Los Top Ten

13.11-21.11

Film
L'Alternativa
Not that there is a shortage of film festivals in Barcelona, but l’Alternativa is the one you really do not want to miss. This year they received, believe it or not, 1720 films from 79 countries, out of which they selected 60 to compete in the official sections Fiction Feature, Documentary Feature, and Short Films. The result is a stunning panorama of contemporary independent filmmaking that bears witness to a buzzing community off the commercial circuit. There are also five parallel sections that offer the chance to discover little-known work, as well as a seminar on film music, roundtables and other spaces for debate. The highlight of this year’s edition is the special “Romanian Film Before and After 1989” and the works of Martin Patino, forerunner of New Spanish Cinema. The festival starts on Friday the 13th at 9pm in the CCCB Hall with free screenings, drinks and music by Don Simón y Telefunken.
Place: CCCB @ Montalegre, 5
Admission: 4.50€
More info: alternativa.cccb.org

17.11 + 27.11-29.11

Concerts
No-No-Logic
It wouldn’t be right to claim that the No-No-Logic festival is what Sonar once was, but it does somewhat fill a nascent gap that has been growing ever since Sonar became a substantial international reference point. C’est la vie: Big ain’t better if you’re searching for undercurrents. This low-key, three-day meeting of five small labels (Station 55, Disco Ninjaz, Outer Space, No-Fi, and Proot Records) and ten musicians from across Europe will present a digital mix that is neither very agreeable nor – as its name promises – will it make much sense. Combos of synthpunk, free jazz, minimalism, Naïf, electro pop, lo-fi, and circuit bending add up to schizophrenic collages not found very often in the Cuitat Comtal. If you want to give it a try, check the preview session at the MACBA on Tuesday the 17th at 7.30pm. It is free of charge, starts with short films entitled “Ci-Ne- No-No-Logic”, and finishes with an improvised concert featuring some of the invited artists.
Place: La Fontana @ Gran de Gràcia, 192
Time: 20:30h – 1:00h
Admission: 5€
More info: nonologic.com

18.11

Concert
Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen is widely known for writing the soundtrack to the wonderful kitch movie Amelie. The French multi-talent is a one-man orchestra. There is seriously no instrument he cannot play. His compositions are primarily instrumental, but some songs feature estrellas like Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy or Jane Birkin. His live performances vary from having an orchestra to only being accompanied by a bassist, drummer or guitarist. At any rate, this man will send some shivers down your spine.
Place: Razzmatazz @ Almogàvers, 122
Time: 20:00h (doors)
Admission: 26€
More info: yanntiersen.com // salarazzmatazz.com

24.11

Concert
The Horrors
This band from Southend, UK, are the kinda guys that would always turn heads when walking down the street. Sporting black, skin-tight jeans with electro- shock hairdos, they take their sixties-based psychedelic garage rock sound into new territory, with hypnotic electronic beats and vocals that come from deep inside Jim Morrison’s grave. Primary Colours, in contrast to their first album release, the difficult, distant Strange House, is one of the best albums around this year.
Place: Razzmatazz @ Almogàvers, 122
Time: 20:00h (doors)
Admission: 25€
More info: thehorrors.co.uk // salarazzmatazz.com

17.11-22.11 + 26.11

Homage
Merce Cunningham
On July 27th, 2009, The Washington Post reported, “The avant-garde choreographer whose unorthodox approaches and discoveries throughout a six-decade career made him one of the most important artists of the 20th century, influencing filmmakers and directors as well as choreographers worldwide, died Sunday night.“ They were referring to Merce Cunningham, the men who redefined what is possible in dance. His passing is commemorated all over the world and here, in beautiful Barna, two performances take place that are well-worth your time if you are of the culturally curious type: 1) A visual and phonetic poetry performance of Sixty-two Mesostics re Merce Cunningham (1971 / John Cage) by Bartolomé Ferrando and Eduard Escoffet (26.11); and 2) Five performances at the Mercat de les Flors by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company that he founded in 1953 (17.-22.11).
Places: 19:30h • MACBA @ Plaça dels àngels, 1 • free
21:00h • Mercat de les Flors @ Lleida, 59 • 28€
More info/contact: macba.es // mercatflors.org

27.11

Superproducción
Reprise #2
The idea is simple but brilliant: Recycle leftovers from preceding large-scale theater productions, reassemble them again on a stage, invite a group of artists to play with them for one evening, and then give the stuff away to make certain that the audience leaves content whilst ensuring that nobody can recreate this evening ever again. Marta Galán and Juan Navarro, the driving forces behind the project La Corporación call these one-off performances superproducciones. The residues from theaters and film sets that they have collected over the course of the last couple of months will serve for three evenings of artistic mayhem, supervised by three different groups of artists. This show in November is directed by Jaume Parera, an artist who focuses on the friction between reality and fiction, or what he would call, “escenas de una falsa verdad”. I’d call this constructive craziness.
Place: Nau Ivanow @ Hondures 28–30
Time: 20:30h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: lacorporacio.blogspot.com //
Reservations at corporacio@gmail.com

