Los Top Ten

18.06-20.06

Do it yourself sound design
Sonarmàtica2009
You know about Sonar. Meet its tech-friendly compadre SonarMàtica2009, an exhibition series devoted to exploring innovation in the digital era. This year’s Mecànics is all about do-it-yourself sound creation. There’s a circuit of collaborating venues, and a bus that will drive you around, so you can see the city while you’re playing God. Check out Julio Lucio’s three interactive installations at Niu. He appears to be the type to win the science fair and get the girl, and his tech art is a full-contact sport. Soundwalk resembles a new-millennium version of that giant piano in the movie Big, Cymatics makes pictures out of sound, and, lest we forget metaphysics, i_man:es uses magnets to explore themes of tension and equilibrium in music and VIDA.
Place: Niu @ Almogàvers, 208 // Hangar // IED-Instituto Europeo di Design // UPF-Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Time: 12:00h Admission: Free
More info: 2009.sonar.es // niubcn.com

18.06 // UNTIL 23.07

Inauguration
Liu Bolin
A work of art becomes more interesting to us Westerners if it is made by someone like Liu Bolin, who lives far, far away in a country like China. Based in Beijing, he’s produced an extensive series of photographs entitled Camouflage. The idea isn’t new but the execution excellent: The subjects are covered head to toe in paint, camouflaging themselves in front of the Chinese flag, a billboard or a downtown Beijing bus stop. The message is subtle yet politically charged. Is this an active “becoming one with” your environment or a passive “being absorbed by” your culture? Is the city now our natural habitat or are we just more and more estranged from nature? The people in Bolin’s photographs might be Chinese, but the questions that they pose are of a universal nature.
Place: TagoMago @ Santa Teresa, 3
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: tagomago.com

21.06

Songs of the Solstice
Día de la Musica
Día de la Musica rocks four different cities in Spain on this longest day of the year, letting you get friendly with some really talented up-and-comers. Barcelona gets eight hip acts doing mic checks from the afternoon until the sun eventually, finally, possibly, maybe goes down. Get to know the bands via songs you already know by clicking ‘encuentros’ on the festival website to hear some inspired covers of recent hits by MGMT, TV on the Radio and a beautiful rendition of Sufjan Steven’s “Chicago.” It’s a gracious nod to some recent success that have bobbed to the top of a sometimes saturated music scene, and they even made videos!
Place: Maremagnum @ Plaça l’Odisea
Time: 12:00h
Admission: Free
More info: diadelamusica.com

23.06

Horror Punk
The Misfits
Let’s face it. The Misfits aren’t The Misfits without former frontman Glenn Danzig, and if you’ve been a fan from the start you may be more than a little peeved about bassist Jerry Only screwing the integrity of the band by neglecting to change its name when Danzig split in 1983. But put these grudges you’ve been holding aside and you may realize that the current group still sticks pretty tightly to its horror-punk roots and has a lot of talent to boot. And with original bassist Only now leading the group, accompanied by former Black Flag vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dez Cadena and drummer Robo, the show should be well worth your next five overpriced meals at Burger King. You’re not betraying your beloved Danzig by seeing the show, and I guarantee it will be (almost) as big as his steroid-pumped arms.
Place: Sala Apolo @ Nou de La Rambla,113
Time: 20:30h
Admission: 30€ at the door // 25€ advance purchase
More info: myspace.com/themisfits // sala-apolo.com

23.06-30.06

Zombie Music Festival
Psychobilly
Pineda de Mar is a sleepy little Catalan seaside village, just 15 minutes north of Mataró, where people like pop music and go to bed early. But once a year, over a period of seven days, psychobilly feaks invade the peaceful poble à la Full Metal Village. They call it the Psychobilly Meeting, and this year they invited the Motorzombies, Nu Niles, Astro Zombies, and the Beat Devils, among some other kick-ass, high-octane, mega-watt rockabilly bands. The party starts on the Pineda Beach on St. Joan with Nu Niles and moves to different venues during the week, with DJs spinning tunes until the early morning hours.
Place: Pineda de Mar s/n
Time: 20:00h until late
Admission: 85€ // day passes 5€-30€
More info/contact: pineda.psychobilly.org

