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Memoria Cccb 2014 En.Pdf CCCB Annual Report 2014 CCCB Annual Report 2014 CCCB Annual Report 2014 Montalegre, 5 08001 Barcelona T. 933 064 100 www.cccb.org @cececebe www.facebook.com/CCCB.Barcelona www.instagram.com/el_cccb/ A consortium of Contents 20 Years of the CCCB 08 Espriu. I Looked upon this Land 12 Exhibitions 10 Metamorphosis. Fantasy Visions in Starewitch, 13 Švankmajer and the Quay Brothers The Start of Tomorrow. 14 Mancomunitat of Catalonia: 100 years Shared Cities. 15 European Prize for Urban Public Space 2014 Big Bang Data 16 Under Siege. Mariam Ghani and Omer Fast. 17 Installation and conversations World Press Photo. International Professional 18 Photojournalism Exhibition Arissa. The Shadow and the Photographer, 1922-1936 19 Shadowland by Kazuhiro Goshima 20 Festivals and Open Formats 24 Festivals 22 Children’s and Family Programme 42 and Open Formats Debates and Lectures 46 Spaces for Debate 44 In Collaboration 57 and Reflection Courses, Postgraduate Certificates 61 and Master’s degrees European Prize 64 for Urban Public Space CCCB Lab 70 CCCB Lab 68 Networked Projects 75 Friends 76 of the CCCB CCCB Education 80 Social Programme 88 Exhibitions 94 Beyond the CCCB 92 European Prize for Urban Public Space 98 Archives 102 CCCB Holdings 100 Archives in Collaboration 103 Publications 104 Collaborating Institutions and Companies 108 General Details 106 Speakers at Debates and Lectures 110 Use and Rental of Spaces 112 Visiting Figures and Audience 114 Budget 118 CCCB Staff 119 Selection from the Press 120 8 20 Years of the CCCB The year 2014 marked the 20th Anniversary of the CCCB. Over the course of its first 20 years, the Centre has substantially increased its range of activity and its outreach. Furthermore, its field of activity has grown to embrace virtually all formats and languages, always placing the emphasis on contemporary thinking and creation. It has also expanded in physical terms: in 2011, it officially inaugurated its new multi- purpose building, the Teatre CCCB, opening up new potential and offering a venue ideally suited to the performing arts, music and audiovisuals. 9 Throughout this period, the “CCCB formula” – if we can call it that – has demonstrated not only vitality in terms of its productive output but a proven capacity to surprise, go beyond convention, make signif- icant contributions, and offer exhibitions and activities of extremely high quality. This track record has earned it notable renown, in both Catalonia and Spain, and very importantly, in the international sphere. This is a source of great satisfaction, for us and for everyone who has formed part of the Centre or has collaborated with it over the last two decades. Our major objective today is to take advantage of these 20 years of valuable experience as we usher in a new phase of renewal – and of exploration that is not exempt of risk – to enable the CCCB to embrace and adapt to the myriad dramatic changes that are transforming society. These affect people’s lifestyles and view of their surrounding reality and of the world in general. Similarly, they are restructuring the relationship between the individual, thinking, and creation, and, ultimately, are causing an evolution in our approach to and enjoyment of culture. This 20th anniversary offers an excellent opportunity for the CCCB to reaffirm its commitment to constant renewal, which requires openness towards society and a strong, close connection with everything taking place outside of our walls. This commitment, largely comprising attitude and deter- mination, should allow us to explore new ground and reach a larger audience, as well as try out new ways of working. We need to pay greater attention to processes and collaboration through networking, which means opening the door to new proposals and providing support and opportunities to groups and creators who hold promise for the future. For the CCCB, experimentation and change are part of its DNA. Taking advantage of the occasion, it proposed to initiate a new phase intended to be one of impetus. This should allow it to continue stand- ing as an essential reference model for high-quality culture made available to all audiences. The 20th anniversary celebration marked, therefore, this commitment to renewal, which must make its mark on our institution’s immediate future. In this new phase we also propose to raise awareness of the CCCB and of its range of activities, especially among people in Barcelona and Catalonia who are still unacquainted or unfamiliar with us. Improving connections with society, with creative communities and with the public at large also means making the most of the possibilities offered by the digital environment – Internet, social media net- works, etc. This should be understood not only in instrumental terms, as a tool for disseminating and enhancing the Centre’s constant activity, but also as a medium that allows us to offer specific contents. In this sense, our challenge now is to make the CCCB a fully integrated cultural venue, i.e., one that functions on both a physical and a virtual level. The CCCB wanted to start to express its desire for