“Bodies That (Don’t) Matter” for the Network of Art Museums of Catalonia

"Bodies That (Don't) Matter " uses scrolling, movement, and the arrangement of the works on the screen as part of its curatorial discourse. Navigating the project is interpreting it. The question posed by Nora Ancarola—which bodies have been represented in museums, and through whose gaze—is not read, but explored.

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The consulting firm

In 2025, Xarxa commissioned us to conduct an analysis aimed at rethinking the “Comisariados en línea” program. The project began with a clear diagnosis: the problem was not the quality of the content, but rather the process and approach. We analyzed how other museums and leaders in digital storytelling outside the cultural sector addressed this challenge, identifying a common pattern among them. In projects that succeed, the format is not decided at the end, but is an integral part of the commission.

Based on that analysis, we proposed a new working model centered on a dual curatorial approach: a “thesis” curator, who defines the content and critical perspective, and a “digital” curator, who determines the formats and coordinates production. The two work as a team, producing content as the format itself generates new needs and proposals. In this way, the content takes the form of an experience that makes the most of the narrative possibilities of the digital realm.

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The project

“Bodies That Don’t Matter,” by artist and researcher Nora Ancarola, was the first commission created using the new methodology. Ancarola’s curatorial text on the representation of migrant bodies in the Xarxa’s collections offered a solid, layered conceptual framework.

The result is a microsite where movement and scrolling serve as a metaphor for the story itself: navigation is not simply a way to access the content, but rather part of the interpretation.

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