"Vuit" Frederic Amat at La Virreina Centre de la Imatge

It is difficult to understand the trajectory of Frederic Amat (Barcelona, 1952) without considering the role played in his development by a good number of poets, writers, playwrights, and philosophers with whom the artist has engaged in dialogue from the 1970s to the present.

Vuit is an exhibition that brings together some of these "conversations" around words, images, lines, and questions. From the unpublished short film titled Al filo (2026), conceived specifically for La Virreina with Chantal Maillard, to collaborations with Mark Strand, J. V. Foix, Octavio Paz, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante, among others. Paraphrasing Peter Sloterdijk, Vuit reminds us to what extent artistic creation is a long letter with multiple senders.