london september/december a season of contemporary arts

LondonSeptember/DecemberA season of contemporary arts and culture from Spain

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I would like to welcome you to Spain NOW! 2012, an annual arts & culture season that the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, amongst others, is very pleased to support as an autumn preview in London of Spain’s contemporary culture.

This year has seen London play host to some very exciting sporting and cultural events. With the arrival of September, London once more readies itself for an autumn season of high profile cultural events of which Spain NOW! is fast becoming an important fixture.

Some might say that the current international climate is not conducive to creativity. On the contrary, we firmly believe in the need to continue our support of culture as an important means towards better mutual understanding and collaboration between Spain and the UK, highlighting the more diverse and cutting edge aspects of our culture.

We are also certain of the immense continuing international potential of Spain and especially Spanish arts and culture, which in its most salient contemporary aspects go, in many ways, untapped abroad.

Spain NOW! has been lifting the lid on that potential since 2009 and as we prepare for our fifth anniversary in 2013, we present to you two whole months of music, visual arts, gastronomy and performance.

We hope they whet your appetite for what’s to come.

Teresa Lizaranzu Perinat,Director General for Cultural Policy, Industries and Book.

Secretariat of State for Culture, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain.

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NEW GALICIAN & SPANISH CUISINETASTINGS - COOKING DEMOSTRATIONS - MASTERCLASS

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Photo Credits: Adam Dreessen. Avatâra Ayuso. The First Language

welcome2012 marks the fourth year of Spain NOW!, the annual season of Contemporary Spanish art and culture. As with previous years, we are extremely excited about the sheer amount of talent being presented to London audiences directly from Spain.

This year the flavours and sounds of A Coruña in Galicia, northwest Spain take centre stage in an attempt to showcase to London audiences what the gastronomy of this beautiful part of the world has in store as part of the CorunaRocks series of events.

Galicia features prominently too in the music segment of Spain NOW! 2012 where we bring you the first London dates of 981 Heritage, the music festival which already has the specialist press in Spain reeling with anticipation of its forthcoming maiden dates in Madrid this October.

But gastronomy and music are but the starting point of a programme which also includes the harrowing En Tierra de Silencio, a contemporary dance piece by Camille Hanson Company; the stupendous Avatara Ayuso in a unique collaboration with visual artist Antonio R. Montesinos and DJ bRUNA; and the comprehensive exhibition of contemporary Spanish drawing Nulla Dies Sine Linea.

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November will see the return to our already traditional pop-up space, where we have prepared a whole programme of screenings, music and visual arts to say goodbye to this year’s Spain NOW! with a bang.

Grateful as we are for the continuing support of those who have been with us from the beginning, we are also very glad to welcome new partners, as is the case of the Spanish Tourist Office and the team behind the 981 Heritage Music Festival; as well as old friends such as the London Spanish Film Festival.

Difficult as it sometimes is to persevere in the pursuit of the objectives that the team of people behind Spain NOW! set ourselves at the outset of this enterprise, today more than ever we believe in the need to carry on consolidating what has been achieved and growing ever stronger, together.

For that we have you to thank. We hope you will join us to celebrate yet another vintage year for Spanish creativity.

Antonio Molina-Vázquez Director and founder Spain NOW!

Photo Credits: Pedro Enrique Alarcón Ramírez. Serie “I don‘t think you know what pain is” (2008). Nulla dies sine linea

SEPTEMBERFRIDAY 14 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONCABINET EXHIBITION7.00 - 9.00pm | (Parallel event)> Islington Arts Factory2 Parkhurst Road. Holloway, N7 0SFExhibition takes place 15-21 Sept.

OCTOBERTHURSDAY 4 OPENING PARTYbRUNA +Avatâra Ayuso+Antonio R.Montesinos

VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONI WANT TO HAVE A MILLION FRIENDS7.00pm | By invitation only> The Hospital Club24 Endell Street, WC2H 9HQExhibition takes place 4-7 Oct.

