Institut Ramon Llull

Newsletter # 131

Performing.  Montreal,  28/10/2022

A Catalan Performing Arts delegation is coming back to Quebec!

Since 1984, every two years in Montreal, CINARS has been organizing one of the most important international showcases and networking events. The 20th edition of the fair will take place this year from November 7 to November 12. The Catalan Delegation will be at CINARS booth 141-142.

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Performing.  New York,  18/10/2022

The Moon in a Pot (a misunderstood show) at Lincoln Center

Our youngest audiences will touch the moon in this poetry-filled production created specifically for babies, toddlers and their families! La Petita Malumaluga integrates dance, theatre, live music and technology to create a delicate and beautiful new world for young ones to experience. They devise artistically contemporary productions in non-childish languages, with ten productions presented in more than 20 countries since 2009. The Moon in a Pot (a misunderstood show) is a song of optimism for all audiences. Created for children ages zero to three, all will enjoy!

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Universities.  Paris,  25/10/2022

The University Paris 8 pays tribute to Joan Fuster on the occasion of the centenary of his birth

The fourth edition of the international seminar “Gare de France” gathers in the University of Paris, in October 27th and 28th, prominent experts on the work of the Valencian writer, poet and essayist, a capital figure in the intellectual articulation of Catalans during the second half of the XX century.

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Universities.  Stanford,  28/10/2022

Jordi Graupera, Josep Pla Visiting Associate Professor in Catalan Studies at Stanford University

The emergence of modern and contemporary Architecture in the West is intimately linked to the background culture that spread across the intellectual centers of Europe and the US between early nineteenth century and the Second World War. Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) is a major representative of a style of architecture that asks and answers the questions posed by modernity and industrialization with an attitude of resistance.

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Performing.  New York,  24/10/2022

Playing Together: Catalonia at HB Studio returns this fall featuring 'Una galaxia de luciérnagas' by Aina Tur

HB Studio is pleased to continue its series Playing Together: Catalonia at HB Studio, a special showcase of select Catalan plays followed by discussions with the artists in partnership with Institut Ramon Llull. The program returns this fall featuring Una galaxia de luciérnagas by Aina Tur, an autofictional text based on a violent experience that the author lived in a Latin American country during the summer of 1998. Una galaxia de luciérnagas is a small-format monologue that challenges the audience by setting out a moral dilemma of giving consent to kill young murderers.

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Language.  New York,  10/10/2022

James Ramsburg, awarded with the Doctoral Scholarship in Catalan Studies from the Institut Ramon Llull and the NACS

His research focuses on identifying and explaining dialectal variation of Majorcan Catalan, especially in the lexicon and morphosyntax.

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Literature.  Tucson, AZ,  18/10/2022

Samantha Mateo, mentee, and Mara Faye Letham, mentor: ALTA Mentorship Program, the end of the road

Samantha Mateo was selected as the Catalan mentee for the seventh year of the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program. For the last nine months, Samanha has worked alongside her mentor, established translator Mara Faye Lethem, on her translation from Catalan into English of Antònia Vicens’ award-winning novel 100 Degrees in the Shade. Mentors and mentees from ALTA's program will gather in Tucson, Arizona, ALTA'S hometown, at the beginning of November for a Professional Development Day, roundtable sessions presented by mentors, and a series of readings and events featuring their mentees' translations.  

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Cinema.  USA,  13/09/2022

From Alcarràs to Hollywood

In the race to the Oscars, Alcarràs will have to pass the pre-selection of Hollywood academics, who at the end of January will decide which are the five candidate films for the statuette for this category. Los Angeles audiences will have an opportunity to watch the film in November at the AFI FEST Film Festival. The screening on November 5th will be followed by Q&A with Carla Simón.

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Arts.  Prishtina, Kosovo,  28/10/2022

Closing of the edition 2022 of Manifesta14 2022 in Pristina. Barcelona will host the next edition in 2024

The Nomadic Art Biennial closed its edition at the Kosovar capital on October 30. With an opening on July 22, in Pristina, the event has shown artistic proposals by Lúa Coderch, Núria Güell, Luz Broto, and Werker Collective, all of them with the collaboration of Institut Ramon Llull.

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