26.06-28.06

Pythonesque
The Casero Experimendo
Alfredo Casero is not an easy one to clasify. Casero the comedian started in the underground theater world of Buenos Aires and enjoyed five years of fame in the early 90s with his comedy show Cha Cha Cha (get a taste by youtubing “El gato no soporta la radiación”). The singer Casero landed quite a hit in the Argentine music charts with the Japanese all time classic Shima Uta (again: youtube the video. It’s hilarious!); and the actor Casero featured in Vulnerables y Culpables, a pretty successful series. Yet, he’s by no means popular or – god forbid – mainstream. His sense of humor borders on the grotesque and surreal, is mean at times, but never boring. He’s in Barcelona for three days with his show The Casero Experiement that Casero says “esta hecho por un gordi hijo de puta”. If that isn’t a good start...
Place: Sala El Enko @ Consell de Cent, 472 bajos
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 15€
More info/contact: caseroexperimendo.blogspot.com

30.06

Trans-Pacific psych pop
Dengue Fever
Acid Trip: picture prickly fruits doing dervishes around a beach bonfire. It makes sense if you think about it, and so do Dengue Fever, the L.A./Phnom Penh lovechild whose music conjures such an image. Between the strange vocal melodies of Cambodian Chhom Nimol (in a gorgeous Khmer tongue) and her Californian bandmates’ unique array of guitar pedals, brass, bass, and farfisa that would do William Asher proud, these guys are infectious in quite a pleasant way.
Place: Sala 2 @ Nou de la Rambla, 111
Time: 21:30h
Admission: 18€
More info/contact: myspace.com/denguefevermusic

30.06

Garage Punk
The Gories
The Gories are gods. Peggy all casual, beating her drums, chewing bubblegum to the rhythm, and Mick oh-so-cool with his black shades and suit. And Dan so mellow, picking that guitar, rocking back and forth, all cool, calm and collected! Those of you who know them are already peeing your panties in anticipation. For those who don’t, trust me. Just go. They’re considered one of the best garage punk bands, um, ever?, and one of the first to combine the choppy guitar rhythms characteristic of the genre with obvious blues influences. The reunion tour features all original members and, since it’s been 16 years since they last recorded, you can bet they’ll be playing all the classic get-upand- shake-your-ass jams from their first two albums Houserockin’ and I Know You Be Fine, But How You Doin’.
Place: Sala BeCool @ Pl. Joan Llongueras, 5
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 24€
More info/contact: myspace.com/thegories // salabecool.com

05.07

A Little Bit of Everything
The DØ
Named after the first and last note of the musical scale, this Paris-based duo – Dan Levy & Olivia B. Merilahti - has a sound unlike any other in the industry today. They could be described loosely as indie pop, but their sound spans every genre, with influences including artists as diverse as Jimi Hendrix, Coltrane, Igor Stravinsky, Nico, Beck, Patti Smith, Lauryn Hill, and the Wu Tang Clan. If you’re looking for a modern comparison, think old Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, though their sound as a whole is completely original. Similar to Karen’s, Olivia’s voice is haunting yet upbeat, a stark contrast of sounds that play off each other perfectly and allow the listeners their own interpretations. Lyrics are sappy at times but if there’s one group that can get away with it, it’s this one.
Place: Sala 2 @ Nou de La Rambla, 111
Time: 21:30h
Admission: 20€ at the door // 17€ advance purchase
More info/contact: myspace.com/thedoband // sala-apolo.com

10.07-14.07

Dance in Urban Space
Dies de Dansa 2009
The International Festival of Dance in Urban Landscapes, will be held for the eighteenth time in 2009. Over three days, buildings, parks, streets and squares will come to life. The festival aims to bring contemporary dance in all its formal variety to audiences of all ages and levels, free of charge, to deepen choreographic work in urban space and to generate debate and reflection around public space. To this end, some of the performances by Spanish and international dancers will be created specifically for each space. Every night, the CCCB’s Pati de les Dones will host the Dance Days “Moving Space”, a showcase of short pieces, music, talks, improvisations and screenings, free of charge.
Admission: Free
More info/contact: marato.com // cccb.org

