Opening: Claudia Pagès Rabal: ALJUB

Welcome to the opening of ALJUB, a solo exhibition by Claudia Pagès Rabal.

Claudia Pagès Rabal creates scenarios where multiple layers, dialogues and choreography define new possibilities for art. Her video installations offer a special physicality observing social and economic realities: focusing on identity, infrastructures, and history but also relationships, social codes and heritage. The concept of time in her work is that of a condensed one, presenting performative situations in real time while embracing centuries of history.

The exhibition ALJUB is the first presentation of Claudia Pagès Rabal in the Nordic Countries. “Aljub” is a peculiar word, Arabic in origin and not commonly used in Pagès Rabal’s native Catalan. It translates to cistern, a tank for storing water, which becomes both an idea and a real object defining the exhibition. Pagès Rabal’s video installation Aljubs i Grups was co-produced with Index when it was first shown at the European Nomadic Biennial Manifesta15 in Barcelona, and it now anchors her exhibition in Stockholm.

At 18:30, during the opening, there will be a talk between directors of Index and the artist.

At 19:00, during the opening, nara is neus, who have collaborated with Pagès Rabal on the sound design and production for Aljubs i Grups, will present a performance taking place in conjunction with the installation at Index.

Claudia Pagès Rabal (b.1990) works and lives in Barcelona. Pagès Rabal has been shown in exhibitions such as Five Defence Towers, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2025; Manifesta 15, Barcelona, 2024; Scene I. Making landscape, IVAM, Valencia, 2024; Typo-Topo-Time Aljibe, Sculpture Center, New York, 2023; Uno, CA2M, Madrid, 2023; Banditry, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 2023; Gerundi Circular, Tabakalera, Donostia, 2022; Some of It Falls from the Belt and Lands on the Walkway Beside the Conveyor, Vleeshal, Middelburg, 2022; Panorama, MACBA, Barcelona, 2022; Rats and Roaches, CAPC, Bordeaux, 2022; and The Living House, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 2021. After her exhibition at Index, her work will be shown at Istanbul Biennial, MUMOK (Vienna) and La Biennale di Venezia (2026).

nara is neus is a physicist, musician and producer of ambient music and soundtracks from Barcelona. They combine parts of several subgenres to compose music that has a distinctive sound. Their music is distinguished by complex metrics, captivating melodies, engrossing soundscapes that take listeners to different realms, and ambient textures that elicit a wide range of feelings. Their songs have a special deep bond with existential questionings, sending listeners on an emotional rollercoaster.

More information about the exhibition here.
The event is part of September Sessions, more information about the festival and the program visit: septembersessions.se

Index would like to thank TBA21 and Institut Ramon Llull for their collaboration with the exhibition.