‘Evitada: The Avoided Artwork’ is a contemporary art project by Spanish conceptual and performance artist Josep Piñol. The talk, hosted by Taragaon Next on January 16 at 3:00 pm, proposes a dialogue between artistic practice and political ecology and asks audiences to reconsider what counts as meaningful climate action.

Responding to the logic of carbon markets, the talk will examine how the project reframes absence and refusal as forms of action, questioning how economic, symbolic, and climatic value are assigned not only to what is produced but also to what is deliberately left undone.

Through performance, documentation, and storytelling, ‘Evitada’ exposes the limits of greenwashing and interrogates the concepts of responsibility, offsetting, and narrative in the climate crisis.

Josep Piñol (born 1994, Tivenys, Spain) is a conceptual and performance artist whose work operates in the fissures between artistic practice and the institutions that legitimise it. His practice has evolved from scenographic installations to documentary and speculative approaches, shifting from biographical narratives toward structural critique.

Taragaon Talks with Josep Piñol

When: January 16, 2026

Where: Taragaon Next, Kathmandu

Time: 3:00 pm

Entry: Free