It is an unavoidable responsibility, to have a certain way of seeing the world, to look at cultural events not only with the eyes of a spectator. This week we’re bringing you lots of cultural recommendations, but I also want to recommend these reports from Laura García Higueras on working conditions at the theme park. The unions denounce that the actors They are forced to clean their bathrooms and locker rooms and it’s violated the labor obligation to keep a register of signatures. And now let’s move on to some interesting cultural projects.
a concert
Nine Unknowns is the group of Ares Negrete, a star who we saw explode before our eyes. Author of fantastic hazy pop songs, in the vein of Depression Sonora but with more diverse influences, although reminiscences of the darkest new wave of the 80s stand out. He will present new songs during his last concerts before the end of year: November. November 15 in Madrid (El Sol), November 23 in Oviedo (La Salvaje), November 30 in Alicante (Stereo) and December 7 in Barcelona (as part of the Beau Festival).
Three recommended books
- “Dreams and Ships” by June Fernández (Consonni). One of the most important feminist journalists, co-founder of Píkara magazine, writes an essay that brings together different feminist perspectives on surrogacy. Moving away from polarized positions, Fernández wants to address the debate without evading its contours in this essay initially published in Basque. Already in bookstores.
- ‘Beasts’ by John Carlin and Oriol Malet (Astiberri). Anglo-Spanish journalist John Carlin teams up again with cartoonist Oriol Malet (Mandela and the general) make a comic book album. On this occasion, they are inspired by Farm animal by George Orwell to warn of the danger of totalitarianism. In bookstores December 5.
- ‘Termite’ by Garazi Albizua (Gutenberg Galaxy). This comic book writer is moving towards novels aimed at adults for the first time with this story of a telemarketer who lives with her grandmother. According to Edurne Portela, the narrative voice is “rebellious and brutal, ironic and unpredictable” and “does not meet any of the expectations that patriarchal society imposes on women.” In bookstores from November 13.
Three recommended films, by Javier Zurro
- “They will be dust.” No, it is not recommended here Gladiator 2 (if you don’t know why we leave you here again the criticism). In return, we highly recommend one of the best Spanish films of the year. A risky, original and very exciting film. This is the latest film by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, a musical comedy about euthanasia with songs by María Arnal, choreography by La Veronal and a wonderful couple: Ángela Molina (not to be missed the interview with her at the newspaper office) and Alfredo Castro.
- “The Last Romantics”. David Pérez-Sañudo surprised everyone with Annethis film which, in the midst of the pandemic, discovered a different voice capable of capturing with subtlety and intelligence the industrial Euskadi that cinema does not usually tell. Here he adapts the novel by Txani Rodríguez to talk about loneliness, the wounds of his region, abandoned towns and women who escape by calling Renfe. A beautiful film.
- “In the sultan’s room”. This is a risky proposition, but those who like different cinema will find a unique proposition. The return of Javier Rebollo (and Pilar López de Ayala) is a tribute to the creators of cinema, to those cameramen who traveled the world to portray countries that many would never have seen otherwise. It’s a free, magical film, without rules, which we can only be surprised by.
Three projects for the weekend, by Laura G. Higueras
- Morricone, Zimmer and Williams (Salamanca). The Castilla y León Conference Center, located in Salamanca, offers this Saturday a tribute concert to these three great composers, responsible for many of the best soundtracks in the history of cinema – courtesy of Alan Menken, of course. It will be performed by the Royal Film Concert Orchestra, who will perform songs from Cinema Paradiso, Pearl Harbor, Harry Potter, ET, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Star Wars, among others.
- LesGaiCineMad (Madrid). This week begins the 29th edition of this festival, during which a total of 110 films will be screened until November 24. This year, it pays tribute to queer cinema in Taiwan and the honorary prize was awarded to the director of Go fishing, Rose Troche. The lesbian film, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, is also part of the programming. ponyboy by Esteban Arango, Near you by Dominic Savage Where does the silence pass? by Sandra Romero and half by Ana by Marta Nieto are some of the feature films selected.
- DAU Barcelona. If you like board games, this weekend you have an appointment with this inclusive event designed for the youngest, the oldest and the experts. They seek to become a meeting point for players of all levels, thanks to an offer that combines the great classics with the latest developments on the market. The program includes concerts, conferences and even a Softcombat workshop, to learn combat techniques and participate in live role-playing games.
Three exhibitions, by Jordi Sabaté
Good morning! My name is Jordi Sabaté and from this week I will be responsible, from the Barcelona editorial office, for recommending interesting exhibitions in different cities. We begin:
- ‘Gabriele Münter. The great expressionist painter (Madrid). This exhibition, which has just opened its doors at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museumreveals the figure and work of one of the members of the avant-garde expressionist group El Jinete Azul. Gabriele Münter, whose figure as Kandinsky’s lover has often been reduced, is largely unknown to the Spanish public and to part of the European public. Today, more than a century after the emergence in Munich of this key group in the history of informalism and abstraction, the Thyssen presents the German artist with her first retrospective in Spain and the largest outside his native country.
- “Daily shelters” (Vitoria). The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country-Artium Museoa hosts the exhibition of the artist Gasteiztarra Joxerra Melguizo daily shelters, an exhibition that covers Melguizo’s work made over the last decade. The central core of the exhibition is a large wall piece, an installation almost 30 meters long and 4 meters high which contains almost a thousand drawings and paintings on square format panels of different dimensions and which stretches on the walls of the room using a pattern. which organizes the different measures.
- ‘Amazons. The ancestral future” (Barcelona). It’s always an event when the Barcelona Contemporary Culture Center (CCCB) presents a new exhibition, as it tends to be the most disruptive and comprehensive, at least on the Catalan scene. In this case it is the region called Amazonia, a vast territory irrigated by the Amazon River and its tributaries, about which we have a vision full of misunderstandings and prejudices. The spirit of the exhibition is that let’s unlearn what we know and through an excellent exhibition of indigenous art, let us change our outlook not only on the region but also on the frenetic world in which we live.
Three readings
- María Hervás’s 24 hours on stage. A day and night without interruption chatting with a hundred men, interacting impromptu, in a theater. And we told you so.
- The lie within the lie. We interview Eduard Fernández by Framea film about the Spaniard who tricked us into claiming he was a victim of Nazism. “People stick to the title,” he says.
- Mud, like an enemy of paper. Bookstores, private libraries or publishing houses suffer major material losses due to DANA. We tell the story of the designer Cristina Durán whose workshop was razed.
Librotea’s recommendations
In one of the most literary weeks of the year, we found out who deserves Spain’s Cervantes Prize (the brilliant Alvaro Pombo) and what is the best novel of the year written in English, according to the Booker Prize jury: Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Librotea accompanies us this week to enter the readings of Pombo and other Cervantes awards, among other essential recommendations, such as those made by Jorge Volpi.
Every Friday morning, Elena Cabrera works as a cultural prescriber in a bulletin which summarizes cultural news in a first part highlighting some of the stories published by the section that week. The newsletter has three fixed blocks: 3 article sections; 3 cultural plans chosen by Laura G. Higuera and 3 film recommendations chosen by Javier Zurro. Additionally, in the last newsletter of the month, Gerardo Vilches selects three comics.
