The COAC’s Historical Archive loans photos by Català-Roca for an exhibition on Miró in Paris
The Grand Palais in Paris is holding the biggest retrospective on the Catalan artist Joan Miró since 1974, entitled simply 'Miró'. In addition to the 150 paintings sourced from all over the world that chart the painter’s evolution—from Cubism to Surrealism—there will be a number of photographs featuring Miró taken by his unconditional friend, the photographer Francesc Català-Roca.
The COAC’s Historical Archive has loaned several photographs from its Català-Roca collection to illustrate the Catalan artist’s work, which will be on show at the exhibition as well as featured in various publications associated with it.
The exhibition will feature a large display panel of 280 x 350 cm, plus three smaller ones, portraying Miró in the studio that the architect Josep Lluís Sert designed for him, as well as other photos. There will also be 20 photos by Català-Roca in the exhibition catalogue and a smaller selection in another four publications associated with the exhibition: L’Album, Dictionnaire Miró, Collection Cartels and Livre Jeunesse.
The COAC’s Archive has also loaned 20 images and various 4-5 minute clips from films by Català-Roca for the documentary Joan Miró, le feu intérieur (Joan Miró, The inner fire), co-produced by TV3, which will be screened several times between October and January. The film can also be purchased as a DVD and is planned to be broadcast on French television in the coming months.
Having met in 1953, Miró and Català-Roca maintained a close friendship for 30 years, during which the painter allowed the photographer to record some intimate moments from his life.
The exhibition will be on show at the Grand Palais in Paris until 4 February 2019.
New edition of the survey on the profession of architect
In 2016, with the aim of getting a detailed overview of the professional situation of architects in Catalonia and the way this had changed over the preceding years, the COAC produced and presented a report on the profession of architect based on a survey in which more than 1,700 architects in Catalonia participated.
Two years on from that first study, the CSCAE is introducing ΛRQUITECT@S-2018, a survey aimed at all the architects working in Spain, which has a similar content and structure to the one we conducted two years ago, which will allow us to follow up and compare the results.
The survey will start being rolled out in the first week of October, by email, to the members of all the different architects’ associations. The idea is that the results will help to draw up a map of the current situation facing architects in Spain, the activities they are engaged in, their working conditions, the areas in which they train, the obstacles they come up against, etc.
All the information on the survey can be followed on social media using hashtag #EncuestaΛrq2018.
For further information, visit the website of the CSCAE.
Instal·lació LightCode
Amb un extrem en una ciutat portuària -Barcelona, el projecte envia el codi del senyal marítim amb balises, semàfors, amb els quals els vaixells assenyalen la seva presència i transmeten missatges remots. Així doncs, amb l'ajuda de Barcelona, Bucarest es converteix en un port mediterrani i, en sentit contrari, Barcelona es converteix en una presència propera a Dambovita. Les dues instal·lacions lleugeres transmeten estats dels carrers de Bucarest i Barcelona, i s'incorporen així als esdeveniments urbans quotidians com a vincles amb l'alteritat. Parlant de sistemes de comunicació lleugers i nous i transformant-los en un pretext per a la participació i el coneixement, LightCode crea experiències urbanes sense precedents, que suposen noves possibilitats per a la ciutat i els seus habitants.
LightCode Barcelona: COAC - Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, Plaça Nova 5
LightCode București: Cărturești Modul Bookshop, Str. Academiei no. 18-20 (portico UAUIMB)
És un projecte de Zeppelin Association amb Modulab i compta amb la colaboració del COAC, el BAC - Barcelona Architecture Center i la Cărturești Modul Bookshop. Està co-finançat per l'AFCN (Administration of the National Cultural Fund).
La instal·lació LightCode es podrà veure del 22 d'octubre al 22 de novembre al COAC.
El 5 de novembre es realitzarà la conferència 3XPERIENCE en el marc de la instal.lació.
Presentació del llibre 'Upcycling Wood'
Comptarem amb la presència de l'arquitecte i autor del llibre Bruno Sève, de la dissenyadora d'interiors Esther López Aguilar i del dissenyador industrial Curro Claret.
Col·laboren també a la presentació Salvador Ordóñez, del Gremi Fusta i Moble, i Toni Solanas, arquitecte de BaM i Icaria Editorial.
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