More Listings

Thursday 18

Idees i Paraules
Una filosofía de la vida quotidiana de Tobies Grimaltos
Unos textos que a la vez de entretenidos y entendedores dan pie para la reflexión, e intentan mostrar el carácter de nuestra época. Desde la propia experiencia, estas “cápsulas de pensamiento” abordan situaciones y personajes que el lector puede reconocer fácilmente. Un ensayo que quiere iluminar aspectos que no siempre son tenidos en cuenta y, por esto, a menudo son sorprendentes. // Tobies Grimaltos es Profesor Titular de Filosofía del Departamento de Metafísica y Teoría del Conocimiento de la Universidad de Valencia.
Place: La Central del Raval @ Elisabets, 6
Time: 19:00h
Admission: Free
More info: lacentral.com

Multi-media Performance
Philipp Geist
Philipp Geist, a multi-media artist from Berlin, has made a name for himself through his meditative large-scale sound-video installations. At today’s performance at El Escaparate, he’ll keep it small, projecting video sequences on origami cranes and paper structures – fly, birdies, fly!
Place: El Escaparate @ Cotoners 8, bajos
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: c8artwindow.com // videogeist.de // p-geist.de

Inauguration
Horned Beauties Die Out
The little label-fashion store Still Light invites all to free San Miguel and beautiful black and white photography from Stockholm.
Place: Still Light @ Notariat, 8
Time: 18:30h
Admission: Free
More info: stilllight.es

Inauguration // UNTIL 23.07
Low Cost: Libres o Cómplices
Una exposición que propone una reflexión sobre el consumo de masas y plantea la cuestión de si el fenómeno “low cost” nos hace libres o cómplices del sistema.
Place: de lunes a sábado de 11:00h-20:00h • FAD @ Plaça dels Àngels, 5-6
Time: 20:00h
Admission: La exposición es gratuita, pero para verla completa, se tendrán que traer monedas de 20 céntimos
More info/contact: fadweb.org

Sunday 21

Lectura
Roald Dahl for niños (y BIG niños)
U.S. playgrounds are becoming increasingly tame. Their bottoms are made of this rubber stuff and if a kid falls he just bounces around. This keeps lawsuits at bay, but are children learning about gravity, bruises and other harsh realities? Roald Dahl knew about these things, and wrote bizarre cuentos to introduce babes to the darker sides of the imagination. This reading series features Dahl’s “Versos Perversos” (Vile Verses) replete with wonderfully disgusting rhymes about oozing and slugs.
Place: La Nau Ivanow, Fundació Sagrera @ Hondures, 28-30
Time: 12:00h
Admission: 5€
More info: nauivanow.com

Slowcore
U_mä
Maybe it’s because this Barcelona duo decorates their songs with instruments that kids get for Christmas – toy pianos, accordions, melodicas – or maybe because one of their songs features an actual baby talking, but U_mä’s euphoric lullabies have a way of invoking the comfort and innocence of childhood. Live, three multi-instrumentalists help them reconstruct their little symphonies of bittersweet memory.
Place: Sala BeCool @ Pl. Joan Llongueras, 5
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 8€
More info: salabecool.com // umabcn.com

Gracia Xtreme Maniac
The Street Fighter (1974) & Golgo 13 (1977)
All you need to know about the Japanese martial arts film The Street Fighter is that it was the first film to receive an X rating solely for violence. Especially controversial is the scene in which the protagonist castrates a rapist with his bare hands. Golgo 13 didn’t receive an X-rating but isn’t for the fainthearted either. The film is based on one of the longest running adult manga in Japan and its protagonist, Golgo 13, a professional assassin.
Place: Casal de Joves de Gràcia @ Gran de Gràcia, 190
Time: 17:00h
Admission: Free
More info: myspace.com/graciaxtrememaniac

Garden Party
Funking Chaos
The band’s name is slightly misleading since their sound isn’t chaotic in the least, but rather chill and funky with toques de R&B – music that goes very well with the green gardens of the UB on a Sunday evening. They’ll be presenting their new CD, Speaker Cabinets.
Place: Jardins de la UB @ Pl. Universitat
Time: 20:30h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: myspace.com/funkingchaos

