Lara Almarcegui

 
Lara Almarcegui (born 1972 in Zaragoza, Spain) has built up an artistic practice around exploring the material aspects of land and urban space. She has worked in different cities, identifying abandoned, unused, or forgotten sites and examining the contemporary transformation processes brought about by social, political, and economic change. At a time of widespread urban renewal in Europe, Almarcegui has created guides to wastelands in the cities she has worked in, sometimes even instigating their legal protection. Almarcegui has also turned her attention to construction sites, in particular the composite materials used in the construction of new buildings and the cyclical relationship between land and architecture. 
 
Lara Almarcegui - The Eight Castor Houses of Villeurbanne
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
IAC (Institut d'art contemporain)
currently out of stock
A research work by the artist Lara Almarcegui on the "Maisons Castors" housing complex in Villeurbanne, which originated from a collaborative self-building movement of the 1940s, through which groups of families built their dwellings by pooling their skills.
Lara Almarcegui - Luxembourg souterrain
2016
French edition
Casino Luxembourg
Luxembourg underground: this artist's book offers a vertical journey through the city's subsoil structure.
Lara Almarcegui - Ruins in Burgundy - XIX-XXI
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
sold out
Artist's book: a singular guide to contemporary ruins in Burgundy.
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