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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
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 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
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 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
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!!!
“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...
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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.
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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?
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