Documentary collection that takes as its main motif the portraits of rulers in the plenary halls of the town halls of Catalonia. The purpose of the project is to suggest a reflection on the uses and power of this type of images, to account for the validity of the practice of the cult of personality through the physical image and to propose an organization of this branch of the imaginary of political power.
The Inventory has more than four hundred photographs classified by series and functions as a latent fund that is activated, totally or partially, depending on the moment and the context, adopting diverse strategies and forms to influence issues such as the use of the image as a strategy for the consolidation of power, the historical marginalization of women in political power or the different forms of response of the consistories in the face of the legislation of the image.
Set of photographs of some of the plenary rooms visited, the space where the activity of image archaeology takes place.
Overview of the plenary hall of the Hospitalet de Llobregat Town Hall, in 2015.
Plenary hall of Granollers Town Hall, in 2013.
Front view of the presidential wall of the plenary hall in Castelldefels, in 2013.
Overview of the plenary hall of Agramunt Town Hall (Lleida), in 2014.
Portrait of Juan Carlos I in the plenary hall of Sant Vincenç de Montalt, in 2013. This photograph marks the beginning of an intra-series dedicated to all the different portraits of Juan Carlos I found in the halls.
Portrait of Juan Carlos I in the plenary hall of Canet de Mar Town Hall, in 2013.
Portrait of the king emeritus in the plenary hall of Calaf Town Hall (Barcelona), in 2013.
Portrait of Juan Carlos I in the plenary hall of Argentona Town Hall, in 2013.
Portrait of the king emeritus in the plenary hall of the Town Hall of Bigues i Riells (Barcelona), in 2013.
Portrait of Juan Carlos I in the plenary hall of Maçanet de la Selva Town Hall (Girona), in 2014.
Portrait of former president Artur Mas in the plenary hall of Manlleu Town Hall (Barcelona), in 2013.
Portrait of Carles Puigdemont on the presidential wall of the plenary hall of La Fuliola Town Hall (Lleida), in 2017.
Portrait of former president Quim Torra in the plenary hall of Alella Town Hall, in 2019.
Series of portraits of presidents of Catalonia in the plenary hall of Torà (Lleida), in 2017.
Symbolic ‘co-presidency’ with portraits of Quim Torra and Carles Puigdemont in the plenary hall of Calaf Town Hall in 2018.
Portraits of Quim Torra and Carles Puigdemont in the plenary hall of the Town Hall of Las Borges Blanques, in 2019.
Portraits of Quim Torra and Carles Puigdemont in the plenary hall of Manlleu Town Hall, in 2019.
Portraits of Quim Torra and Carles Puigdemont in the plenary hall of Sallent Town Hall (Barcelona), in 2019.
Portraits of Quim Torra and Carles Puigdemont in the plenary hall of the Santa Coloma de Farnés Town Hall (Girona), in 2019.
Series of portraits of mayors of El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort (Barcelona), in the town hall plenary chamber in 2018.
Collection of portraits of mayors of Malgrat de Mar, exhibited in the plenary hall of the town hall in 2014.
Some town councils, such as Sant Feliu de Buixalleu (Girona), use pictograms to replace portraits of mayors that they have been unable to find, while others use the mayor's signature or name and term of office.
Series of portraits of mayors in the plenary hall of Calella (Barcelona), in 2014.
Series of portraits of mayors of Palafrugell (Girona), photographed in the town hall plenary chamber in 2014.
Wall and nail where the portrait of the king hung in the plenary hall of Llagostera Town Hall (Girona), in 2015.
Wall and nail where the portrait of the king hung in the plenary hall of the Town Hall of Llinars del Vallès (Barcelona), in 2016.
Nylon thread that held the official portrait of the king in the plenary hall of Lloret de Mar Town Hall in 2014.
Nail that held the official portrait of the king in the plenary hall of Guimerà Town Hall (Lleida) in 2017.
Portrait of Artur Mas in the plenary hall of Torredembarra Town Hall, in 2015.
Portraits of presidents of Catalonia kept in the municipal archive of Santa Maria de Palautordera (Barcelona), in 2016.
Still life with official portraits that remain in the archives of Llagostera (Girona), in 2015.
Matching portraits of Juan Carlos I and Sofía in the municipal offices of Vidreres, in 2015.
Portraits of mayors of Sils (Girona) and portrait of King Emeritus Juan Carlos I, in the municipal archive of the town, in 2019.
Paired portraits of Juan Carlos I and Sofía and individual portrait of Juan Carlos I, in the municipal archive of Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà (Barcelona), in 2016.
Under the title Strategies of Ubiquity, the work took the form of a gallery of illustrious figures to highlight this strategy as a means of control and representation of power.
General view of the installation Empremtes. Inventari del retrat polític oficial (Imprints. Inventory of the Official Political Portrait), dedicated to the traces left by the removal of the portraits of the king, in the display case of the Museu Abelló (Mollet del Vallès), in 2025.
