The 'Flying Carpet Project' is the result of a collaboration between Liliya Lifanova, the 5th grade students of the School Les Cometes de Llorenç del Penedes, and a group of local stitchers. Inspired by the myths and the nomadic traditions of her native Kyrgyzstan, the artist held a workshop where the children were involved in the creation of a felt carpet. The workshop however was not merely a didactic activity but an experience where the children disclosed to the artist the location of their magical, real and imaginary places at Cal Figueres and its environments, the farmhouse where the workshop was held. Through careful production (costumes, props and staging), Liliya Lifanova created a dream like, magic scenario, where the children were urged to access their inner wizards so as to imbue their work with flying capabilities. The felt pieces made by the children were then sewn together, by a group of women from the village to create the flying carpet. In the espai d’Art Les Quintana the precious object was presented alongside a selection of edited material filmed during the workshop as well as the drawings that the children made in response to the question: Where would you go if you had a Flying Carpet? Along with 'The Flying Carpet Project' at espai d’Art Les Quintana, Lifanova presented ‘Untitled (Newspapers from January-March 2011 Robert family Llorenç del Penedés)’ a work based on meditative repetition. It was comprised of over 5000 pieces made of fragmented and rolled newspaper that the family Robert accumulated in their home between January and March 2011. The result is a spectacular landscape-archive in a shape of a river where the patient, dedicated and healing action of the artist is reflected. Liliya Lifanova’s use of wool and newspaper is not as much a repository of memories but the raw material from where to create a dream world based on nomadic impermanence as the condition of the artist.

- Pau Catà, April 2011


Participants:

19 Alumnes de 5è A del CEIP Les Cometes:

Alba Alcáutara
Elizabeth Boada
Sergi Casas
Caume Coll
Dídac Comerma
Daniel Corcoles
Ramon Cortes
Judith Fernández
Carla Gañán
Jordi Morilla
Laia Oriol
Guillem Oviol
Adnà Pérez
Aleix Ràmia
Marina Retili
Aitiana Rodríguez
Mohamed Taganti
Pau Tello
Joel Velàzquez

18 Alumnes de 5è B del CEIP Les Cometes:

Allen Adesanya
Emma Álvarez
Estela Becerra
Josep Maria Catà
Martí Collado
Francesc Díaz
Mohamed El Bakouri
Sofian El Bousakssal
Isaac Expósito
Claudia Fernández
Ariadna Fernández
Ana Garcés
Marc López
Jaume Palau
Aleix Rovira
Aldara Sánchez
Marc Sautó
Júlia Soler


Teachers:

Elena Palau
Counxita Corbella
Montse Blanch

Cal Figueres:

Pep Coll
Marta Coll


Stitchers:

Avaceli Rebollo
Maria Marlès
Lola Bujaldon


With the help of:

Pau Catà
Colin Bloom
Vivek Chockalingam
Teresa Baltasar


Special Thanks:

CeRCCa Artist Residency
Dolors Marlès
Rosa Marlès
Maria Marlès

Exhibition:

Video:

Xavi Mitjans (Solucions Audiovisuals)
Pau Catà


Sound:

Sebastian Alvarez


Photography (website):

Pau Catà
YunJeong Hong
Colin Bloom
Liliya Lifánova