MONDAY 8 SPAIN NOW! / LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVALCUADERNO DE BARRO(The Clay Diaries)8.30pm | (Parallel event)> Ciné Lumière17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT

TUESDAY 9 SPAIN NOW! / LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVALEL BULLI: COOKING INPROGRESS8.15pm | (Parallel event)> Ciné Lumière17 Queensberry Place, SW7 2DT

WEDNESDAY 10 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONDIARY OF AN ARTIST AND OTHERSTORIES 2007/20126.30pm | (Parallel event)> Halcyon Gallery144 - 146 New Bond St. W1S 2PFExhibition takes place 20 Sept. - 7 Nov.

THURSDAY 11 ART @ IBERICAI WANT TO HAVE A MILLION FRIENDS5.30pm> Iberica Marylebone195 Great Portland Street W1W 5PS

THURSDAY 18MUSIC GIGJANE JOYD 7.30pm | Coruna Rocks Event Doors open 7.00pm> Leicester Square Theatre6 Leicester Place WC2H 7BX£18 /adv. £15

3 - 18GASTRONOMYFLAVOURS OF CORUNACoruna Rocks Event Cooking & wine masterclasses by renowned Spanish chefs.> Different Venues

NOVEMBERTHURSDAY 8VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONNULLA DIES SINE LINEA6.30pm> Crypt Gallery St Pancras ChurchEuston Road NW1 2BAExhibition takes place 8 Nov. - 3 Dec.

SATURDAY 17CONTEMPORARY DANCEEN TIERRA DE SILENCIO(DUST & WATER)7.30pm > Cockpit TheatreGateforth Street MaryleboneNW8 8EH£12 /conc. £10 TUESDAY 27 PANEL DISCUSSIONINTRACITY OR THESUSTAINABILITY OF INTERSTICES6.30pm> Roca London GalleryStation CourtTownmead Road SW6 2PY

19-25SPAIN NOW! POP UP SPACE @ _THE GALLERY SOHO Open daily 12pm till late!125 Charing Cross Road. London WC2H 0EW

POP UP SPACE EVENT SCHEDULE:

19Oct./ 25Nov.VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONI WANT TO HAVE A MILLION FRIENDS

TUESDAY 20 FASHIONFF>>FRESH FASHION FROM SPAIN from 6.30pmScreenings 20-25 Nov.12.00 - 6.00pm

LITERATURE“THE SHARED PLOT”from 7.00pmScreenings 20-25 Nov.12.00 - 6.00pm

VIDEO“CUT HERE”from 7.30pmScreenings 20-25 Nov.12.00 - 7.30pm

981 HERITAGE MUSIC SHOWCASE7.00pm till late.FREE ENTRY

WEDNESDAY 21Cooly G vs. Mwëslee

THURSDAY 22Old Apparatus vs. Santiago Latorre

FRIDAY 23Marcus Nasty vs. David M

SATURDAY 24Dorian Concept vs. Judah

SATURDAY 24POP-UP LITERARY MORNINGSSusana Medina + Alba Londres11.30am

SUNDAY 25CLOSING PARTYDJ VJ CLOSING SESSION“Trans Europe Spain”7.00pm till late.

Alfredo CanedaAna LujánAndrew DempseyAndrew HurstAvatâra AyusoBruno MurcianoCarmen Molina-VázquezCésar GarcíaClaire PinneyDacia Viejo RoseDave WybrowDavid MuñozDiego BelloEnrique Ruiz de LeraEva KazmierskaFerran AdriàGrupo +GaliciaHalcyon GalleryHéctor César MarcosIberica TeamInés García ClarianaJamie PoultonJeremy O’SullivanJoana Granero

