Archaeology of Recent Memory: City and Territory in Spain, 1986-2012

Archaeology of recent memory covers the impact of the economic cycle that began with Spain’s entry into the European Economic Community on architecture, urban transformation and the new landscapes that have emerged from the construction of infrastructures. Through models, plans, photographs, visual cartographies on panels and audiovisuals, the exhibition questions the consequences of that period of economic boom from an urban, social and cultural point of view.

The first part studies the transformations of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela and Seville. The second part analyses the impact of infrastructures and public works on the territory. In addition, a catalogue was published with texts by Juan Miguel Hernández León, Emilio Ontiveros, Miguel Aguiló, José María Ezquiaga and Víctor Pérez Escolano, among others.

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Hernández León, Juan Miguel, coord. 2013. Arqueología de la memoria reciente: construcción de la ciudad y el territorio en España, 1986-2012. Madrid: Ediciones Círculo de Bellas Artes.