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Side Events Program of Manifesta 8 extends the biennial celebration of contemporary art throughout the Region
The activities developed in a dozen municipalities have the cooperation of regional and international institutions. About 2,000 people have been credited to today to attend the inauguration, of which 500 are journalists and 1,500 professionals.
The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, announced Thursday the cultural institutions and projects comprising the program Parallel Events Manifesta 8, through which the European Biennial of Contemporary Art will take place, Apart from Murcia and Cartagena, in various parts of the Region, as Cehegín, Jumilla, Mazarron, Lorca, Bullas, Fuente Alamo, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cieza, Moratalla and Torre Pacheco.
With this program, she becomes "the event that a more plural and complete is to structure the entire Region of Murcia from both the institutional and territorial view on art." He also recalled the regional head of Culture, the European Biennial will, with the participation of nearly 150 artists, "the most intense period of artistic history of this region."
Cruz also stressed that the European Biennial "both local artists and institutions are going to be connected to this international network and will have the opportunity to have their proposals are viewed by leading experts and professionals in the world of international art." Thus, the counselor reported that today, "as the list grows larger, have been credited with some 2,000 people to attend the inauguration, of which 500 are journalists and 1,500 professionals, in addition to the groups collectors, professionals and experts already confirmed and will visit the region in the coming months.
also emphasized the enhancement of "cultural spaces and not cultural, historical character "which involves the holding of this event and the change in" the way of understanding the cultural tourism, while quite novel provide a movement along and across the region. "
Manifesta 8 will feature a comprehensive program of parallel events, with 35 projects selected, which, like the Biennial will be held from October 9 to January 9. The program will draw on two fronts: first, the projects from the open call, which selected twenty of the resident or born in the Region of Murcia, second, the events taking place in collaboration with many institutions and regional and international cultural projects. Among the artists
Murcia or residents in the Region of Murcia to participate in these events are Claudio Aldaz, Eduardo Balance, Aisa Boaa, Paloma Garcia, the company Erre que Erre, the ESC team (formed by Ricardo Escavy and Alfonso Escudero) Javier Pividal, FOD, Pedro Guirao, Sonia Navarro, Sergio Soto, Paz Tornero, Abraham Hurtado and Pedro Ortuño.
One of the main objectives of these parallel events, Cruz said, "is to disseminate and utilize the cultural resources of the region, to seize the moment in the development of the Biennial to maximize the dissemination of projects taking place. " At the same time, it is to promote and support projects that depart from the Region in order to have continuity in time, beyond the calendar to be held Manifesta 8, and provide a platform for communication and exchange between projects regional and international, "he said.
institutions are the Regional Library and Library Network Murcia Region of Murcia, Centro Parraga, Young Art Laboratory (LAB), the Fundación José García Jiménez, CENDEAC, Murcia University, Polytechnic University Cartagena, the City of Moratalla and Astística Creation Festival MORE ART BEYOND, the City of Alhama de Murcia, Fuente Alamo Museum, Imagine San Javier, Fundación Teatro Romano de Cartagena, Mazarrón City Council, the Naval and Mediation Project The Manifesta 8. In all three join international collaborations, with Artsadmin London, Parallax Venice and Dutch Art Institute.
Side Events Activities
Manifesta 8 will kick off at the opening of the biennial art on 9 October, in The Canning, showcasing selected two pieces of the open call: 'Investing 'Valerie Schwarz, and' Writing 'by Javier Pividal also performances of 'disc-jockeys' and Noise Box.
On Saturday 16 October at 22:00 hours, the group of psychedelic rock Murcia Schwarz presented at the Space Center 0 Párraga his new album, 'Spirit of the Desert, I invoke you. "
addition, you can enjoy activities related to the object art, theater and dance performances, exhibitions of photography and painting, video installations, drawings, video or sound. There will also be workshops for young audiences, as that will Katarzyna Rogowicz of travel books in the libraries of the Region of Murcia.
will also be a course of conduct film, with the possibility to participate in four shootings directed or supervised by teachers, which will be shown later in the museum of the Roman Theatre of Cartagena. The experience is completed with the opportunity to share ideas and projects for a week of living in a house-hostel. Also give a workshop in 16 mm film, by Guillermo Zabaleta.
There will also be an action and intervention by Duch artists Art Institute (DAI), who will present his speech committed on the double nature of art: as a symbolic object as commodity. With its mobile and temporary store of souvenirs, tour the sites Manifesta 8: plazas, malls, suburbs and resorts.
Side Events Program of Manifesta 8 extends the biennial celebration of contemporary art throughout the Region
The activities developed in a dozen municipalities have the cooperation of regional and international institutions. About 2,000 people have been credited to today to attend the inauguration, of which 500 are journalists and 1,500 professionals.
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