Cine Festival
Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones
Almudena Carracedo’s documentary Made in L.A. (2007, USA) tells the story of three Latin immigrants, exploited in sewing workshops in Los Angeles, who embark on a fight for their basic workers’ rights. An odyssey that will last three years… The film is shown in the original English version with Catalan subtitles. It’s open air and for free in the patio of the Centre de Cultura de Dones Bonnemaison.
Place: Pati de la Bonnemaison @ Sant Pere més Baix, 7
Time: 21:30h
Admission: Free
More info/contact: mostrafilmsdones.cat // madeinla.com

Monday 22

CineAmbigù
The King of Ping Pong
This unusual low-key drama by Jens Jonsson (Sweden, 2008) isn’t screened open air, but the widescreen shots of Sweden’s snow-bound frozen north should give you the refreshment that you’ve been looking for. It’s a drama about two brothers – one chubby, one skinny – and a ping pong table. What starts slowly ends in a Coen- Brothers-like manic frenzy.
Place: Maldà Arts Forum @ Pi, 5
Time: 22:15h
Admission: 6€
More info: retinas.org // cinemalda.es

Tuesday 23

Fiesta Sant Joan
John Lennon Party
If you cannot convince your friend with the roof terrace to host the St. Joan Party this year, here’s your plan B: Sant Joan Lennon - a party next to the sea with indie rock en directo, DJs until the early morning hours, and cheap, cold drinks all night long.
Place: Poliesportiu St. Adrià de Besòs @ Dolores Ibárruri “La Pasionaria”, s/n
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 15€ (beers 2€, cubatas 4€)
More info: circuitoregenerador.com

Voltech After Party
9 hours party people
The sun is rising but you don’t want the night to end? Here’s a black hole to disappear into: Voltech invites all to get down to electronic dance music from 4h until 13h at Sala Mephisto in Poblenou.
Place: Sala Mephisto @ Roc Boronat, 33
Time: 04:00h-13:00h
Admission: 15€ with flyer // 20€ without flyer

Wednesday 24

Give it a Break
Mosaicos portátiles + Tés frios // UNTIL 31.07
The little tetería Caj Chai is so safely tucked away on a side street of a side street of a side street of Calle Ferran that hardly any tourist finds it. It’s a great spot to quietly enjoy tés frios and pastelitos árabes, indios, y japoneses and currently they also showcase mosaics by Jose González: colorful faces with crooked noses and big grins that watch over the chai on ice drinkers.
Place: Tetería Caj Chai @ Sant Doménech del Call, 12
Time: Mondays 15:00h-22:00h / Tuesday to Sunday 10:30h-22:00h
Admission: Free
More info: cajchai.com

Thursday 25

Polanski
Bitter Moon
It’s Roman Polanski time at Rai. If you’re up for lust, revenge, betrayal, dependency and, most of all, love, wrapped tightly around a coil of taboos and sexual perversions, don’t miss this film.
Place: Rai @ Carders, 12 pal // Born
Time: 21:30h
Admission: 2€
More info: planeta-rai.org

Art Festival
Bed & Breakfast // UNTIL 27.06
Untitled BCN organizes a little art festival in Gràcia from June 25th to June 27th with live painting, exhibitions and installations in Plaça del Diamant and Olokuti. Apart from local talents they bring a couple of English artists to the fiesta as well.
Place: Plaça del Diamant s/n
Admission: Free
More info: myspace.com/bedandbreakfastbarcelona

Poprock Party
Two Dead Cats + La Célula Durmiente
Presenting La Curiosidad Mató al Gato, the newest album from Girona powerpop outfit Two Dead Cats. They’ll be present to shower us with the fruits of their labor, of course, and, to support the celebration, adorable amigos La Célula Durmiente will open. Both bands sing largely in English, both wear Pixies love on their sleeves, both place importance on having fun and making sure the audience does too.
Place: Sidecar @ Plaça Reial, 7
Time: 22:00h
Admission: 6€
More info: myspace.com/guillaminoo // dibafestival.com/