Team Spain NOW!:Artistic Director: Antonio Molina-VázquezHead of Press: Silvia TerrónHead of PR: Nuria CorominasCreative & Production Coordinator: Marta BarreirosVisual Design Concept: Ana García-SeguraAssociate Curators: Noelia Terrón-Laya, Nacho R. Piedra, Pablo Padilla, Toni FerrerFilm/Livestreaming/Multimedia: José Velázquez, Iris WakulenkoPhotography: Chryssa PanoussiadouWeb: Pau RosPR support team: Francisco Javier Orjales Mourente, Carmen ComesConsultants: Richard A. Brown, Rosa PascualIntern: Macarena Valiente Ollero

Jorge SobredoJosé PizarroJuan Carlos Briones ÁlvarezJuan MazarredoJuan PazLeanne PetersMarcos FernándezOffice for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of SpainPablo SedeñoPilar AlonsoRene AndriaRosa García BrageSian SlaterSimón QuinteroToni FerrerTracey MoberleyVanja Rupar

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SN!) Parallel Events

FRIDAY14.09EXHIBITIONPRIVATE VIEW

CABINET EXHIBITION7.00 - 9.00pm

ISLINGTON ARTS FACTORY2 Parkhurst RoadHolloway, LondonN7 0SFExhibition takes place 15-21 Sept.

Curated by Toni Ferrer and Laura Guedes, with the participation of Pablo A. Padilla Jargstorf

Cabinet Exhibition is a group show that presents the work of forty international emerging artists from over ten different countries. Based on the concept of the early modern ‘Cabinets of Curiosities’, this exhibition draws together painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, video and other more contemporary practices, all arranged in an unconventional display. The result is a sort of arrhythmic mosaic intended to present a panoramic view of art production today.

This exhibition aims to be an immersive experience for the curious visitor who will face an unorthodox, eclectic selection of artworks. The variety of the works presented turns this exhibition into a sort of barometer to see how contemporary artists address current affairs and the way they give response to them. Some of the issues these artists focus on are mobility, migration and displacement, sustainability of painting practices, environmental degradation, the fragility of digital data and how we interact with new technology, the physical and psychological concept of home or the landscape (be it natural, artificial or impossible) and how to construct, re-construct or de-construct reality to create individual narratives.CABINET

EXHIBITION

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THURSDAY

04.10OPENINGPARTYbRUNA +Avatâra Ayuso+AntonioR.Montesinos7.00pmBy invitation only

THE HOSPITAL CLUB24 Endell Street WC2H 9HQ

Photo Credits: Daniel Koch. SALOME. Avatâra Ayuso.

Opening Spain NOW! each year is like unwrapping a present: we’ve been thinking what we wanted to give you all year long, we’ve anticipated the moment, we’ve looked for the most special paper, and this catalogue is the card that goes with it.

This year’s season officially opens with no less than bRUNA’s emotional and vibrant electronica cum infectious melodies, Avatâra Ayuso’s choreographic explorations and her search for new ways to connect our physical, material and intellectual realities and Antonio R. Montesino’s installation “Los amigos de mis amigos” (my friends’ friends), with a visual rendering of what our online lives tell about ourselves and how physical virtual networks can become.

All these sounds, movements and images will happen at The Hospital Club and will unveil all that’s awaiting us in the next two months of Spain NOW!

Special thanks to:


MONDAY08.10LONDONSPANISH FILMFESTIVAL

CUADERNODE BARRO(THE CLAY DIARIES)8.30pm

CINé LUMIèRETHE INSTITUT FRANçAIS17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT

This year Spain NOW!, in collaboration with the London Spanish Film Festival, brings to London two documentary gems that will show us the amazing world of two Spanish creators: artist Miquel Barceló and avant-garde chef Ferran Adrià.

CUADERNO DE BARRO The Clay Diaries dir. Isaki Lacuesta, with Miquel Barceló | Spain | 61 min | col | cert. G | In French with English subtitles - UK premièreconc. £8 / £10

Cuaderno de barro (The Clay Diaries) by Isaki Lacuesta looks at the work of artist Miquel Barceló. Barceló, originary from Majorca, has been spending long periods of time in Africa, where he learnt to paint between termites and scorpions. Lacuesta’s camera also follows Barceló’s performance of Paso doble with choreographer Josef Nadj.

