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La Suite Elle Décoration – Jean-Paul Gaultier

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Parisian

The Cite de l´Architectura et du Patrimonine exhibits the decorative facility Suite Elle Decoración created by the prominent fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier in the old department of Jaques Carlu, architect of the Palais de Chaillor. This installation organized by Elle Magazine and the Cité de l’Architectura et du Patrimonine will be opened until October and can visited Saturdays and Sundays. This Gaultier installation corresponds to the third version of the Suite Elle Décoration that Elle y Cité de l’Architectura et du Patrimonine, organize to enhance the importance that design has in decoration and to situate it at the same level of the rest of other artistic creations. The last two versions were created by Christian Lacroix and Martin Margiela. Gaultier, as usual is provocative and breaks with all the habitual Paris schemes, He builds his creation using the classic blue and white nautical stripes even if the apartment is situated in front of the magnificent Eiffel Tower. The Designer, who´s main priority is to dress up bodies, focused on the project as if the walls and floors of the apartment was a motionless body and dresses them up, including the furniture, something that creates and interesting effect of forms, perspectives and light movements with anthropomorphic textures. His reputation as enfant terrible has taken his style to the highest fashion and design levels. Even if he doesn´t have a designer academic formation, Gaultier is one of the few fashion designers that has revolutionized the classic sexist aesthetic appearance in fashion, promoting the use of Kilts or masculine skirts in his collection “Hombre Objeto”(Man Object) Gaultier´s disrespect towards traditional fashion... read more

Museum Night in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

On 14 May, from 7 pm until 1 am, all the museums in Barcelona will be open to art and culture lovers, as well as those of us who may not be in the habit of visiting museums but are interested in enjoying a different kind of night out. La Noche de los Museos en Barcelona (Museum Night in Barcelona) forms part of International Museum Day 2011, established by the International Council of Museums with the slogan ‘Museum and Memory’. This open day seeks to bring people closer to the treasures housed inside each museum, as well as highlighting the importance of the conservation work that is done by these institutions: places that guarantee the preservation and upkeep of our cultural heritage. The word museum comes from the Latin, mus?um, which comes in turn from the Greek, m???????, but if refers to a public or private entity dedicated to conserving, caring for, investigating and exhibiting collections which represent some aspect of human life, whether that be natural history, art, clothing or architecture etc. The concept of the museum has always been linked to the dominant and exclusive vision of a culture. In the past, they were often built to restrict access to the objects they stored, having been designed as places for experts only. However, this has begun to change in recent years with the realization that museums are not places built just for those who work in them, and that they should acknowledge the outside world by helping people to appreciate the culture they house. Museum directors are concerned about the lack of interest shown by much of the public... read more

Ecocity & Industry 2011 in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

It´s about time that local governments started to worry “more” about the environment. Well, we say “start” – “Go Green” has been on the agenda for over 30 years; and yet we seem to have the same problem, which is that our natural resources are disappearing, and that nothing seems to be able to stop it happening. Ecocity&Industry 2011 brings to the table some questions about the conservation of the environment, and some potential solutions for industry and consumers. This time round, Ecocity presents “Environmental solutions for industry and the city,” held via various installations in the Fira de Barcelona. The proposals are highly innovative – with issues broached such as waste and recycling, water shortage, renewable energies, prevention of labour risks, amongst others. The importance of this event is clear – not only for businesses, but the citizens of Barcelona, and indeed the rest of Spain and Europe.During the previous Ecocity, which was in 2009, there were a total of 160 exhibitors and around 9000 visitors. One of the exclusives of the event was the new Barcelona waste bins, adapted for disabled people, and which will put in use from November 2011. In that case, I wonder how much more time has to pass before the local governments actually put their current ingenious solutions in place. In general, I tend not write about these kinds of things – but it´s genuinely alarming how our cities are treating the environment. Adding to that the ongoing economic crisis, and the general sense of malcontent it has created, our cities will just become poorly mechanisms moving towards an generation of wasteland.... read more