Friday 26

Exhibition Inauguration
Tree Huggers
We thought Swiss Family Robinson had the final word on the relationship between trees and architecture but apparently these guys think there’s more to it. This exhibition reflects on the relationship between the steel and concrete stuff man makes and the structure inherent in trees (space, temperature, relative humidity), and asks how we can use trees as the façades of modern architecture to inform and determine the comfort of the building within.
Place: Arts Santa Monica @ La Rambla, 7
Time: 11:00h-21:00h
Admission: Free
More info: artssantamonica.cat

Expo + Concert
Seneca Guns + Nsista
Until July 5th, artist Ilia Mayer, member of Barcelona artist collective BTOY, presents her first solo exhibition, Seneca Guns. Mayer’s otherworldly watercolor and ink paintings explore her personal vision of man’s relationship with nature, often featuring characters bedecked in headdresses of live animals, skulls and eyeballs - part connection with the Native American Great Spirit, part portrait of the fantastic collections of thoughts that crown the thoughtful. You’ll want to bang down the door of the Longhouse. Moreover, at 21:30h this evening the Brasilian duo Nsista will fill the small space in Raval with their mix of Brazilian rhythms and electronica.
Place: Miscelänea @ Guardia, 10
Time: 21:30h
Admission: 3€ // socios 2€
More info: miscelanea.info

The Finals
Festival Microfusa
El alemán Simon Konrad, aka Cargo City, será el encargado de cerrar el festival Microfusa acompañando por Monoculture, Graham Newey y de Self Delusion, un grupo de techno pop barcelonés que nos avanzarán temas de su nuevo trabajo “Not for Resale”. Dentro del marco del festival se podrán escuchar también los tres grupos ganadores del proyecto Reload, plataforma de lanzamiento y apoyo a los nuevos creadores de música electrónica.
Place: Razz, Sala 2 + 3 @ Pamplona, 88
Time: 19:00h
Admission: Puedes recoger tus invitaciones en las escuelas y tiendas microFusa de Barcelona o descargándote el flyer en reloadmusic.net // microfusa.com

Saturday 27

New Catalan Pop Festival
PopArb
The two-day festival Poparb is a good excuse to get out of the city. The line-up features emerging Catalan pop and indie bands like Mazoni, The New Raemon and Nueva Vulcano. All of them play regularly in Barcelona, but in Arbúcies you get all at once for 30€ (advance purchase).
Place: Arbúcies s/n // Girona
Time: 17:00h–5:00h
Admission: 25€ Friday // 30€ Saturday
More info: poparb.cat

Sunday 28

Josep Pla’s Diary
La Cuadern Gris
Part of Teatre Grec 09, The Grey Notebook is a glimpse into the psyche of famous Catalan author Josep Pla when he was a young dude of 21. The journal was greatly reworked before its 1966 publication, but the gist of his musings includes smoking, writing, parties and women. Boys will be boys.
Place: Teatre Lliure @ Pg. Santa Madrona, 40-46
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 20€
More info: bcn.cat/grec

Multilingual Lecturas
TriLengua
Storytellers peddle their wares in English, castellano and català. Pull up a chair in the GAP’s humid Barri Gòtic gallery, sip a cava, and work up a good leg-sweat while you listen to local stars read their poems and prose. If you’re always scribbling away in the Moleskin yourself, you have the opportunity to sign up to read at future events, which happen every fourth Sunday of the month.
Place: Gracia Arts Project Gallery @ Honorat, 11
Time: 18:00h
Admission: Free
More info: trilengua.org

Monday 29

Movies Outside at a Castle
Sala Montjuïc
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for five languid summer weeks, the castle moat at Montjuïc will do double duty: keeping the bad guys away from the princess, and serving as an open air movie cinema with flicks from all over the world. This summer’s season kicks off with Scorcese’s The Departed: good Irish cops, bad Irish gangsters, dirty, dirty Jack Nicholson.
Place: Castillo @ Montjuïc s/n
Time: Jazz concert at 21:00h / Movie at 22:00h
Admission: 5€
More info: salamontjuic.com

