Letters to Kaspar
2014
Publication
100 copies

The residency at Institut Comas i Solà secondary school was divided into two parts, led by two artists. These artists were: Erick Beltrán during the first part; and Mireia c. Saladrigues over the last two months of the academic year.

The project proposed by Erick Beltrán opened up a process of thought about the life of Kaspar Hauser, the historic character who would become the central theme of the residency. Accordingly, discussing the learning processes undergone by Kaspar Hauser, who had to learn and unlearn his relations with the world after being kept in captivity for sixteen years, the pupils began to question the supposed objectivity with which we perceive the world, and how our knowledge of it is constructed. Erick Beltrán planned the residency around a series of short exercises, aimed at exploring concepts like our perception of colour, space, time, form, etc. 

During a second stage in the residency, the exercises were organised in such a way as to draw up a conceptual map on Kaspar Hauser, which finally became the core of the publication.
 

Postcard, skins, people and horses
2014
Performances and audiovisual compilation

Film footage made during the creative process led by Mireia c. Saladrigues, In Residence at Institut Josep Comas i Solà during the 2013-14 academic year with pupils from the Reception Class.

In the second part of the residency, taking as the starting point the appropriation of the process started by Erick Beltrán, Mireia c. Saladrigues joined the project. With the pupils, the artist decided on a series of eight actions linked to themes, questions and even anecdotes related to the figure of Kaspar Hauser. These performances, carried out at both the school and in the surrounding neighbourhood, were as follows:

#1 PANTONE OF SKINS
#2 A HORSE
#3 NO MORE KASPAR HAUSER!
#4 FALSE PEOPLE
#5 LEARNING_1
#6 WRITING A RAP IN REVERSE 
#7 IN SOCIETY
#8 INSIDE BOOKS
#9 LEARNING_2