New appointments for the series of guided tours led by experts from the field of art and culture for the exhibits The Order of First Things and It's Capital.
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Worlds change, and in doing so they can sweep away the languages and cultures that the inhabitants of those worlds fail to adapt to the new situation. The causes of this crisis are usually diverse and the explanations may blame the foreign enemy or also seek society’s share of responsibility and that of the institutions it provides to govern itself. Languages and cultures should always seek their place in a context that is in constant transformation. Literature provides a good vantage point to observe these processes.
El Documental del Mes is an initiative run by Parallel 40 and was born as a CinemaNet Europe’s project in 2004.
On our first day of school we are taught to join consonants with vowels. We are taught to interpret, and later on, to associate what we have learned with the world around us. When we open a book, we are able to interpret, page by page, each and every object, image and situation that is needed to recreate the story with no need to have them right there in front of us.
The CGAC presents the second edition of the Insultarte Workshop (Insult+art/Insult+you) directed by the artists Vanesa Castro, Iñaki López and Juan Lesta. A comprehensive program of activities targeting students and workers from the world of culture and creation to provide them with guidelines on labor, fiscal and management issues.
“While it is happening. Present-day drifts” aims to provide answers to the places and ideas of creation by hosting a series of conferences on different views of the world of contemporary art: What are today's new labels? How does contemporary art stand up to criticism? Why do we still try to set new trends? What are the new challenges that museums and galleries are faced with? How is the present seen and written about?
This workshop, aimed at amateurs and professionals from the world of photography, architecture and design, focusses on the technical and visual codes which are characteristic of architectural photography. As a practical exercise we will do a report on the building housing the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC), designed by the Portuguese architect, Álvaro Siza.
To mark International Museum Day on 18th May, the CGAC is scheduling activities of various disciplines throughout the whole week, starting off on Monday with an ope
The series Música y arte: correspondencias sonoras (Music and art: sonorous correspondences), which has become a reference point in the world of contemporary music creation, boasts the participation of composers from all over the world and the presentation of forty exclusive premiere works over the course of the six sessions to be held at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea.
Saxophonist, composer and professor, Jorrit Dijkstra will teach a two-day master class focussing on collective improvisation in ensemble situations. The activity will revolve around a series of exercises on improvisation techniques in which participants will learn to play in a group, strengthening communication. They will be able to create music forms right on the spot based on a simple melody or song or even from scratch.
After Giovanni Anselmo (1995) and Giuseppe Penone (1999), CGAC will hola a Gilberto Zorio exhibition—internationally recognised as the unquestionable representative of the Arte Povera—he is the protagonist of one of the most comprehensive exhibitions he has had until now, by covering his creative trajectory from its Stara until present day, produced by the Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo). The exhibited works look into the different themes that have always been characteristic of Zorio’s work and explore in detail the time lapse between 1966 until 2010.
In the middle of spring, new dates are added to the Programme of guided visits led by professionals in the field of culture and the arts.
Every Wednesday and Thursday during the month of July—in collaboration with the Centro de Linguas Modernas (Modern Language Centre) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), the Australian Embassy, and ASBA (Australia Spain Business Association)—the CGAC will screen seven films under the stars from filmmakers Stephan Elliott, Bruce Beresford, David Michôd, Peter Weir, Ray Lawrence, Ted Kotcheff e Simon Wincer.
These workshops will give youngsters a chance to make direct contact with professionals from different fields of culture and art, while at the same time, promoting the active knowledge of some of the typical creative processes of our time.
The CGAC is participating in the fourth edition of the Contemporary Music Sessions that, since the nineties, have been held in the city of Santiago de Compostela. Their purpose is to promote and share the latest trends in innovation in the field of music.
WOSINC is a yearly happening that defends a broad view of alternative and avant-garde culture. Music may be its main driving force, but its aim is clearly multidisciplinary, promoting—from an intimate context—the search and dissemination of new cultural proposals.WOSINC is the annual celebration of alternative and avant-garde culture. Second edition is taking place at ten locations of Santiago de Compostela from Sep 11 to 13.
September marks the beginning of the second part of the 2015 concert series Music and Art: Sonorous Correspondences, an encounter between the music and art of our times, whose purpose is to present the latest trends in music and performance as well as the most important composers on the new music scene. With this idea in mind, Vertixe Sonora has asked the latest generation of composers to write works specifically created based on the exhibitions being shown at the CGAC.
El Documental del Mes is an initiative run by Parallel 40 and was born as a CinemaNet Europe’s project in 2004. Its main aim is to make documentary films available to a wider audience while at the same time increasing the presence of European documentaries on film screens, regardless of their quality, subject matter or country of origin. The programme consists in the simultaneous screening of the same documentary film in around 45 Spanish cities and, since 2009, in Chile and Argentina as well.
Coinciding with the exhibit Arissa. The Shadow and the Photographer. 1922-1936, the CGAC is offering a series of lectures and communications that will discuss how research work and the assessment of different historic photo archives led to new interpretations of various artists.
Not only has the arrival of the twenty-first century not led to the ‘death of cinema’ for the umpteenth time, but it has marked the start of the l