27.11 + 28.11

Festival
L'Antic goes electric
It seems the construction work at the L’Antic Teatre has finally come to an end. Considering how long it has taken, the place must look like a state of the art theater palazzo, and the good excuse to snoop around and check it out comes here: On Friday the 27th, l’Antic Teatre Goes Electric, under the motto B2B, Berlin to Barcelona. DJs and VJs from the German capital play experimental, electronic tunes and create audiovisuals that make minds spin. Look out for the German duo Institut Fatima (since they are based in Barna, you might have seen them around at the Arts Santa Mònica or Sonar), who’ll present their invention, “cerebro artificial”, an interface between brain and computer. Let’s see what they have on their minds… The game continues on Saturday at AdriAntic on Via Trajana, 11, in Adrià de Besòs from 11pm until 5 in the morning.
Place: 19:30h • L’Antic Teatre @ Verdaguer i Callís, 12 • 4€ // AdriAntic: 10€
More info/contact: lanticteatre.com

25.11-29.11

Art
Punto y Raya Festival
My grandfather used to say that people write long books because they don’t have the time to write short ones, and even though I never saw him read one, he’s got a point: to break complex phenomena down to the basics is not the easiest way to go about things. But the Punto y Raya Festival is doing exactly that, they take it back to the roots. When, in 2007, the Moviment d’Alliberament Digital sent out an open call for submissions, anthropologists, film and video directors, graphic designers, VJs and physicists from all over the world answered. They all understood that the dot·line is the ultimate grain of our universe; the primordial identification of all that exists. After two years of touring around the world, the festival is back in Barcelona with a new edition jam-packed with animations, performances, and talks (don’t miss Sergi Valverde, applied physicist at the UPC, talking about “Complex Networks: The Architecture of Life” on 26.11 at 20:30h).
Place: Arts Santa Mònica @ Ramblas
Time: 11:00h – 23:00h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: puntoyrayafestival.com

03.12

Poetry Performance
Revox II
Poetry is no longer about being alone with yourself, your weltschmerz and your prose. In this day and age it’s about transgressing the written form and performing the text. If you want to play with the cool kids in school you’ve got to loop it, twist it, shout it, and bring it to life in the postmodern sense of becoming: you becoming the text and the text becoming you - one beautiful symbiosis of voice and words. There are a myriad of possibilities, and Martín Bakero from Chile (who calls himself an electropneumatic Théra- Poet), Dirk Hülstrunk from Germany (minimalistic prose, poetry and sounds), and Aymeric Hainaux from France (beatboxing) form the second group of poetry performers of the bi-annual ReVox cycle that show us how far you can take it.
Place: Sala Conservas @ Sant Pau, 58
Time: 20:00h
Admission: 3€
More info/contact: propost.org/revox

09.12-13.12

Concert
Primavera Club
Who wouldn’t pay 50 Euros just to see Devendra Banhart? Yet Primavera Club dosmilnueve gets so much better. Apart form the freak-folk genius on Friday, 11th December, they also have Ted Leo & The Pharmacists on the lineup, who’ll play two shows, on Friday and Saturday, 11th and 12th December. Let’s go and see them both...because we can (Madrid only gets them on Thursday night). They are marvelous live. Leo manages to skip from tender, unadorned romantic pop crooning, to full-throttle punk yowling, to Celtic-flavored folk-rock without losing the listener, the beat, or the message. And since the 5o Euros are already spent, have a look at Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds on Thursday, December 10th. Their raw and raucous garage rock makes for a nice kick-off to the festival.
Place: Sala Apolo / Bikini / La Nau / Sidecar / Jamboree / Sala Monasterio
Admission: 50€
More info/contact: primaverasound.com

More Listings

Thursday 12

Expo
World Press Photo // Until 13.12
If it is true what Confucius said, that a picture is worth a thousand words, this exhibition will tell a zillion stories in split seconds. World Press Photo assembles the best shots from photojournalists from around the globe taken during the past year. If you truly want reality to catch up with you, anímate.
Place: CCCB @ Montalegre, 5
Time: Tuesdays - Sundays 11:00h – 20:00h / Thursdays 11:00h – 22:00h
Admission: 4.50€
More info: worldpressphoto.org // cccb.org

