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“Verba volant, scripta Manent,” said the Latins: Words fly but the writing remains on time. Among the incredible proliferation of texts published today, which in the most of the cases only remain few weeks in bookstores, there are few writers who manage to approve the test of time. Today, apparently, even the written words fly.
One of the writers who certainly knew how to remain in time is Julio Cortazar, whose literary work (but also philosophical) is still read, discovered and loved. His novel “Rayuela” (Hopscotch), published in 1963, took long time to achieve the success it deserved in Europe, but is now considered one of the best literary works of the century. In addition, Julio Cortazar is known for “62 Modelo para armar” (62 Model Kit), “Libro de Manuel” (Manuel´s book) and an endless series of stories that often achieved perfection of the style.
On the 27th of July, the media section of Caixa Forum will show an audiovisual interpretation of some stories of this great writer, in which literature is renewed with dances, acting and live music. The four artists who created this piece of live narrative are: Alba G. Corral, Kowalski, Rafaël and Soni Riot, with music by Escort Service.
Alba G. Corral (Madrid, 1977) develops and uses visual programming code to create visual tools – live – abstract digital landscape. Co-organizer of the Femelek festival also participated in the Sonar Festival, Primavera Sound and LEV. Kowalski is a young DJ and producer who lives and works in Berlin and together with Soni Riot and Rafel, create digital video animation, that expose an accurate criticism of the system, destruction and reconstruction of the established order.
The work which will be presented on the 27th of July, is an unprecedented event at the Caixa Forum arts center, but it is shown according with the programming of many international museums that are increasingly interested and attentive to the intersection of literature and other arts. This event is part of a trend recovered from the early decades of the twentieth century, an effort of cultural institutions to reinsert the language of literature (fiction and poetry) in the world of visual art for the written word to rediscover a different light. This “mix” of languages is also very much a tendency in contemporary art production. The French curator Nicolas Bourriaud (director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris) took this observation to its limits and compared the new visual artists to djs, because his main interest now is not to create “new” (is it possible?), but to propose new routes from existing signs.
Innovation, art and experimentation, are then joined to offer an unprecedented audiovisual show, curated by Noelia Rodriguez.
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If you wish to participate in this event, we recommend you to rent apartments in Barcelona and come to enjoy a night of artistic improvisation and reinterpretation of the great work of Julio Cortázar.
