Refugium, refugia at the MuME — Museu Memorial de l’Exili

10.10.2019 · Last update: 28.12.2025 · Translation: Claude (Anthropic) · Topics: exhibitions, memory, exile, mume, la jonquera, refugium, refugia

1939–2019, La Retirada — 80th anniversary.

On 9 November 2019, Refugium, refugia opens at the MuME — Museu Memorial de l’Exili (La Jonquera).

Exhibition from 9 November 2019 to 2 February 2020. Opening: Saturday 9 November at 12 pm.

MuME — Museu Memorial de l’Exili, c/ Major 43-47, 17700 — La Jonquera
More info: http://www.museuexili.cat

On 18 January 2020 there will be a visit to the exhibition and to the Rivesaltes Memorial. You can book a seat on the bus from Barcelona. More info: https://timeline.marconoris.com/visita-a-rivesaltes-y-al-mume-18-enero-2020

The work on display —made mainly between 2013 and 2016— emerged from the rubble of the camp, which acted at once as executioner and witness of the horror of the Nazi deportations and of the drama of the exile of thousands of human beings. The memory of Rivesaltes is today the reality of the camps that hold millions of lives, millions of refugees, millions of dramas all over the world and at the gates of the European Union. This, however, is not a work about Rivesaltes, nor a historical investigation. Here, history guides a journey through collective emotional memory, seeking the universality of individual experience beyond eras, borders and nationalities.

The word «refuge» has its origin in the Latin refugium, a term used interchangeably to refer both to the place towards which one flees and to the “way out”. That is: a place safe from danger (not necessarily physical and immediate) or a means of escaping a dangerous situation. It also meant “return”, “to come back”, as opposed to “desertion”. The plural —refugia— designated hiding places in Roman houses where the head of the family could conceal his possessions in case of attack or fire. In biology, refugium refers to the area of an isolated population or to the residual presence of a once more widespread species. Protection, flight, retreat, exit: terms that indicate both withdrawal and movement outwards; in any case, a permanent state of transit and danger.

Acknowledgements

This work has been possible thanks to the support of La Escocesa and Hangar, creation centres in Barcelona. I also thank all the members of MuME, Paula Bruna, Carlos Puyol, Mireia Martínez, Raül Segarra, Tere Badia, Kike Bela, Pep Dardanyà, Piramidón, Yann Molina, Josep Maria Cabané, Elodie Montes, Marta Huguet, Judith López, Pilar Mestre, Mar Arza, Miquel Bardagil…

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