Theater
The Dumb Waiter // Until 15.11
Harold Pinter is a difficult playwright to translate. His language is calculated; some claim that it is more controlled than verse. The Dumb Waiter (1957), one of his early works, places the protagonists, Ben and Gus, who speak only the finest Cockney, in a basement somewhere in Birmingham. It’s a characteristic Pinter story: people threatened by forces whose precise intentions neither the characters nor the audience can define. The Catalan version is translated as "El muntaplats", directed by Carles Fernández Giua and performed by Jordi Llordella and Armand Villén.
Place: Nau Ivanow @ Hondures, 28–30
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 18€
More info: nauivanow.com

Friday 13

Concert
Stanley Brinks & Ish Marquez & Freschard
Brinks, a newyorquino based in Berlin, is a regular guest in Barna. He is a singer-songwriter who knows how to tell a story in rhymes. His lyrics are charming, though without being exceptionally profound, and set a superb backdrop to share a laugh with a partner in crime.
Place: Heliogàbal @ Ramon i Cajal, 80
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 7€
More info: myspace.com/therealstanleybrinks

Theme Party
Swap-a-Rama
First, the good news: this theme party gives you the perfect opportunity to get rid of clothes you haven’t been wearing in ages. Now, the bad: You will want to wear plenty of them because otherwise you’ll be swapping bras, panties and boxers faster than you can drink the liquor that drowns out the embarrassment. Swap ‘till you drop.
Place: Bar Lempika @ Carretes, 18
Time: 22:00h – 3:00h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: facebook.com/swap.a.rama

Saturday 14

Lectura
¿Te enrollarías con Woody Allen?
Una vegada li van preguntar a David Lynch què es necessita per tenir una bona història i ell va respondre “noi coneix noia, les coses es compliquen i al final l’autor decideix”. A “¿Te enrollarías con Woody Allen?” dramaturga coneix actriu a l’atur i la cosa es complica quan la dramaturga comença a escriure una obra inexistent per lligar-se l’actriu. Una obra que al principi sembla buida, però que, a mesura que avança, com a la vida, el sentit es va apoderant dels dos personatges, perdó, de les dues dones, perdó, de les dues persones, perdó, actrius, perdó, dramaturgues, perdó, el que sigui que siguin.
Place: Espai Bonnemaison “La Cuina” @ Sant Pere Més Baix, 7
Time: 12:00h
Admission: 5€
More info: projectevaca.com

Conference
Expanding09
Spotify is a drug, a software that lulls you into forgetting what life was like before the digital revolution set in, when it wasn’t just zeros and ones that you downloaded from an online store. Do you even remember hauling heavy, real-life LPs from a dingy shop across town back home to your basement, caressing their covers, marveling at their beauty? Do you want to talk about it? No? Well, if you’d like to listen to other people talk about YOUR problem, i.e the alienation of consumers from the goods they consume, Expanding09 at the CCCB provides the opportunity.
Place: CCCB @ Montalegre, 5
Time: 16:00h – 22:00h
Admission: Free
More info: cccb.org

Concert
IndiePendent
Fresh off the back of a truly explosive night in October, Nits IndiePendent returns with three new bands, tearing their way through the up-and-coming category of the indie rock scene. Furguson, blending a danceable punk rock sound with splashings of hypnotic electronic beats, will be accompanied by the garage- rock-tropical beats of The Bankers, and experimentalists, Fiun Poin. This is the place to get hot and sweaty to the best locally made Barcelona music, while being force-fed tubes of Jägermeister.
Place: Sala Monasterio @ Pg de Isabell II, 4
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 3€
More info: bcnweek.com/indiependent

Sunday 15

Concert
Three Colours Red
This three-piece is a rather recent addition to the city’s music scene. In January this year, Matt Kemp, Sofia Granato and Maria Moreno decided to join voices and made their love for soul, r ‘n’ b, African and swingbeat public under the name Three Colours Red. The result are upbeat, rhythmically rich, acoustic-based songs that encourage singing along.
Place: Bar Só-Ló @ Margarit, 18
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: myspace.com/threecoloursredmusic

Monday 16

Concert
Tiny Vipers
The singer-songwriter Jesy Fortino, AKA Tiny Vipers, from Seattle, isn’t putting herself out there to tell stories; she’s after incantation and trance. Slow picking of chords and her peculiar swallowing and opening of vowels make for an idiosyncratic sound that warps through the room. Get lost.
Place: Heliogàbal @ Ramon i Cajal, 80
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 6€
More info/contact: myspace.com/tinyvipersss // heliogabal.com

