About this Event
SCRAM! Collective are pleased to present RESURFACING_S, a new iteration of the collaboration between Gaia Crocella, Mireia Ludevid i Llop and Julia Schauerman on Sunday 23rd November.
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain for more than 30 years until his death on 20 November 1975. Join us to celebrate, and examine the legacies of the Francoist territorial policies through the memories kept in photographs of its flooded villages and new towns.
RESURFACING_S revisits the history of Faió (Aragon), flooded in 1967, like multiple other villages, to construct a hydroelectric dam. As a step in the regime's “hydro-social dream”, Faió was submerged into the Riba-roja enclosure, displacing its inhabitants to a new village. This erasure separated the population from its natural and social ecology, completely uprooting previous forms of organisation and identity.
The Francoist regime built over 500 dams. Its water policy was central to the regime’s economy, displacing entire communities under the discourse of modernisation, territorial and social homogenisation, and internal colonization. Dam construction transformed landscapes under a specific vision of progress, publicly broadcasted to reinforce the regime’s territorial imaginary, political narratives, and official memory.
Responding to Ludevid Llop's research on her family's photographic archive, its narratives, and historical gaps, RESURFACING_S showcases the collaborative work of Gaia Crocella, Mireia Ludevid i Llop and Julia Schauerman. Through the screening of audiovisual field recordings, the display of archival material, both official and personal, and methods of hosting, we’ll explore the intersections between memory, history, intergenerational storytelling and reinterpretation. Reconnecting personal testimony and spatial recordings to offer alternative archival readings, we invite the audience to position this inherited silence and the lasting impact of the Francoist rule.
“A chronicler who recites events without distinguishing between major and minor ones acts in accordance with the following truth: nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history.”
Walter Benjamin, 1940
Opening times
Sunday 23rd: 13.00 - 18.00
Location
SCRAM! Collective
Westgate House
149 Roman Way
London, N7 8XH
Price
The exhibition is free to attend, but tickets must be booked in advance via Eventbrite. Donations are welcomed and will help support future events and workshops.
About the artists
Julia Schauerman combines the acousmatic composer's powerful and poetic way of handling sounds with collaborative practice to tell stories of crisis, change and community. Mireia Ludevid i Llop utilises photography as a form of embodied memory and social mediator. Her practice seeks to destabilise the readings and context of her own and other archives' images to expose their political power. Gaia Crocella investigates food as a design tool and a social connector. Her spatial practice through hosting constitutes a form of care and a call to action that generates new visions.
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About SCRAM!
SCRAM! are an artist collective who share a community-focused approach. Their practices include filmmaking, muralling, painting, printmaking, animation, photography and performance. They make work in a former clothing warehouse off the Caledonian Road, provided by Hypha Studios.
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Food & Beverages
Please note that food is an integral part of the event. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions, we recommend taking the necessary precautions before attending, as we cannot guarantee allergen-free preparation.
Accessibility
The exhibition will take place on the second floor. The building is not wheelchair accessible and there are stairs to every level with no lifts (4 steps to front door, 19 steps to first floor, 19 steps to second floor). There are two toilets on the second floor and these do not have any grab rails.
Capacity
The studios have a maximum capacity of 30/40 people - if we fill up at any point on the opening evening we will need to operate a ‘one in one out’ system. There is a lovely bar and pizza place directly outside!
You can reach us at [email protected] with any questions.
Free space provided by Hypha Studios.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
149 Roman Way, 149 Roman Way, London, United Kingdom
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