Experimental Jazz
Alessandra Patrucco
To say that this Italian denizen of Amsterdam is a songbird would be a more literal description than you might think: an improvisor of jazz vocals, signorina Patrucco plays with a handful of modern techniques, including a warble that sounds very birdlike indeed. She’ll be backed by a few friends, but this is sure to be a uniquely intimate event.
Place: Robadors 23 @ Robadors, 23
Time: 21:00h
Admission: 7€
More info: myspace.com/alessandrapatrucco //
barcelonarocks. com/venue/Robadors_23

Tuesday 30

Extraordinary Guitar Play
Ry Cooder + Nick Lowe
Ry Cooder played in Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, and has accompanied artists such as Gordon Lightfoot, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Randy Newman. He also composed soundtracks for more than twenty films, among them Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas and The End of Violence. In other words, he’s one of the really good ones. Here, Cooder teams up once more with Nick Lowe, a British gent of a songwriter, who leans towards classic pop and rock. Stir in support musicians such as Tex- Mex accordionist Flaco Jiménez and Cooder’s drummer son, Joachim, and you have a readymade evening of song, dance, jazz, rhythm and – genuinely – whatever you’re having yourself. That is, if you can afford to spend 64€.
Place: Sant Jordi Club @ Passeig Olimpic, 5- 7
Time: 21:30h
Admission: 64€-68€

To Look Forward to in July:

Wednesday 1

Multi-Arts en Vivo
Inn Motion // UNTIL 04.07
Inn Motion is a biennial festival that presents live art, performance, urban interventions, practical workshops, actions and DJ sessions. The festival focuses on projects that blur the boundaries between different artistic disciplines.
Place: CCCB @ Montalegre, 5
Time: TBA
More info: cccb.org

Friday 3

Poetry Recital
Probocación (con b) 2009
Recital de poesía multimierda a cargo de Manuel López Cabras acompañado a la guitarra por Simón Vázquez.
Place: Gogoko @ Milá i Fontanals 44-46, local 2
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: gogoko.net // manuellopezcabras. blogspot.com

Saturday 4

Fiesta Popular
Montjuïc de Nit
While the heat simmers in la Ciutat Vella, Montjuïc is in full cry this evening. 24 different places - the Estadi Olímpic, the Teatre Grec, Caixa Forum, La Caseta del Migdia, and the Piscines Picornell, among others – invite all to live music, DJs sessions, theater performances, short films and much, much more. And it’s all for free. Especially recommendable are the Piscines Picornell that overlook the entire city where you can enjoy chill out music and a nocturnal swim.
Place: Montjuïc s/n
Time: 20:00h-4:00h
Admission: Free
More info: bcn.cat/cultura/montjuicnit/

Tuesday 7

Inauguration
Defi Gagliardo :: EAT // Until 04.08
The Argentine Gustavo Gagliardo, aka Delfi, exhibits his colorful canvasses at Rojo this month. They seem to be the outcome of a fit of rage that doesn’t recognize limits and it comes as no surprise that he trained, not only at the UBA in Buenos Aires, but mostly on the streets, where he perfected the art of filling grey voids with bright reds, yellows and blues.
Place: ROJO®artspace @ Girona 61
Time: 19:00h • Monday to Friday 10:00h-14:00h + 16:30h-20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: rojo-magazine.com

Wednesday 8

Exhibition Inauguration
Inclasificable
Four graffiti artists from São Paulo, Brazil, Tatiana Guid, Paulo Ito, Jay and Vermelho, have shirked the canvas and galleries in favor of the streets. They’ve gifted their urban jungle with brilliant color and electric energy, tribal-warrior-looking faces and submarine-sized goldfish, and while their styles and subjects differ, they are united in their decision to go big or go home.
Place: Miscelänea @ Guardia, 10
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: miscelanea.info

Thursday 9

Exhibition Inauguration
On the Margins of Art. Creation and Political Engagement.
A retrospective of posters and slogans in response to controversial political agenda. Check out the profound degree of visual and linguistic creativity that is spurred when The People shake their fists at The Man. All causes represented – the environment, counterculture, the Guerrilla Girls holding sway in the feminist corner, and the Black Panther Party swinging blows for racial equality.
Place: MACBA @ Plaça dels Àngels, 1
Time: 11:00h
Admission: Free on opening day, 7.50€ thereafter
More info: macba.cat