Followed by a talk with the director, co-scriptwriter Isa Campo and independent curator Andrew Dempsey.

Photo Credits: Cuaderno de barro

Event in collaboration with:

EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS dir. Gerson Wetzel, with Ferran Adrià, Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch, Eugeni de Diego, Aitor Lozano | Germany | 2010 | 108 min | doc | col | cert. G | In Spanish, Catalan and French with English subtitles Introduced by Ferran Adrià in a specially commissioned recorded appearance.conc. £8 / £10

El Bulli: Cooking In Progress by Gerson Wetzel, captures the months that Ferran Adrià and his team spent in his Barcelona-based cooking laboratory to create their menu for his three-Michelin starred restaurant El Bulli, now closed for good. Adrià is acknowledged as probably the most ingenious and creative avant-garde chef and Wetzel offers us a privileged insight into the physical, chemical and creative processes and the industriousness of Adrià and his wonderful team of chefs working towards the conception of an innovative menu that includes such surprises as ice vinaigrette with tangerine and green olives.


TUESDAY09.10LONDONSPANISH FILMFESTIVAL

EL BULLI:COOKING INPROGRESS8.15pm

CINé LUMIèRETHE INSTITUT FRANçAIS17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT

Photo Credits: El Bulli: Cooking in progress


DIARY OF AN ARTIST AND OTHER STORIES 2007/20126.30pmHALCYON GALLERY144 - 146 New Bond St.London W1S 2PFExhibition takes place 20 Sept. - 7 Nov.


WEDNESDAY

10.10EXHIBITION

Halcyon Gallery and Spain NOW! celebrate Pedro Paricio’s much-anticipated exhibition Diary of an Artist and Other Stories 2007-2012. This event will include a performance by Avatâra Ayuso and a DJ session by Aldo Linares.

Diary of an Artist and Other Stories 2007 – 2012 is Paricio’s most ambitious exhibition to date, offering a comprehensive overview of his practice, moving from his early abstract compositions through to his more recent figurative works. It includes over 50 works including paintings from his recent exhibition at the Casino de la Exposicion (ICAS), Seville, and offers an overview of the artist’s works from 2007 until 2012.

Dancer and choreographer Avatâra Ayuso will unveil the second part of her live performance series in Spain NOW!, and DJ Aldo Linares will combine styles and identify common threads between his sounds and Pedro Paricio’s colourful imagery.

Photo Credits: Pedro Paricio. Little Motorbike (2008)

THURSDAY

1 1 . 1 0ART@ IBERICA

I WANT TO HAVE A MILLIONFRIENDS5.30pm

IBERICA MARILEBONE195 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PS

Join us for the unveiling of the latest art piece by artist Antonio R.Montesinos, part two of the exhibition curated by Carlota Santabárbara and Ana Revilla.

MATADERO, MADRID

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, NAVE DE MÚSICATickets now on sale (Ticketea)

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Mouse On Mars, Jeremy Greenspan (Junior Boys), Actress, Hype Williams (Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland), Kode9, oOoOO-Live, Erika Spring (Au Revoir Simone),

Solar Bears, Noaipre, Judah.

LA CORUÑA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, PLAYA CLUB —

Artists to be Confimed Soon

Cooly G vs Mwëslee 21N

Old Apparatus vs Santiago Latorre 22N

Marcus Nasty vs David M 23N

Dorian Concept vs Judah 24N

FROM 21 TO 24 NOVEMBER, THE GALLERY SOHOLONDON—

As part of Spain Now! 2012

MAIN SPONSOR MEDIA PARTNERSSPONSORSPhoto Credits: Antonio R Montesinos. Delicious 3

JANEJOYD 7.30pmDoors open 7.00pm

LEICESTERSQUARE THEATRE6 Leicester PlaceLondonWC2H 7BX£18 /adv. £15

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THURSDAY

18.10MUSIC GIG

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Under the name of Jane Joyd, Elba Fernández has created one of the most attractive indie music projects coming out of Spain. With her first EP, Jane Joyd (2010) she won the Demo Project competition organized by Spanish National Radio and Benicàssim Festival, and she was also nominated for the Pop-eye Awards. She has played all the main music festivals in Spain, at times supporting artists such as Basia Bulat, Greg Dulli, James Yuill or Matt Elliott.

