Marc Montijano's 'El trabajo del tiempo' Performance at MUCAC La Coracha

On April 18, 2026, Marc Montijano presented the performance 'El trabajo del tiempo: la práctica de la espera' at MUCAC La Coracha (Museo Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga). The work critiques contemporary culture's obsession with immediacy and superficiality, questioning the trivialization of spirituality as a fashion trend. Montijano transformed the museum into a ritual space using archaic symbols like ropes, crosses, masks, and naked bodies to demarcate a 'sacred' area. Performers, nude and with faces covered by sacks, occupied the space in silence and stillness, undergoing a slow metamorphosis through persistence and patience. The artist argues that true transformation requires waiting, repetition, and inner discipline, contrasting with modern impatience. He draws an alchemical metaphor: decanting separates the pure from impurities, so waiting is an active exercise that allows the superfluous to fall away. Montijano reclaims spirituality with rigor, rejecting its commodification as a decorative aesthetic or trend that empties it of meaning. The performance proposes an alternative way of inhabiting the world, emphasizing the invisible and profound over the material.