Tuesday 17

Inauguration
{ths} - For All is Vanity // Until 18.12
To place a pornographic image on a doublepage spread so that the butt crack of the lady comes to lie on the fold is not the most original idea ever, but it gets the message across: I can play dirty if you want me to. Thomas Schostok, who works under the name {ths}, presents a large-scale continuation of his “Gluebooks” series (a selection of sketchbooks filled with handwriting, dirt & pornographic images) on canvas, under the title For All is Vanity. The messy hybrids of trash, pop art and graphic design stand pretty well on their own.
Place: Rojo Artspace @ Girona, 61
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: rojo-magazine.com/artspace

Wednesday 18

Teatro
Mueren los cuentos // Until 29.11
La idea de la obra es divertida y original. Una epidemia está acabando con las figuras más populares de la literatura, los personajes de los cuentos tradicionales como Caperucita roja y Cenicienta y todos los indicios hacen temer lo peor: cualquier persona relacionada con la cultura está en peligro de muerte. Es una comedia loca, que bebe de los libros de Finn Garner, de las mejores series de televisión y también de las ganas de reanimar la cultura después de sus últimas paradas cardíacas.
Place: Teatre Tantarantana @ Les Flors, 22
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 14€
More info: tantarantana.com

Concert
Micachu & The Shapes
The English press has been full of praise for Michachu & The Shapes, a three-piece led by 21-year-old Mica Levi, who just released their first album, Jewellery. Critics adore their messy sound that’s not horribly over-polished or sexed-up like much synth-pop these days. They have come up with adjectives like “fractured” and “unhinged” to describe the combination of skiffly guitar-strumming, glitchy beats, a vacuum cleaner and fast-spoken lyrics without much melody or rhythm. Check it out. It’s really not bad.
Place: Razzmatazz / Sala 3 @ Pamplona, 88
Time: tba
Admission: 19€
More info: micachu.com

Documental
Expressions de l’àfrica Negra a Barcelona
Expressions de l’àfrica Negra a Barcelona (30 min) es un documental que presenta los pensamientos y reflexiones de 12 artistas que residen en la ciudad de Barcelona. El propósito principal del video viene articulado mediante una serie de preguntas clave, profundizado y matizado en la dimensión intercultural: ¿Qué hacen los artistas africanos en Barcelona? ¿Cómo desarrollan su arte? ¿De qué manera sus aportaciones artísticas influencian y se reflejan en el escenario cultural de la ciudad? ¿Cómo reacciona el público a estas producciones?
Place: Niu @ Almogàvers, 208
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: niubcn.com

Thursday 19

Music + Film
Joy Division
In-Edit is over, but if your hunger for music documentaries isn’t stilled just yet, you could risk the journey into foreign territories and travel as far as l’Hospitalet where the Sala Salamandra hosts Music & Film Nights every Thursday from November 19th until Christmas. The series starts off with Grant Gee’s documentary that looks back at seminal ‘70s post-punk group, Joy Division. Interestingly, director Grant Gee teamed with Tom Atencio, who managed New Order, the band that Joy Division would become after frontman Ian Curtis committed suicide.
Place: Sala Salamandra @ Av. Carrilet, 235 (l’Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Time: 20:00h
Admission: 5€ (incl drink)
More info: casadelamusica.cat

Punk Rock
The Cliches & St. Alvia Cartel & Bulldozer
If you’ve got ten bucks to spare and are looking for the right music to get it all out, grab your friends and travel to Poblenou. The Sala Rocksound presents three punk rock bands hailing from Sweden, Canada and Barcelona. The party continues with ska, rocksteady, reggae, dancehall, and hip hop until the early morning hours.
Place: Sala Rocksound @ Almogàvers, 116
Time: 20:30h – 23:30h
Admission: 10€ / Free after 23:30h
More info: salarocksound.com // myspace.com/officialcliches

Friday 20

Theater
Carlo Mõ & Mr.Di // 20.11 + 27.11
¿Qué pasaría si tuvieras que ofrecer un recital de poesía clásica el mísmo día y a la misma hora en que empiezas a perder la memoria? Y si tuvieras la oportunidad de repetir desde el principio ese día en el que todo te sale mal… ¿Serías capaz de hacerlo mejor?
Place: Almazen @ Guifré, 9
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 12€
More info: almazen.net

Performance
Missing Word
Grimball breathes fresh air into music’s lyrical base, taking hip-hop somehow back in time while sideways and to the left, where it oddly enough becomes the future. Backed by beats that vary from smooth and jazzy downtempo to more experimental grindcore (on a track featuring another local, RQM), Oli Grimball is consistently dope live and you should pretty much take this chance. Ask him about his current projects, too. He has some interesting ones in the works.
Place: Gracia Arts Project @ Sant Honorat, 11
Time: 20:00h – 22:00h
Admission: Free
More info: graciaartsproject.com