Jane Joyd has won over the critics with her unique combination of folk references (think of Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut or Fleet Foxes) blended with Anna Calvi or the most experimental side of PJ Harvey.

Her first album, Shy Little Jane Presents: The Dramatic Tale of Her Animals, came out recently. This time her seductive voice is accompanied by orchestral arrangements creating a highly captivating atmosphere. This is her first UK gig and one definitely not to miss.

Photo Credits: Pequena Suricata. Jane Joyd

Photo Credits: Iberica. Nacho Manzano

This year we pay special attention to gastronomy, a discipline most people nowadays would recognise as an artform. Also, it is a discipline which in the past few years has become synonymous with a new Spain, one that is at the forefront of innovation and which defies current notions or stereotypes.

And we are very excited to count some of the most exciting names in the Spanish culinary scene today among the list of participants in Spain NOW! 2012, offering their take on dishes from A Coruña in Galicia, northwest Spain. In fact, it is the flavours of this region which will take centre stage this autumn.

From David Muñoz and his exciting take on molecular cuisine straight from his award-winning Madrid restaurant, to Nacho Manzano, César García, Diego Bello and London-based José Pizarro, will share their delicious creations at live cooking demonstrations in Canary Wharf. Top class sommelier Bruno Murciano will complete this deluxe offering with a series of wine masterclasses throughout October. Enjoy!

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WEDNESDAY03/10Cooking Masterclassby David MuñozIbericaCanary WharfCabot Square5.00pm

MONDAY15/10Live showcookingsby José Pizarro& César GarcíaReuters Plaza12.00am - 2.00pmCabot PlaceProduct tastings/samplesfrom the chefs above12.00 - 2.00pm& 5.00 - 7.00pm

TUESDAY16/10Live showcookingsby Nacho Manzano& Diego BelloReuters Plaza12.00am - 2.00pmCanada PlaceProduct tastings/samplesfrom the chefs above12.00 - 2.00pm& 5.00 - 7.00pm

Photo Credits: Diego Bello, Cesar García, David Muñoz, José Pizarro.

THURSDAY18/10Product TastingSampling ofsome deliciousGalician tapasJubilee Place12.00 - 2.00pm& 5.00 - 7.00pm

Cooking masterclassby Diego BelloWine Masterclassby BrunoMurcianoIbericaCanary WharfCabot Square6.00pm

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THURSDAY

08.11EXHIBITIONPRIVATE VIEW

NULLADIES SINELINEA6.30pmCRYPT GALLERYSt Pancras ChurchEuston RoadNW1 2BAExhibition takes place 8 Nov. -3 Dec.

Is there anything more basic but at the same time more powerful in art than the drawing of a simple line? Drawing is the visible trace of a mental seismograph that is in a state of constant activity and actualisation. This exhibition, curated by Blanca Soto, takes us on a journey through contemporary Spanish drawing with the work of 23 artists from across Spain, artists with different trajectories and with different ways of approaching drawing. From pencil on paper to digital prints or drawing-video hybridisations, this journey gives us an idea of the heterogeneity of Spanish drawing to be found at present.

All these artists surrender, without excuses or “guilt complexes”, to the exercise of drawing, not because they seek sketches or rough outlines for other pieces of larger format or in other techniques, but because they understand that there, they can express what they want to with total freedom. Drawing is a fertile form of plastic thought. They don’t only know this, but they show it.

Photo Credits: Domingo Sánchez Blanco.

