes collaboration.
![Benvenuto Chavajay in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, 2022. The marble plaque reads: “Here in the convent of Chichicastenango […] Popol Vuh (Wuj) was found and translated". Photograph courtesy of the artist](https://static4.museoreinasofia.es/sites/default/files/styles/banner_grid_4x3/public/actividad/listado/benvenuto_perf_snippet.jpg?itok=U7jXrOLy "Benvenuto Chavajay in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, 2022. The marble plaque reads: “Here in the convent of Chichicastenango […] Popol Vuh (Wuj) was found and translated\". Photograph courtesy of the artist")
![Benvenuto Chavajay, Shoe Sole No. 39, 2022. Pyrography on leather submerged in the water of Lake Atitlán (Guatemala), which works as instructions for the performance Returning Souls [Popol Wuj]. Photo courtesy of the artist](https://static3.museoreinasofia.es/sites/default/files/styles/banner_grid_4x3/public/actividad/listado/benvenuto_snippet.jpg?itok=1F_E6J8F "Benvenuto Chavajay, Shoe Sole No. 39, 2022. Pyrography on leather submerged in the water of Lake Atitlán (Guatemala), which works as instructions for the performance Returning Souls [Popol Wuj]. Photo courtesy of the artist")
