DemocraciaMay 2025

Emerging in the mid-2000s, the Spanish collective Democracia defines itself as a “work team,” a group consisting of permanent members and occasional collaborators brought together for specific projects. This activist collective, deeply involved in fighting against social issues in their country, favours an artistic practice in which the exchange of words, ideas, and forms of action is paramount.

Their works draw from socio-economic spheres and revolve around political questions that animate our societies. Whether it is to highlight NATO’s endeavours to legitimise the military (Home of Nato), to remind us of social inequalities and class struggle (Eat the Rich - Kill the Poor), or to denounce the repression of grass-roots movements in Spain (We protect you from yourselves), Democracia always operates with great conceptual precision and sharp formal acuity.

Still based in Spain, Democracia primarily exhibits in Europe and the United States. Long-standing partners of BPS22, its members are once again collaborating with Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan, director of the a/political collection (London) and curator of this exhibition. It will feature a new installation metaphorically evoking nature’s revolt against the planet’s destruction, conceived using replicas of orca skeletons.