Xisco Bonnín. The (in)visible cities

Passeig del Born, Palma. 31st May, 2016, 19:00h.

Next Tuesday, the 31st of May, we will present the catalogue Xisco Bonnín. The (in)visibles cities. It reflects the exhibition that was shown during last summer in the Casal Solleric of Palma.

The event will take place in the XXIV Fira del Llibre, installed on the Passeig del Born of Palma. The artist, Xisco Bonnín, as well as Francisca Niell, Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta and María Sebastián will participate in it.

 

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Made in Balears. International Photographers on the Islands

Exhibition at the Centre d’Estudis i Documentació of the MACBA, Barcelona. 18th October, 2013.

·Content

Last 18^th October, a selection of images of the Balearic Islands taken by international photographers that visited the Islands between 1913 and 1972. During 2014, the exhibition will be shown also in Paris and Perpignan.

 

The selection is the result of a work developed by the research group  “Audiovisual Heritage, mass-media andillustration” of the University of the Balearic Islands, with the support of the project “The construction of a touristic image through photography. The case of the Balearics (1930-1965)” (HAR2010-21691). The responsibles of the scientific research were Maria-Josep Mulet Gutiérrez and Catalina Aguiló Ribas (University of the Balearic Islands), Xavier Rossell (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, MACBA) y Jacques Terrassa (Université de la Sorbonne, Paris IV, Francia).

 

The photographs were digital printings on cardboard, 60x75 cm., with a graphic design of MontMarsà.

 

Two views of the exhibition. Photographs by Xavi Rossell

 

· Space

 

The place dedicated to the exhibition was the hall of the Centre d’Estudis i Documentaciódel Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA). The rectangular shape of the floor permitted to plan a clear path. In front of this facility, there were three requirements: the panels shouldn’t hang the panels on the walls, the materials shouldn’t be expensive and the exhibition should be easy to transport.  
So, I designed an auxiliary structure for each one of the panels. They lean on the walls without damaging them. They were made of wood and the cardboard panel hang from them as it would hang from a wall.

Detail of the structure

The lightness of the structure made the transport very easy. 
 

Opening soon: "Made in Balears. International Photographers on the Islands"

Centre d’Estudis i Documentació MACBA, Barcelona. 18th October, 2013.

Next 18th October, the results of the research project "The construction of a touristic image through photography. The case of the Balearics" (I+D+i: HAR2010-21691), will be showed under the shape of a selection of photographies. The work has been done by the research group “Patrimonio audiovisual, mass-media e ilustración” from the University of the Balearic Islands.
 

Landscape Photographic Observatory of the Balearic Islands

The web-site of the Landscape PhotographicObservatory of the Balearic Islands is open. The project is administrated by the research group on Audiovisual Heritage, Mass-media and Illustration from the Balearic Islands University.

www.observatorifotograficbalears.com

The web-site is a compilation of information about the evolution of the Balearic landscape especially through photographs, but also through drawings. At the same time, it wants to give information about photographic and audio-visual archives and show the relationship between all this material and the development of the tourism.