Saturday 21

Concert
Imelda May
The sexy Irish rockabilly revivalist has had a hell of a year. Mrs. May went from underground nobody to full on rock diva within half a year and knocked Bruce Springsteen off the number one spot in Ireland.
Place: Luz de Gas @ Muntaner, 246
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 24€
More info: barcelonajazzfestival.com

Sunday 22

Exhibition
Noh Suntag // Until 24.01
Born in 1971 in Seoul, photographer Noh Suntag works in both North and South Korea, examining the breaches between these two societies. His photos combine the documentary with the fictional, the snapshot with strict composition, always highlighting a certain state of emergency. 100% political.
Place: Palau de la Virreina @ Rambla, 99
Time: Tuesday-Friday 11:00-14:00 + 16:00-20:30h / Saturday 11:00-20:30h / Sunday 11:00- 15:00h
Admission: 4.10€
More info: bcn.cat/virreinacentredelaimatge

Concert
Six Organs of Admittance
Sidecar doesn’t usually do concerts on Sunday nights, so this must be a special occasion. And indeed, Six Organs of Admittance, the musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny, combines the sounds of Tyrannosaurus Rex, Robbie Basho, Popol Vuh, and countless other amazing folk and psychedelic artists. It is not hugely original, but the man has immaculate taste. His acoustic guitar playing is striking and the distorted passages are indubitably intense.
Place: Sidecar @ Plaça Reial, 7
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 12€
More info: sidearfactoryclub.com // myspace.com/sixorgans

Monday 23

Concert
Ciclo maestros del Jazz
In the light of the plethora of cultural offerings in this city, here a little aide memoire for jazz lovers: The JazzSí, a real gem of a jazz club tucked away in a murky corner of el Raval, hosts concerts all week, every week. Monday nights are dedicated to the maestros del jazz. Bite the bullet and pay the admission of 7.50€ – it’ll get you a drink and the perfect start to the week.
Place: JazzSí Club @ Requesens, 2
Time: 20:30h
Admission: 7.50€
More info: eltallerdemusics.com/jazzsi-club

Tuesday 24

Cineambigù
Les Plages d'Agnès (2008)
Agnès Verda, la grande dame of the Rive Gauche movement of French cinema, turns the camera on herself. Autobiographies bring out either the best or the worst in films; they are either a lame exercise in self-absorption or a captivating selfexploration by a person of value. Les plages d’Agnès belongs to the latter category. Even without knowing her oeuvre, the lady captivates you, not by boasting about all the masterpieces she made, but by creating a new kind of storytelling right in front of the lens.
Place: Cine Verdi Park @ Torrijos, 49
Time: 20:30 and 22:30h
Admission: 6.50€
More info: retinas.org

Wednesday 25

Inauguration
Mikosa Retrospective // Until 06.12
Mikosa es una fundación para artistas que nació basado en la idea de mostrar el lado más íntimo de los artistas: su libreta negra. La exposición muestra una retrospectiva de los últimos 4 años de actividad de Mikosa. Junto con los dibujos, un stand mostrará todas las copias relacionadas, gadgets, carteles, serigrafías y estampados en textiles que se producen junto con la revista. También habrá videos mostrando los proyectos murales de Mikosa, documentando exposiciones pasadas y las diversas actividades de la fundación. Morcky & TheBoghe (Twothings), como artistas y fundadores del proyecto, realizaran una instalación/pintura.
Place: Miscelänea @ Guardia, 10
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: miscelanea.info

Thursday 26

Inauguration
Jörn Kaspuhl
Humanimal es una recopilación de ilustraciones del Alemán Jörn Kaspuhl hechas a mano, con trazos gruesos y líneas claras que expresan sus ideas con tinta y lápiz, y tratan la imagen como si estuviera escarbada en madera. Gran parte de su obra hace referencia a elementos de la naturaleza así como al mundo animal, casando formas orgánicas con estampados.
Place: Vallery @ Calabria, 85
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: vallery.es // kaspuhl.com

Talk
NOW // Until 28.11
The three-day conference “NOW”, at the CCCB, is a reflection on the present based on the scientific, technological, artistic, and social transformations that are taking place now, at the beginning of the 21st century. It is a process of research and dissemination that brings together different local and international agents that promote a paradigm shift in the information and knowledge society. Evolving from the main subject of the Sun and its cultural, biological and astrophysical influences, the focus of this edition lies on new culture promoted by renewable energies, with a special emphasis on solar energy. Thom Hartmann, Hermann Scheer, and Jeremy Leggett are invited as guest speakers, and the Spanish premiere of the documentary No Impact Man (2008) will inaugurate the event on Thursday, at 5:30pm.
Place: CCCB @ Montalegre, 5
Time: 10:00h – 21:00h
Admission: Free
More info: cccb.org/now

