Notes for a Shell (translation of Francis Ponge's poem "Notes pour un coquillage") is a site-specific collective exhibition, conceived to take place in a fisherman's hut (in the cabin and on its terrasse) on the beach. Hence a dialogue and confrontation in real time with the coastal landscape and the sedimentary architecture of the fishermen’s huts.
The project, with varying proposition, was held at the same location the last weekend of August in 2017, 2018 and 2019.


2017 
The first edition was curated by Tiago de Abreu Pinto and Sergio Verastegui, with works by Ana Santos, Anita Molinero, Camila Farina, John Divola, Mimosa Echard, Matheus Rocha Pitta, Nona Inescu, Olve Sande, Sean Edwards, Nicolas Robbio, Thomas Couderc.
Catering was provided by Alcidia Vulbeau.

2018
The second edition was curated by Jordi Antas and Sergio Verastegui with works by David Horvitz, Olivier Millagou, Alina Chaiderov, Josep Maynou, Camila Oliveira Fairclough, Pepo Salazar, Irene de Andrés, Alexandra Zuckerman, Julien Carreyn, Nora Turato and performances by Aliette Alama, Camille Aléna, Mehdi Besnainou and Maxime Rossi, programmed by Margaux Bonopera.

2019
The third edition presented a multisensory site-specific installation by Pierre-Laurent Cassière with microphones immersed in the sea, connected to hammocks that amplified the underwater sounds and transformed them into vibrations as they came into contact with the visitor's body.
In a more performative aspect, LISTEN TO THE SEA, invited visitors to spend an afternoon and evening on the beach, between low tide and high tide. During these few hours, the public could let themselves be swept away by the different waves and ripples of the 5th edition of the MORE fanzine and by the performances of Josep Maynou and OMMA and Anna Piroska Tóth.

NOTES FOR A SHELL

People at an outdoor art exhibit on a beach at sunset, with some sitting on chairs, others taking photos in front of a painting and a black fabric with a white abstract design hanging, graffiti on the structure's ceiling, and beachgoers in the background.
People sitting and standing on a beach at sunset, viewed from under a shaded structure near the shore.
View of a beach seen through a black cloth with a cut-out design hanging from a structure, with people relaxing on the beach and the sea in the background.
An art installation with a white wall, a hanging red object, a photograph of a sunset through a window, and shadows cast by an unseen object.
Burned interior of a building with a view of a sunset over the ocean through a large window.
A rock on the ground with metal cutouts of two hands reaching towards each other, in a beach setting near the water with people swimming and relaxing.