Night of Memories

As part of the Festival of the Congrés i els Indians neighbourhood, we celebrate a day of recovery and collective construction of the popular memory of the Canòdrom. The Night of Memories materializes a work process of many months with agents of the neighborhood and the community. A day of celebration, community and vindication of the daily memories of the neighborhood, vital and sometimes left aside by the official history.

Opening up and democratising culture

One of the questions that arises from spaces that generate critical and transformative cultural proposals is that of elaborating an open quality cultural proposal. Understanding cultural centres as porous spaces, permeable to what is happening in our environment is a clear political position, a commitment to understanding culture in a more holistic way.

Ascension

Una esgarrifosa radiografia de la societat xinesa actual, que prioritza la productivitat i la innovació per sobre de tota la resta. Nominada al Premi a millor documental als Oscar, el Independent Spirit Awards, els Gotham Awards i el sindicat de Directors i doblement premiada a Tribeca, la pel·lícula de Jessica Kingdom funciona com un aparador. Sense judicis previs ni entrevistes personalitzades, Ascension mostra el dia a dia del país sobreplobat en la seva vessant, contradictòriament, més deshumanitzada i mecanitzada.

ISEA: International Symposium on Electronic Art

One of the most important annual events worldwide dedicated to the crossroads where art, design, science, technology and society meet. The event has been held over 26 times all over the world, and after more than 10 since it last graced European soil, it touches down in Barcelona. With it comes an enthusiastic international and local community, ready to work together to develop this interdisciplinary field.

In the Shadow of Pegasus. Civil Rights in the Age of Surveillance

The violation of the civil rights of journalists, activists and politicians by the use of the Pegasus spyware by democratic governments has raised all the media alarms. Why, despite having a legal framework that protects us from the extraction of our data, does it not defend us against the use of spyware? How have we come to give up part of our freedom in exchange for a kind of promise of security from governments?