Friday 27

Showdown
Pecha Kucha
The Pecha Kucha Night is an event idea that has virally spread around the globe since its birth in 2003. The idea is simple but good: artists present their projects to the public, but, to avoid Death by Power Point, each is given 20 slides that can only be shown for 20 seconds, i.e. they’ll each get 6 minutes and 40 seconds of fame. Multiply that by 15 artists and you’ve got yourself an interesting evening + after party.
Place: Sala BeCool @ Pl. Joan Llongueras, 5
Time: 20:20h – 23:00h
Admission: 3€ / beers sell for 1€
More info: pechakuchabarcelona.org

Concert
Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis, ladies and gents! Who cares who this woman is dating?! This is punk rock: loud, glorious and sexy.
Place: Sala Apolo @ Nou de la Rambla, 113
Admission: 24€
More info: sala-apolo.com

Dance
music e-motion
“music e-motion” és una jornada artística on es fusiona i s’entrellaça la música contemporània amb la dansa i el llenguatge del moviment i de l’expressió corporal, formada per espectacles en directe acompanyats de la projecció de videodanses.
Place: Teatre Can Felipa @ Pallars, 277
Time: 20:00h
Admission: 4€
More info: niubcn.com/musicemotion

Saturday 28

Arte en cultivo
Proyecto Aur
Proyecto Aur es un encuentro de nuevos creadores de diferentes disciplinas artísticas cuya finalidad es la concreción, tanto de proyectos individuales o colectivos que se hallan actualmente en proceso, como de trabajos que se detuvieron y quieren ser recuperados. Hoy presentarán por primera vez sus proyectos de video arte, fotografía y performance.
Place: El Colmado @ La Cera, 35
Time: 20:30h
Admission: Free
More info: proyectoauracciones.blogspot.com

Monólogo
Cine fantástico y de terror
Si Superman sólo tenía un traje y siempre lo llevaba puesto, ¿cada cuánto lo lavaba? ¿Quedaba Freddy Krueger con Eduardo Manostijeras para irse de pinchos? ¿Por qué, de la película Desafio Total, la gente sólo se acuerda de la tía de las 3 tetas? Si tú también te consideras algo friki y alguna vez te planteaste dudas similares, definitivamente éste es tu espectáculo. Ramón LSD te ofrece un monólogo en el que reduce al absurdo el guión de muchas de estas películas y donde recrea muchas de sus escenas más famosas. Además, por extraño que parezca, te lo ofrece sin que tengas que haberlas visto previamente para entender el show. ¡No te lo pienses tanto! Aquí te ofrecemos un dosis de 70 minutazos donde no se deja zombie con cabeza. Espectáculo no recomendable para menores de 18 años.
Place: Teatre Llantiol @ Riereta, 7
Time: 23:00h
Admission: 16€
More info: ramonlsd.com // llantiol.com

Concert
The Sounds
The quintet The Sounds offers post-punk alternative 80s-style revival rock. The lead singer of this high-flying band from Sweden, Maja Ivarsson, wants to become the best female vocalist of this century. These seem to be promising indicators of a hip-swinging evening, as they present their new album, Crossing the Rubicon.
Place: Sala Apolo @ Nou de la Rambla, 113
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 22€ (advance purchase)
More info: myspace.com/thesounds

Sunday 29

Concert
Beethoven by Paul Lewis
Music stimulates the same neural clusters that react to sex, food and drugs, and the effect of classical baroque music on the brain is even more intense than that of its popular contemporary counterparts. Its rhythm and melody stimulate both hemispheres and increase seritonin levels. The result: You feel smarter and happier without gaining weight, cheating on your partner or having a hangover the next day. Isn’t that beautiful? Además, this Sunday you’ve got the chance to see world-famous pianist and Beethoven authority Paul Lewis play the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 followed by Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.
Place: L’Auditori @ Lepant, 150
Time: 11:00h
Admission: 36€ - 67€
More info: auditori.cat

To Look Forward to in December:

Tuesday 1

Inauguration
BAC!
The tenth Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival centers on the work produced by female artists. It wants to offer a unique, referential opportunity to explore the international women’s visual arts scene. Unlike other exhibitions on a similar theme, most of them under the auspices of feminism or social criticism of difference and gender discrimination, BAC! hopes to stay away from stereotypes and to present a fresh, dynamic, motivating vision of the links between gender and the world of art, using humor, irony and divergence as its principal instruments.
More info: bacfestival.com

Concert
SKYE
“Rome wasn’t built in a day,” was sung by the comforting, serene and ethereal voice of Morcheeba in the year 2000. Now this voice has got the new name SKYE, short for Shirley Klarisse Yonavive Edwards, and has set out to build her solo career. She recently released her second solo album, an opus of a never-ending search for new sounds, and, for the first time in Barcelona, she’ll outline her unmistakable style.
Place: Sala Apolo 2 @ Nou de la Rambla, 111
Time: 21:30h
Admission: 20€
More info: myspace.com/myskyesite

