{"id":9304,"title":"Mecánica de la Desidia","dimensions":"21 x 14.8 cm, 174 p, language: Spanish, self-published, ISBN: 978-84-616-5317-1","date_begin":"2013-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2026/264","stream_count_app":28,"permalink":"mecanica-de-la-desidia","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/184/large/cover_Marla.jpg?1388684041","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAny of the topics in \u003cem\u003eMec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia \u003c/em\u003eis likely to become the protagonist: a hole in the garden, a keeper of the useless things, a Rumanian girl, a nameless waitress, a flower patterned quilt, a painting of Jesus Christ with an erect penis, a nonexistent child, a blue cat, an asymmetric painter... The novel is a kind of literary puzzle fragmented into short chapters that alternate the use of dialogues with an omniscient narrator. Little fragments that the reader should reconstruct. The author manipulates the idea of isolated, vulnerable and helpless man that regenerates himself through the objects around him. Through symbolism, black humor and reinterpretation of magic realism, \u003cem\u003eMec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia\u003c/em\u003e reflects on the degradation of the mass media and the world of contemporary art.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are two artworks related to \u003cem\u003eMec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia\u003c/em\u003e. The first one is a video that is also a presentation of the novel, and the second one is the performance Alrededor, in which the artist writes during nine hours parts of an unfinished novel (Mec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia). The adverb \u0026quot;Alrededor\u0026quot; (\u0026quot;Around\u0026quot;) refers to the physical space (the walls of Marla Jacarilla\u0026#39;s studio, lined completely with brown paper), and also to the mental space (all the things that she can think about during the whole time of the performance, everything that could happen to the characters of the novel that she is writing, and so on).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.marlajacarilla.es/MECANICA/index.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e**Literaire synopsis:** Elk van de door *Mec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia* behandelde onderwerpen kan net zo goed de hoofdrol opeisen: een gat in de tuin, iemand die de nutteloze dingen verzamelt, een Roemeens meisje, een serveerster zonder naam, een quilt met bloemenpatroon, een schilderij van Jezus Christus met erectie, een onbestaand kind, een blauwe kat, een assymetrische schilder, enzovoort. De roman is een soort literaire puzzel, opgedeeld in korte hoofdstukken die afwisselend dialogen of een alwetende verteller hanteren. Het is aan de lezer om met de fragmentjes te reconstrueren. De auteur gebruikt het idee van de ge\u0026iuml;soleerde, kwetsbare en hulpeloze mens die zichzelf hernieuwt door de voorwerpen om hem heen. *Mec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia* heeft het over de ontaarding van de massamedia en de wereld van de hedendaagse kunst aan de hand van symbolisme, zwarte humor en de herinterpretatie van magische realisme. **Verhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar:** Marla Jacarilla beschouwt *Mec\u0026aacute;nica de la Desidia* als losstaand van haar beeldende kunst, ook al komen alle besproken onderwerpen veelvuldig terug in haar video\u0026rsquo;s, performances en installaties. [Meer](http://www.marlajacarilla.es/MECANICA/index.html)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2243,"name":"Marla Jacarilla ","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}