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BARCELONA CULTURE 07 REPORT BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF CULTURE Management Board BARCELONA CULTURE. 2007 REPORT President Director Carles Martí Montserrat Tort Vice-president Pilar Roca Montserrat Ballarín Coordination Members Assumpta Manils Jordi Martí Jaume Ciurana Indicators and research Ángeles Esteller Pere Casas Ricard Gomà Ester Galimany Carles Guerra David Albet Texts Josep M. Montaner Marta Pérez Carlota Subirós Mara Dierssen Editorial coordination Isaki Lacuesta Ana Álvarez Pius Alibek Carme Cazalla Graphic design Josep Sánchez Luz de la Mora Delegate for Culture Translation Jordi Martí Alan Moore BARCELONA CULTURE 07 Director Marta Clari REPORT Secretary Lluïsa Pedrosa Palau de la Virreina Legal Deposit: B-40.371-2008 La Rambla, 99 08002 Barcelona © 2007 Edition: Barcelona City Council www.bcn.cat/canalcultura Institute of Culture © Texts: the authors © Cover photograph: Maria Espeus NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION The texts in this REPORT were drawn up according to the information provided by the organisations described in it. This includes both the texts written expressly for the report and the details made public by the organisations themselves on their websites or through other media. Once the material had been compiled, the original information was summarised and adapted into text form with the aim of presenting it as clearly and as easy to understand as possible. Any errors that may have occurred during this draft process will be corrected in future editions. Moreover, a REPORT of this nature requires certain decisions to be taken with regard to structure, order, selection and priorities concerning content. This publication is the result of one of many possible approaches to summarising cultural activity in our city over the course of one year. Clear- ly, other, equally valid approaches may also exist. Finally, we should like to thank all those bodies, organisations, associations and institutions that appear in this publication, and without which this REPORT would not have been possible. Barcelona has always been rich in cultures, which both nurture and represent the city. This is a creative, creating city, partici- patory and cosmopolitan, open and hospitable. Ours is a capi- tal that constantly questions itself, and we at the City Hall be- lieve that it is necessary to formulate an overall vision of what is happening in the city in order to answer these questions. In response to this need, we are pleased to present BARCELONA CULTURE. 2007 REPORT, a publication which, for the first time, summarises many of the cultural initiatives launched by both the public and private sectors in Barcelona over a one-year period, enabling us to rediscover the cultur- 4 al wealth to be found in our city. The report immerses us in what happened in our city in 2007 as regards fine art and de- sign, history and memory, letters, the dramatic arts, music, audiovisuals, festivities and traditions, and the many and var- ied festivals staged in our city. We are proud to have produced this vast report for public use and dissemination. The initiative was generated by the desire to understand the city we live in more fully. We hope that this publication will achieve that goal, as well as encour- aging us to think more deeply about culture in Barcelona in the 21st century. JORDI HEREU MAYOR OF BARCELONA CONTENTS INTRODUCTION JORDI MARTÍ ...................................................................................9 7. AUDIOVISUALS ...................................................................................................153 A TIME OF TRANSFORMATIONS ISAKI LACUESTA............................................155 1. BARCELONA SCIENCE..........................................................................................13 1. Film shoots in Barcelona................................................................................158 MARA DIERSSEN ..................................................................................................14 2. The Barcelona-Catalunya Film Commission..................................................160 1. 1. The Barcelona Science 2007 programme ....................................................18 3. Audiences and screens ...................................................................................162 2. 2. Science museums and living collections ....................................................21 4. Prizes and presence at international festivals ..............................................164 5. Film and audiovisual festivals .......................................................................166 2. VISUAL ART AND DESIGN ....................................................................................29 CARLES GUERRA..................................................................................................31 8. FESTIVALS IN BARCELONA ...............................................................................169 1. Visual art and design museums.......................................................................34 FESTIVALS AND BARCELONA RICARDO SZWARCER........................................172 2. Visual art and design centres ...........................................................................45 1. The Grec Festival of Barcelona.......................................................................174 3. Festivals and miscellaneous activities .............................................................56 2. Other festivals in Barcelona............................................................................177 Visual arts festivals.........................................................................................178 3. HISTORY AND MEMORY .......................................................................................59 Literary festivals..............................................................................................180 HISTORY AND HERITAGE: RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE AS A PRIORITY Dramatic arts festivals....................................................................................182 ALBERT GARCIA ESPUCHE AND XAVIER SUÑOL ...............................................61 Music festivals.................................................................................................192 1. History, archaeology and ethnology museums ..............................................64 Audiovisual festivals........................................................................................204 2. History archives and study centres .................................................................72 Multidisciplinary festivals ...............................................................................215 3. Sites of architectural interest .........................................................................76 4. Other activities and initiatives ..........................................................................78 9. LA MERCÈ AND TRADITIONS IN BARCELONA ..................................................219 ENTERTAINMENT IN THE STREET: LA MERCÈ 4. LETTERS AND LIBRARIES ...................................................................................81 AND OTHER CITY FESTIVALS MARTA ALMIRALL..............................................220 READINGS AT THE MOBILE LIBRARY 1. Atywide festivities............................................................................................224 ANTON MARIA ESPADALER .................................................................................82 2. Other festivities in the city ..............................................................................228 1. Libraries ............................................................................................................86 3. Other activities and initiatives ........................................................................232 2. The publishing world ........................................................................................90 3. Promotion and normalisation of the Catalan language ..................................95 10. PUBLIC SPACE AND PROXIMITY......................................................................235 4. Festivals and miscellaneous activities .............................................................98 THE USES OF THE PUBLIC SPACE JOSEP MARIA MONTANER......................237 1. Local facilities ...............................................................................................240 5. DRAMATIC ARTS.................................................................................................101 2. Artistic creation.............................................................................................244 CARLOTA SUBIRÓS .............................................................................................103 3. Local festivities .............................................................................................248 1. Dramatic arts venues......................................................................................106 4. Shows, seasons, concerts, festivals... ..........................................................252 2. Outstanding venues and rehearsal centres .................................................120 5. Other initiatives .............................................................................................259 3. Dramatic arts companies ...............................................................................124 4. Festivals and miscellaneous activities ...........................................................128