Concert
Mando Diao
Mando Diao’s first single, “Sheep Dog”, was my favorite song in 2002 long before their record officially hit the shops in 2004. Here in Spain you can experience the same phenomenon: see them up close in Razzmatazz, while in other countries they already sell out stadiums. The five Swedish guys perform an electrifying live show with honest guitar indie-rock that might as well be from the 60s or 70s. They also have the arrogance any brilliant band needs: they claim to better than The Who.
Place: Razzmatazz @ Almogàvers, 122
Time: 20:45h
Admission: 25€
More info: mandodiao.com // salarazzmatazz.com

Wednesday 2

Poetry
Malabars de Paraules
Sobre l’escenari més petit que existeix: El tamboret, el malabarista de paraules ens llegirà alguns dels seus malabars i, amb un sentit de l’humor de l’estil “quina putada ser girasol i tenir torticulis”, ens explicarà les seves activitats per convertir el metro en un bon lloc de trobada. Un espectacle on la paraula demana la paraula.
Place: Bar l’H Original @ Ferlandina, 29
Time: 20:30h
Admission: Free
More info: malabarsdeparaules.blogspot.com

Theater
The Deer House // Until 03.12
It’s Christmas time and Jan Lauwer’s Needcompany is back. Last year they played The Lobster Shop, the second part from a trilogy, and this year Barcelona gets to see the grand finale, The Deer House. For Christmas dinner, a mother tries to dress up her dead daughter, and from the tragedy emerges the fable of a disjointed family that finds, in everyday life, the only weapon against catastrophe.
Place: Teatre Lliure / Sala Fabià Puigserver @ Pg de Santa Madrona, 40-46
Time: 20:30h
Admission: 26€
More info: teatrelliure.com // needcompany.org

Friday 4

Concert
Portugal. The Man
The US-American indie rock band from Alaska has its roots in hardcore punk. So their recently released fourth album, The Satanic Satanist, came with a surprisingly light and summery sound. It is still based on various styles: progressive rock and indie pop mixed with more experimental influences, but the thread that connects it all is John Guerley’s voice. Live, they present themselves with a charming verve and a true rock’n roll spirit, taking the night away.
Place: BeCool @ Pl. Joan Llongueras, 5
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 14€

Tuesday 8

Concert
Editors
Place: Razzmatazz @ Almogàvers, 122
Time: tba
Admission: 25€
More info: editorsofficial.com // salarazzmatazz.com

Straight from the horses' mouths

		Music by The Bankers

A los residentes en Barcelona, a los que están de paso y a los que tienen pensado ir y no les importe celebrar el mejor periodo de música independiente desde hace años, aquí les proponemos una de las mejores agendas musicales del año.

Sin más dilación y aunque sea de mala educación empezar por nosotros mismos, ¡nos la pela!, The Bankers volvemos el 14 de noviembre más gamberros y divertidos que nunca a la Sala Monasterio con disco bajo el brazo, Intolerable (próximamente a la venta). A partir de aquí sobran las palabras y nuestra única competencia es la informativa:

19 de noviembre: Soulsavers feat Mark Lanegan en Razzmatazz 2. Los días 20 y 21, Depeche Mode; como era de esperar se agotaron las entradas para el primer concierto, y el 21 repiten en el Palau Sant Jordi. Vamos los dos días. 24 de noviembre: The Horrors, con nuevos aires en su nuevo disco (Sala Razzmatazz). El 27 vuelve la chica preferida de Tarantino, Juliette & The Licks, Sala Apolo, pero sabemos de buena tinta que Quentin no irá al Apolo. Muse toca en el Palau Sant Jordi y por muy buena que esté Juliette Lewis... en fin… El 28 de noviembre, The Sounds. El día 1 de diciembre, Mujeres (Primavera Club). 4 de diciembre: los suecos Mando Diao en Razz, y Marilyn Manson en el Parque infantil Sant Jordi. Al día siguiente, Franz Ferdinand en el Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. Y el 8 de diciembre, Editors + The Macabees en el Razz. Hasta aquí podemos leer...

		Film by Joan López Lloret

L’estrena de la pel·lícula Amores perros d’Alejandro González Iñárritu l’any 2001 va causar un gran impacte i de sobte molta gent va començar a fixar-se en el nou cinema mexicà. Potser fins aleshores només pensàvem en els antics films de Buñuel i les comèdies de Cantinflas que alguns havíem vist de petits.