Friday 10

Contemporary Indian Photography
The self and the other // Until 27.09
The new exhibition at La Virreina presents a vision of photography in India through 250 works by 16 photographers. That’s massive – like India. The exhibition delves into the extremely complex commotion of contemporary life on the subcontinent and explores the medium of portraiture as primary vehicle of meaning.
Place: Palau de la Virreina @ La Rambla, 99
Time: Tuesday to Friday 11:00h-14:00h + 16:00h- 20:30h / Saturday 11:00h-20:30h / Sunday 11:00h-15:00h
Admission: 4.10€
More info: bcn.cat/virreinacentredelaimatge

Cine al aire fresco
Ríos y Mareas
Documental sobre el trabajo de Andy Goldsworthy, artista escocés que trabaja desde hace veinte años creando obras de arte en bosques y cauces de ríos de todo el mundo, sin otras herramientas que sus manos.
Place: Olokuti @ Astúries, 36-38
Time: 19:00h
Admission: Free More info: olokuti.com

Inauguration
Homenaje a Cobi
En esta muestra colectiva, 33 artistas y diseñadores rendirán su homenaje particular a la mascota de los juegos olímpicos con la técnica que ellos eligan. También habrá un pequeño espacio de memorabilia de Cobi.
Place: Duduá @ Rosic, 6
Time: 20:00h
Admission: Free
More info: duduadudua.com

Straight from the horses' mouths

		Music by The Bankers

Fíjate, ya volvemos a estar en junio. El mes más odiado por los estudiantes, pero para los que dejamos los apuntes tiempo atrás, es el mes más esperado: ¡¡¡empieza la temporada festivalera!!! (Qué emoción recordar al gran Neil Young acabando su show en el Primavera Sound con “A day in the life” de The Beatles).

Este mes vamos a tener la posibilidad de ver el indie más personal e intimista del ex Australian Blonde, Ricardo Nixon, y al ex Satellites, The Marzipan Man, en formato semiacústico. Siguiendo en el terreno tejano, Surfin Bichos y Apache nos traerán la nostalgia noventera en la sala Estraperlo.

Felicitar a la sala BeCool por apostar por la buena música y por los grupos emergentes que este mes nos traen en una misma noche: Mujeres, The Gories y Oblivians.

Para cambiar de estilo y porque no sólo de guitarras vive el hombre, si queréis oír la mejor electrónica no os perdáis la nueva edición del Sonar y en especial el Sonar de Día, nada mejor para empezar el “día”.

Repasando ya las viejas glorias que nos visitan, destacamos los mega conciertos de Pet Shop Boys, U2 y Metallica, acompañados de Slipknot y Machine Head.

Para acabar y a petición del pesado de nuestro cantante, señalamos en rojo en el calendario la edición del Faraday con grupos como Manel, 1990s, Joe Crepúsculo,... para este festival tendréis que ir en coche hasta Vilanova i la Geltrú.

Ale pues, a disfrutar del veranito... ROCK AND HOT!!!

		Film by Joan López Lloret

“Dos nois i una noia seuen a l’interior d’un 4 llaunes amb unes cerveses i uns entrepans de formatgets de ‘La vaca que ríe’. Un dels nois treu un cigarret del seu paquet de Sombra i l’encén... A la pantalla de l’autocine un Jack Nicholson delirant passeja pels passadissos de l’hotel de ‘El Resplandor’, l’última de Kubrick.”

Podria ser perfectament un instant de principis dels vuitanta a l’autocine que va haver-hi al kilòmetre 7 de l’autovia de Castelldefels, obert des del 1977 fins el 1984.

Han transcorregut molts anys i els autocines han passat a la història, però si voleu gaudir de cine a l’exterior mentre sopeu el menjar portat de casa, podeu assistir del 29 de juny al 31 de juliol a la 7a Mostra de Cinema a l’aire lliure i picnic Sala Montjuïc, on es projectaran els dilluns, els dimecres i els divendres, a les 22h, pel·lícules en versió original subtitulada al Castell de Montjuïc.