Photo Credits: Juan Carlos Arévalo. Dust and Water

SATURDAY

1 7 . 1 1CONTEMPORARYDANCE

EN TIERRA DE SILENCIO(DUST & WATER)7.30pm

COCKPIT THEATREGateforth Street MaryleboneLondon NW8 8EH£12 /conc. £10

Into the earth is an artistic project focused on social and ecological thinking. It is also a contemplative dance and video performance that reflects on environmental justice and collective responsibility, exploring the relationship we have with our own body as a way to communicate new landscapes that stimulate reflection and grace in a time of dramatic climate change. This piece explores the borders between authenticity and fiction, beauty and the invisible, the familiar and the foreign. The creative environmental pulse is inspired in texts by biologist Roger Payne, and Catalan poet Xavier Bayle, with the collaboration of the Spanish visual artist Juan Carlos Arévalo.

Camille Hanson is a US dancer based in Madrid, specialised in modern dance improvisation and choreography. Her recent creations are dedicated to site-specific dance works, video, and the experience of sound and listening. Into the earth was supported by the Centre of Contemporary Creation Matadero Madrid, and has been selected for The Arts Presenters Conference in New York, one of the most anticipated international events of the performing arts field.

TUESDAY

27 . 1 1PANELDISCUSSION

INTRACITY OR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERSTICES6.30pm

ROCA LONDON GALLERYStation CourtTownmead RoadLondon SW6 2PYNearby StationsImperial Wharf OvergroundOpposite the Roca London Gallery

Intracity or the sustainability of interstices will discuss the latest work of a multidisciplinary group of artists, architects, designers, anthropologists, sociologists and students working together and with the support of citizens in Spain. The aim is to present a snapshot of the actions and research on urban transformation that have been put in place in several cities in Spain. Different proposals will be considered within the concept of sustainability, which recreate and embody new possibilities for social and cultural life, as well as an improvement of local ecology achieved via citizen participation.

The conceptual background for the debate will be Guattari’s concept of ecosophy, and how to rebuild the ‘modalities of the self’ in a group, with a glocal effect.The objective is to build a collective conscience of techniques and strategies that will allow for new energy behaviours, new means of transport, ways of reusing, rehabilitating and recycling, and will contribute to the generation and use of new energy sources.

Curated by Carmen Molina-Vázquez and Inés García Clariana with the collaboration of UEM, Universidad Europea de Madrid

Photo Credits: Roca London Gallery

SPAIN NOW! Pop-up spaceA dynamic environment where things happen..._THE GALLERY SOHO19-25 Nov.Open daily 12pm till late!125 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EW

I want to have a million friends4/7 Oct.THE HOSPITAL CLUB24 Endell Street London. WC2H 9HQ

11Oct./ 31 Jan. 2013Art @ Iberica

19Oct./ 25Nov.POP UP SPACE_THE GALLERY SOHO

We live in a period of pathological individualism, seeking to shape our personal identity yet conditioned by our socially recognised identity. The way we relate socially is like collecting people; we connect with them but we brush aside affective intensities. I want to have a million friends investigates the social and artistic context of building a virtual alter ego through identity relationships. With the immediacy of communication, life and relationships become more and more an interpretation of ourselves, individual and collective relational identities provide a parallel social structure that, while virtual, does not cease to be real. If you’re not on the Network, you don’t exist. And depending on whom you are going to relate to, you had better devise several profiles and do a good job of reinventing yourself without creating too much confusion...

Antonio R. Montesinos and Raquel Labrador link physical and virtual media, enabling a progression of art to emerge through the cracks between them, discussing the limits of the ego and how to cross those physical limits and trespass into other parallel realities that simultaneously occur in our lives and affect us in some way.

