Performance event in Gonçal Sobrer’s exhibition “A big failure”

Thursday 07, May, 2026 18.30 h - Thursday 07, May, 2026

Can Framis, Barcelona

In 1966, Gonçal Sobrer organized what is considered the first documented happening in Spain, titled Soberbia, on the Rambla del Poblenou. Through such actions, Sobrer broke with traditional art, brought popular culture to the forefront, and transformed everyday life into an artistic experience, while also establishing himself as a pioneering figure in the development of performance art and conceptual art in Catalonia.

Thus, evoking the nonconformist and groundbreaking spirit of Gonçal Sobrer, we are organizing a performance-based afternoon as part of the exhibition A big failure at the Can Framis Museum.

Featuring artistic interventions by Quim Pujol (Varietats pel Gonçal) and Llapispanc (No m’agrada passar per la porta principal.).

Date: Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Location: Can Framis Museum
Duration: 1 hour

Free admission with prior registration.

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Varietats pel Gonçal

Following the model of variety theater, where acts often last only a few minutes, Quim Pujol proposes a series of short interventions in relation to specific works in Gonçal Sobrer’s exhibition A big failure.

Some of these proposals stem from his own practice and resonate naturally with Sobrer’s work. Other interventions have been designed specifically for A big failure to reflect on xava art, queer processes of identification, the condition of the artist in Catalonia, or experiments that artists hide away in drawers for reasons best left unsaid.

Quim Pujol (1978) works across poetry, live performance, and contemporary art. His most recent live art projects include El missatge d'altres mons (2021), Varietat de varietats (2023), and Poema contorsionista (2024). He has participated in exhibitions such as ‘Interval. Accions sonores’ at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, ‘Visceral Blue’ at La Capella, and ‘entre, hacia, hasta, para, por, según, sin’ at the EACC. Together with Ixiar Rozas, he edited the volume on affective theory “Ejercicios de ocupación” (Edicions Polígrafa, 2015) and is the author of “Other Forms of Presence” (Varamo Press, 2024) and “The Chroma Series” (Selva Oscura, 2025). He has curated La Estrategia Doméstica (2009–2010), the Secció Irregular at the Mercat de les Flors (2011–2015), and the PICNIC Sessions at CA2M (2023). He is currently curating the Sâlmon festival (2025–2026).

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Llapispanc draws on a background in performance art, where they seek to break down the barrier with the audience by taking elements from everyday life and using them to create participatory performances. Their work takes place outside the art world, in spaces such as the street or within the realm of the music scene and improvisation.

Llapispanc has staged performance projects and group exhibitions at La Capella, Arts Santa Mònica, Born CCM, the Picasso Museum, Can Felipa, L’Estruch, the LEM Festival, GTS, L’Antic Teatre, the InFlux Festival, Drap-Art, Sala Taro, Islington Mill (England),...