Les portes s’obren a les 20.30h i a les 21.00h hi ha un petit concert abans de la projecció. L’entrada costa 5€ i si voleu llogar una gandula són 3 més.

Podrem veure films com Caché (2005) de Michael Haneke, Los pájaros (1963) d’Alfred Hitchcock, Al otro lado de Fatih Akin (2007), Celebración de Thomas Vinterberg (1999) i La noche americana de François Truffaut (1973), entre d’altres. Podeu trobar la informació completa de la Mostra a la web salamontjuic.com.

Potser no tindreu la intimitat del cotxe, però el camp de visió serà més ampli i segur que estareu més concentrats que en un autocine on potser a vegades era més important la pel·lícula que passava in situ que la que es projectava... Tot són pel·lícules...

		Art by David Guillén

Iguapop Gallery presenta en sus instalaciones hasta el 4 de Julio “The Mystic Chords of Memory”, una exposición que recopila una serie de pinturas creadas por el artista Tim Biskup en las que vuelve a tomar la historia americana como fuente de inspiración. En esta ocasión revisita el tema con un nuevo sentido, incluyendo revelaciones sobre su país, su trabajo y, como viene siendo habitual, también sobre sí mismo, creando una experiencia más optimista que las anteriores. En su última muestra, presentada bajo el título “American Cyclops”, se centró en la historia americana temprana y en el proceso por el que surge la corrupción. El tema subyacente era cuestionar la integridad y la razón de ser de uno mismo. La obra actual se llena de belleza y color. Abunda la naturaleza como tema. Con esta exposición el californiano pretende volver a mostrar “imágenes bellas”. Pero estas imágenes no son simplemente bellas, son mensajes sobre su vida y sobre cómo se siente al emerger de tiempos difíciles, reagrupándose y avanzando en un sentido más positivo...

Además, N2 Galería presenta hasta el 30 de septiembre “Jóvenes y maestros” una exposición colectiva que tiene como punto de partida el grafito. Autores como Juan Genovés, Marta Lafuente, Sito Mújica, Ninaboy, Dani Buch, Juan Manuel Vila-Escriban o Jaume Plensa presentan una obra que en su mayoría ha sido concebida especialmente para esta muestra, reuniéndose en un acontecimiento que parte del riesgo, la experimentación o la fuerza.

		Theater by Rafaela Rivas

En junio acabamos el curso escolar, el verano se hace oficial con la verbena de San Juan, y por fin ¡¡las vacaciones están más cerca!! Para el mundo teatral empieza una nueva etapa, ahora fuera de los teatros, al aire libre, como por ejemplo el Festival Grec, que si no habéis ido sólo deciros que, aunque es very expensive, es un espacio increíble de Barcelona que os trasladará a la Roma clásica bajo la luz de la luna... También se dan cita otros festivales con espectáculos gratuitos, como el de Santa Susanna (entre Pineda y Malgrat de Mar) o el de Torelló (cerca de Vic).

La Fira Màgica de Santa Susanna (19-21 de junio) está dedicada a los apasionados de los trucos y las narices rojas, porque además de disfrutar de exposiciones, talleres, conciertos y audiovisuales, sobre todo, lo que veréis serán espectáculos de magia y de clown. En Torelló el ambiente es muy distinto. Cambiamos las narices por las guitarras eléctricas y los trucos de magia por espectáculos más alternativos. Festus, Festival Jove d’Arts al Carrer (26-28 junio) no es sólo un festival, ¡es un lugar de encuentro!, con zona de acampada incluida, donde olvidar durante 3 días el aire hostil de la ciudad... Pero si sois tan desafortunados como yo y no podéis hacer las maletas hasta septiembre, no os preocupéis porque aquí, en Barcelona, también se pueden hacer cosas. Os recomiendo el espectáculo que dirige Marita Fernández e interpreta la compañía que da nombre al mismo: Impromptu. Como muy bien dice la palabra, el guión se improvisa, mejor dicho, lo crea el público, así que si quieres convertirte en guionista puedes ir cualquier sábado de junio a las 22h a la sala Almazen. ¿Qué? ¿Te quedas o te vas?