Artists: Raquel Labrador and Antonio R. MontesinosCurated by Carlota Santabárbara and Ana Revilla.Follow the progress of this project on our microsite:www.iwanttohaveamillionfriends.net

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Photo Credits: David Urbano. Aprés Ski

20 NOV.POP UP SPACE_THE GALLERY SOHOfrom 6.30pmScreenings 20-25 Nov.12.00- 6.00pm

Curated by Noelia Terrón-Laya

Fashion takes us to places. We can travel in time and space and become different people. And innovative designers allow us to try other skins or to rediscover aspects that we had forgotten about ours.This year, FF>> brings you the universe of five of the freshest and most original Spanish young designers. From the print overdose of Manuel Bolaño and his collections that teach us colorful lessons about “how to repair a broken heart” (the title of his Spring/Summer 2012 collection), to Uke and their concept of “sunny minimalism”, combining 20th century avant-garde movements with the Mediterranean sun and the natural fabrics and simple geometric shapes of Nordic design. And, to go with it, nothing better than the shoes of Deux Souliers, who mix traditional shoe craftsmanship with bold shapes; the ceramic jewelry of Andresgallardo and their unique world inhabited by wonderful animal and floral

motives; or the cosmic and geometric touch of Après Ski’s accessories, combining vintage and antique trinkets found in flea markets and experimenting with materials like resins, wood or antique textiles.Do not miss the fashion video strand and the set of collages that open to us the very own universe of these young designers who are sure to make a name internationally for themselves in the future.

LITERATURE:“THE SHARED PLOT”20 NOV.POP UP SPACE_THE GALLERY SOHOfrom 7.00pmScreenings 20-25 Nov.12.00pm - 6.00pm

Curated by Silvia Terrón and Nacho R. Piedra

A plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end. Under normal circumstances a short story plot, as crazy as it may become, is the creature of one writer. But what happens when this plot becomes a sea that receives water from different rivers? How do those waters mix and flow? What can we read in that sea?

Spanish writers Javier Calvo, Mercedes Cebrián and Juan Carlos Márquez are familiar with literary games. Their writing combines the ordinary and the extraordinary with doses of surrealism and acid humour, light and darkness, and unique ways of approaching history, popular culture and everyday events. For Spain NOW! 2012 they have worked on a shared plot, defining their own rules of collaboration and shared creativity.

But the result goes beyond words: some of the most exciting video artists of the Spanish film scene, Augusto Lima, Videadores and Los Hijos have also played yet another game. They have recreated this short story in images using the exquisite corpse technique. Each of them hasn’t been able to see what the other two were doing.

The result of this literary and film collaboration resides in the land of the unexpected, a prism where each element contributes to a unique remix of perspectives and disciplines while retaining its own creative distinctiveness.

Photo Credits: Videadores


Discover the flavours of Spain in Iberica Canary Wharf this autumn!

organised in collaboration with

Live cooking demonstrations Tastings of Galician products. Cooking and wine masterclases

www.ibericalondon.co.uk

Photo Credits: Nacho R. Piedra

VIDEO“CUT HERE”

A selection of clips from the odds and sods of the Spanish independent music scene.

In its second year, Cut Here will present a selection of some of the best music clips from Spain in the 21st Century. Expect not only great songs, since the criteria does not focus merely on the originality and the effectiveness of translating a song into images: the value of music clips goes beyond the song itself, beyond the moving images regarded as a short film or a form of advertising. Music clips are a work of art in itself.

Have you ever fallen in love with a clip, recording it in the old video tapes or watching it again and again on YouTube? The best music clips combine the effects that music and films have upon us: they tell stories and scenarios where we would like to go and live for a while (or at least, pay a visit); they make us feel angry, sad, energetic, nervous, rebellious or romantic.

Cut Here is a great way to discover cool songs but, even more so, you will take with you the images of truly special video gems.

