Celebrations of rites of passage, birthday And Christmasperformance of the first congregation, back to normal nature post-pandemic or summers These are some of the reasons reflected on the young population inherited from the families of the youth in the villages. time to celebratethe exhibition opening the PhotoAlicante photography festival, which celebrates its first ten years. The party starts this Saturday at 12:30 in Las Cigarreras. With this collective exhibition that emerged after the first public tender who chose six projects Raquel Bravo, Joel Jiménez, Pascual + Vicente, Jorge Pérez, Vanessa Roca and Virginia Villacisla.
The program for this March The festival is a bit smaller as it runs year-round – for example in May there is a promotion of photobooks – but offers a wide program of events with their own interests. central axis and three urban interventions in ten exhibitionsworks will be exhibited Enkar Neil, Rafael Guijarro, Tom López, Jeff Larson, Claudio Nolasco, Jürgen Schadeberg, Ambre Martoistogether Manuela Lorente, Reyes Pe or Maravillas EspiHe is in charge of the images that will be displayed on the Central Market, Casa de la Festa and the Jorge Juan stairs from tomorrow.
About a thirty authors Participate in PhotoAlicante events taking place between Alicante and El Campello and one included photo marathon On March 18, the sixth BePhoto convention or a series of conferences from March 23 to 26 bald pepe About the great photographers of history, which he periodically publishes on the Arts and Literature pages of this newspaper, with talks about Cartier-Bresson, Chema Madoz or Sophie Calle between March and May.
Collaboration with the University of Miami With the examples of Nolasco, Larson and López and Vila de Sant Joa Competitionn -Euro 1,000 award and expiry on March 27- new photo contest Facing the public spaceIntroduced by Alicante Territorial College of Architects, open until 24 March and with three awards of 800, 500 and 250 euros.
The festival is a novelty this year. own collection with the purchase of works from artistsstarting with six authors, including Carolina Diego, Alex Domenech, Paula Artes and Manuela Lorente.
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PhotoAlicante has the support and collaboration of the Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana (CMCV). Cultural Departments municipalities of Alicante and El Campello, and Banco Sabadell Foundation. MACA, Las Cigarreras, MUA, Mediterranean Foundation, Fnac, Ghetto Gato Vintage or El Campello Culture House are some of the places where the exhibitions will be set up.
President of the Banco Sabadell Foundation, miquel molinsunderlined that culture is a tool for transformation and social welfare, and this festival is undoubtedly a good example of this. Our support for the festival dates back to 2015 and we are proud. see how it establishes itself as a benchmark not only in Alicante but throughout the region through its publications, through the promotion of national and even international artists”.
José Luis PerezPontThe CMCV director described the festival as “a platform to encourage professionals of the industry and the most suitable space to strengthen networks for the exchange of ideas and trends”, while Member of the Cultural Council said, antonio manresacommitment to the enrichment that this festival, which includes all cultural areas of the city, represents for the city”.