Ara des de fa uns anys van arribant petites joies des de Mèxic, històries amb una particular sensibilitat en transmetre les contradiccions, les diferències socials i la diversitat cultural d’un país amb temàtiques molt potents.

Una petita mostra de les últimes produccions independents les tindrem a la secció paral·lela “Cinema mexicà: una altra forma de narrar” al festival L’alternativa que celebra la seva 16a. edició del 13 al 21 de novembre a la nostra ciutat. Podrem veure les següents pel·lícules tant de ficció com documentals de nous cineastes mexicans:

Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo de Yulene Olaizola, Los Bastardos d’Amat Escalante, Los herederos d’Eugenio Polgovsky, Los ladrones viejos (Las leyendas del Artegio) d’Everardo González, Mi vida dentro de Lucía Gajá i Noticias lejanas de Ricardo Benet.

Precisament escric aquestes línees des de Tijuana on estic participant en el “Bordocs”, una trobada documental que posa sobre la taula molts d’aquests temes que fan de Mèxic, un dels països més intensos del món per la seva situació geogràfica respecte els Estats Units, les injusticies socials i la barreja de gent de diferents origens. Per tant, una font molt àmplia de relats cinematogràfics que retraten la complexitat de la condició humana i la posen en un escenari que sovint crea situacions surreals amb les quals Luis Buñuel ja s’hi va identificar dècades enrere.

		Art by David Guillén

La Fundació Joan Miró presenta František Kupka, una muestra que reúne un conjunto de casi 80 telas y dibujos de este artista checo, procedentes de los fondos del Centre Georges Pompidou y documentos pertenecientes a la colección de Pierre Brullé, gran experto en un artista considerado pionero en explorar la abstracción. La exposición pretende destacar las aportaciones de este artista: la fusión de los motivos fin-de-siècle austriacos con las exploraciones formales de las primeras vanguardias o un interés por el movimiento, que le condujo tempranamente a la abstracción. Esta especial sensibilidad sitúa la obra de Kupka en un lugar relevante en la historia del arte moderno europeo. La muestra permitirá apreciar y comprender la evolución estilística y el método de trabajo de este pintor clave en el desarrollo de la primera abstracción. (Hasta el 24 de enero).

FotoPres es uno de los concursos de fotografía de prensa con más historia y reconocimiento. El certamen se organiza con el objetivo de dar a conocer y difundir la fotografía documental, y contribuir a la consolidación del documentalismo contemporáneo. La exposición muestra las propuestas seleccionadas como premios y becas en la edición del año 2009. Se trata de proyectos con un alto contenido social que ofrecen un análisis intenso de la actualidad. Los premiados de FotoPres’09 fueron Emilio Morenatti, Walter Astrada y Alfonso Moral, y los becados Mikel Aristregi, Lurdes R. Basolí, Jo Expósito, Aleix Plademunt, Marta Ramoneda y Fosi Vegue. (Hasta el 21 de febrero).

		Theater by Rafaela Rivas

Cada año en noviembre salen las “vacas” a pasturar por Barcelona, y no me refiero a esos animales con manchas negras que nos dan leche, sino a ¡¡nuestras creadoras escénicas!! En esta 9ª edición del festival Posa’t vaca, nuestras chicas siguen investigando y experimentando para ofrecernos espectáculos tan interesantes como el que podréis ver del 19 al 21 de noviembre en la sala Fabra i Coats de Barcelona: Inventari d’objectes perduts i altres, dirigido por Isabel Díaz. Una performance que nos habla de lo que deseamos perder inconscientemente y de lo que perdemos sin darnos cuenta, como el tiempo, el amor, o las gafas... El 25% de la recaudación irá directamente a la Marató de TV3 destinada a la investigación biomédica de enfermedades minoritarias, así que aprovechad para ser un poquito solidari@s, ¿no? Y siguiendo con las performances, del 18 al 27 de noviembre entre Barcelona y Sabadell tendrá lugar uno de los festivales más importantes de este arte: eBent, dedicado a las tensiones por las que atraviesa la performance, tensiones que generan espectáculos como el que se podrá ver gratuitamente en la sala La Capella de Barcelona el día 21 de noviembre a las 20h SíNThESIs (o El descobriment de la mel) de Lluís Sabadell. Por último, este mes se rinde homenaje a John Cage (un gran compositor de vanguardia norteamericano). En especial la Cia. Dance Company de Mercè Cunningham, de quien fue compañero y colaborador a lo largo de cincuenta años, ha creado el espectáculo MinEvents, una serie de movimientos coreográficos que podréis disfrutar en el MACBA el día 19 de noviembre a las 19h. Aquí tenéis un dos en uno: ¡visita al museo y performance! All you need is here!! Come on!!