20 NOV.POP UP SPACE_THE GALLERY SOHOfrom 7.30pmScreenings 20-25 Nov.2.00 - 7.30pm

Curated by Nacho R. Piedra

981 Heritage Music ShowcaseIn collaboration with Spanish Festival 981 the Spain NOW! pop-up space will host an impressive battle of music showcases, combining Spanish and British bands. From UK Funky, IDM, Kraut, Hip Hop, Electro or Ambient, to Nu Rave, Nu Dubstep, Detroit House, Techno, Synthpop…

7.00pm till late._THE GALLERY SOHO

FREE ENTRY

WEDNESDAY

21.11Cooly G vs. MwësleeBrixton-based DJ, singer and producer Cooly G’s “deep house tribal dubstep vibe” combines abstract post-garage beats and funk with dubstep and deep house. The result is dance floor killers with a dark edge and a certain R&B and 80s feel. Mwëslee, from Vigo (northwest Spain), creates electric-rainbow landscapes and experimental neon-blushed beats. He is one of the founding members of Spain’s influential Arkestra collective/label, and will present us the forms and shapes of his complex and colourful pieces.

THURSDAY

22.11Old Apparatus vs. Santiago LatorreOld Apparatus is an audiovisual collective of four artisans of beat and bass music, coming from East London and who seem to be fascinated by ancient photography and analog gadgets, while Santiago Latorre aims to brake gravity, make you float and take you on a trip around the cosmos: dreamy music that goes back and forth between classic instruments and the digital world.

FRIDAY

23.11Marcus Nasty vs. David MMarcus Nasty is recognised worldwide as the UK’s number one funky house DJ. He is respected as one of the leading pioneers within the UK House industry – not only mixing the music but also by scouting and promoting the biggest artists to come out of this scene. David M spreads all kinds of dance music coming from the UK in his DJ sessions throughout Spain. Be it funky, dubstep, garage or grime, his sessions are breathtaking.

SATURDAY

24.11Dorian Concept vs. JudahDorian Concept is an Austrian producer and keyboarder interested in exploring the interface between digital and analogue music, composition, musical performance, and improvisation. His music ranges from experimental electronic music to hip-hop, funk, and jazz. He is a self-taught pianist and somewhat of a YouTube star and in his tour he has got support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs and Benji B.Judah, aka Andrew Grobas, is a DJ and beatmaker member of the group Norweside. He focuses on hip-hop, be it classical to avant-garde. His sets move between rap, R&B vocals, bass music or advanced electronics.

Pop-up literary mornings24 NOV.POP UP SPACE_THE GALLERY SOHO11.30am

Join us for our first pop-up literary morning, another incarnation of this year’s pop-up space where we can share and enjoy literature in all its shapes and forms.

Maverick writer Susana Medina will present her bilingual (English/Spanish) book ‘Red Tales – Cuentos Rojos’ (Araña Editorial, November 2012), seven magnificent stories for wicked readers co-translated with Rosie Marteau. Richard Marshall of 3:AM Magazine has said of it that it is ‘a book of wonders’ where ‘each story is a perfectly wrought performance, an exquisite reminder of our weird informal freedoms and the zealousness of an inflamed, sexy imagination’.

And bilingual magazine Alba Londres will present their third issue, in which they continue suggesting, discovering and creating bridges between Hispano-American and Anglo-Saxon literature. Alba Londres is part of the Alba network, a group of literary magazines

published in different cities such as Paris, Beijing, Berlin and London that also acts as a laboratory for literary experimentation and translation.


DJ VJ CLOSING SESSIONTrans Europe Spain25 NOV.POP UP SPACE_THE GALLERY SOHO7.00pm till late.FREE ENTRY

Music knows no borders. It crosses and joins sounds in infinite and unexpected ways. Like a train going through Europe (like Kraftwerk’s Trans Europe Express), our Trans Europe Spain wants to cross and join the wide open spaces of alternative and electronic music in Spain and the UK. This DJ session by Aldo Linares (the DJ who opens Benicàssim festival every year) wants to highlight those connections and make us dance to wave goodbye to our pop-up space 2012.

He will be accompanied by a live VJ session by Nacho R. Piedra, video artist who has directed videos for some of the best independent Spanish and international bands, including Xiu Xiu, The Zephyrs or Sr. Chinarro.


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