renovation for 2014 with a set of activities and proposals designed for an active, curious and creative citizenry, a series of actions to celebrate the 20 years of the CCCB. These are the actions that were carried out or commenced in the year 2014 to give sense and material- ise the CCCB’s commitment with permanent innovation: — Cultural Ring. Connective Space — Brunch Electronik Barcelona — New Friends of the CCCB Card for people born in 1994 — Short films competition – Gandules 2014 — Culturnauts. The CCCB’s summer school — The CCCB with the Raval — Room 1418 — CCCB Alzheimer Programme Sessions — The Idea of Europe — Lapsus Festival — New open spaces. Visit to the Mirador — New line of Beta exhibitions — Pantalla CCCB online. A Month, An Artist — Cultural Innovation International Prize — Internet Universe CCCB © Miquel Taverna Exhibitions 12 Exhibitions Idea and original script — Interior graphic design — Espriu Xavier Bru de Sala Opisso Estudi Executive curators — Graphic design I Looked upon this Land Julià Guillamon of publicity material — Advisors — Josep Bagà Ramon Balasch, Sebastià Bonet, Organisation — 30 October 2013 — 16 March 2014 Rosa Delor, Julià de Jòdar, Víctor CCCB Martínez Gil and Agustí Pons, Coproduction — Sala 3 with the collaboration of Gabriel Espriu Year (Government Planella of Catalonia) and CCCB Space design — Collaborating media — VA62 Arquitectos Ara and Catalunya Ràdio © La Fotogràfica The year 2013 marked the commemoration of 100 years since the – sometimes grotesque, sometimes evocative, but always of an ex- birth of Salvador Espriu (1913-1985). The CCCB, in collaboration traordinary power. with the Catalan Government’s Ministry of Culture, organised one of the central events of Espriu Year: the exhibition “Espriu. I Looked The exhibition presented a great quantity of unpublished materi- Upon This Land”, which offered the public an approach to the crea- als originating from archives and private collections. The last part tive career and life history of the writer, to show not only the capital of the exhibition recreated one of Espriu’s fundamental ideas: the importance of his figure for Catalan culture, but also the complexity world as a grotesque labyrinth, based on a gallery of characters that and richness of his work which transcends any label and thus estab- inhabit his narrative, his poetry and his plays, presented in anima- lishes Espriu as a timeless classic. tions produced by young creators. The characters of this gallery were integrated into an animated tale, of surprising currency, that The exhibition developed different aspects of his biography, of his allowed the visitor unfamiliar with the Espriu universe to enter it literary world and of the public repercussions of his work. It also from a new perspective. defended the currency of Salvador Espriu, and the validity of his themes and viewpoints in the world today, based on the triple per- “‘I Looked Upon This Land’ takes us to Espriu’s gaze towards his spective that the exhibition proposed: the mythical and symbolic land and towards his world: sometimes critical and wildly amus- world, social transcendence and indomitable criticism. ing, but also understanding and full of compassion towards human weaknesses.” (Julià Guillamon) A poet, narrator and playwright, Espriu asks himself about the great human questions. The exhibition evoked the myth of Sinera; ethical Related activities commitment when faced with the Civil War and the post-war years; Audiovisuals, “The Writer’s Image”, Soy cámara. El programa del the defence of Catalan culture in difficult times; the Espriu phenom- CCCB, no. 34, 1 March, see p. 25 enon, when he became an indispensable reference point in Spanish Friends of the CCCB, see p. 79 Culture; his vision of the “bull’s hide” based on dialogue and toler- Educational offering, see p. 84 ance; his candidature for the Nobel Prize, and his imaginary world Social programme, see p. 90 13 Exhibitions Project management — Graphic design of the Metamorphosis Rosa Ferré catalogue — Curator — Estela Robles Fantasy Visions in Starewitch, Carolina López Caballero Organisation — Švankmajer and the Quay Brothers Space design — CCCB Estudi Francesc Pons Coproduction — Interior graphic design — CCCB and La Casa Encendida 26 March — 7 September Mario Eskenazi and Dani Rubio Collaboration — Graphic design of publicity Athanor-Film Production Company, Sala 2 material — Moritz and Centro Checo Cat and cat Collaborating media — El Periódico, TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio “Metamorphosis. Fantasy Visions in Starewitch, Švankmajer and world of dreams, cabinets of curiosities, pre-Enlightenment sci- the Quay Brothers” presented the work of four essential figures ence, alchemy and illusionism. in animated film: the Polish (Russian-born) Paris-based pioneer Ladislas Starewitch (1882-1965), the Czech master Jan Švankmajer This is the first time that the work of these four artists had been (1934) and the Quay Brothers (1947), twins born in Pennsylvania presented in depth in our country, but what represented a truly in- and resident in London for the last three decades.
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