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| José Ballesta presents the 16 selected initiatives of the line destined for Medieval Murcia, in which 128 artists participate | The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, along with the councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesús Pacheco, presented this morning the 16 projects selected from the first call for 'Cultural Reactives' in the Plenary Hall, which are framed in the line intended to Medieval Murcia and the Three Cultures.
The City Council has allocated to this call, which involves the immediate contracting of the selected cultural initiatives, a budget of 80,000 euros.The 'Cultural Reactives' program has been recognized in Europe as an example of good practice, to boost the cultural sector and respond to the difficulties that our artists are facing due to the health crisis, "said José Ballesta, who He recalled that "the European Commission has chosen Murcia to lead the roadmap for culture in Europe until the 2030 horizon."As a whole, the 'Cultural Reagents' program will mean an injection of more than 700,000 euros for the cultural sector.
Specifically, this first call has had as its central theme projects related to Medieval Murcia and the Three Cultures, claiming the figures of Alfonso X 'El Sabio', Ibn Mardanis 'King Wolf' or the thinker Ibn Arabí, among others.168 artistic initiatives presented168 projects were submitted to this call, of which 16 have been selected - 11 have been submitted by the self-employed, 2 by companies and 3 by associations.
A total of 128 artists participate in the selected initiatives.The City Council has expanded the budget of this line, which has gone from the initial 75,000 euros to 80,000 euros.
Regarding the modalities of the chosen projects, 4 are for performing arts, 3 for music, 4 for audiovisuals, 4 for plastic arts and 1 for education.
The selected initiatives have been promoted by artists from the municipality of Murcia.Culture, an essential activityIn this context, it should be remembered that José Ballesta declared culture on April 12 as an essential activity in the municipality of Murcia in an open letter addressed to the sector, in which he stressed that “we are experiencing a crisis that is affecting all the structures of the society.
And when a change of epoch occurs, the societies that come out the strongest are not the strongest in the economic sphere, but the most mature and culturally and intellectually advanced societies.
""The people who make up the cultural sector must be protagonists in the coming years.
To contribute their reflections and analysis, to help us move forward without ever losing our identity.
Tradition, current and future.
Roots and wings," added the Mayor of Murcia.The City Council launches 4 new callsThe Cultural Reagents program consists of 9 lines of work.
To date, the City Council has launched four calls for Cultural Reagents for an amount of 310,000 euros, which are the Medieval Murcia and 3 Cultures lines (closed call), the Puertas de Castilla Audiovisual line (closed call and 87 projects submitted, which will be resolved in the next few days), the Escénica Teatros de Murcia line (closed call and 170 projects submitted, to be resolved soon) and the Artillery Barracks line, which is in the project reception phase.It is not a matter of calls for subsidies or aid, but rather a process of selecting projects for direct contracting.
Through these lines, any company, association or artist can access public procurement on equal terms.
Once the initiatives have been selected, a contract is formalized which is in charge of developing the projects, which must be submitted before November 30.The next calls for the program will be: Molinos del Río (photography, design and architecture), Cultural Centers (tradition and intangible heritage), Plastic Arts in Almudí (painting and sculpture) and Large format in the Artillery Barracks (exhibition on the street) ).Those selected from the first callThe projects chosen in this first call promote values ??such as creativity, innovation, respect, empathy, inclusion, equality, the enhancement of the historical heritage (material or immaterial), sustainability and, in general, responsibility with the environment.
Depending on their disciplines, the selected artists and companies have been:· Performing arts:-Edmundo Chacour company.
With 40 years of experience in theatrical art, he presents an original pedagogical theatrical project aimed at a young and adult audience, in which the great work of the Sufi mystic, philosopher and poet Ibn Arabí is revealed.-Murcian Dance Company and Faustino Fernández in music, presenting the work 'Fantasy in the gardens of the King Wolf', in which music and dance merge with poetic texts by Ibn Arabi, Al-Qartayhanni, Sustari from Granada and other Andalusian poets and philosophers, enhancing the exuberant beauty that the current Monteagudo complex once exhibited.
Renowned artists and managers participate in this project such as: Olivia Bella (Artistic direction and choreography), Miguel Ángel Serrano (Artistic direction and choreography) Faustino Fernández (Direction and musical composition), Luis Martínez Arasa (Actor and performer), Octavio Gómez (Lighting design), Vicenta Hellín (Production design).-The Tempest, Joaquín Clares and the Railway Company.
The stories included in this project have been extracted from the Matnawi (spiritual couplets).
La Tempestad is an early music group with a consolidated professional career established in Murcia; Joaquín Clares, a Murcian photographer with a long history and the Railway Company, directed and created by Paco Maciá, has built some of the most interesting stage productions produced in Murcia in recent decades.-The Claveles Theater.
This classic of the Murcia puppet theater, which was born in 1993 and has a long history throughout the national and international geography, presents the play 'Calilla y Dimna' which is the book that is the object of their project and on which they want to base their show , a collection of 1251 Castilian tales, sent to be translated into Castilian by Alfonso X El Sabio from an 8th century Arabic version of "Dalila wa-Dimna".· Music:-Early Proyect Music.
'Murcia Resuena' is an initiative to disseminate the history and culture of Murcia through an interactive map that collects the musical events that have occurred on its streets.
Each event will be associated with a musical work and geolocated in the place where, according to historical documents, those pieces could have resonated.
'Murcia Resuena' will be the first action of a more ambitious project, 'Early Sounds, which aims to investigate, recover and value the musical heritage of Murcia from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque, studying and recording the musical works of its historical archives, spreading music through new concert formats and creating high-quality cultural and tourist content.-Orchestral and choral association of the University of Murcia.
'More Hispano' is an initiative for the dissemination of Iberian Renaissance polyphonic music, aimed at choir singers and music students from Murcia and, thanks to digital platforms, from anywhere in the world.
Murcia is one of the cities with the largest culture and choral tradition in Spain, a patent of the importance of the music of the Three Cultures.
The Historical Histories Music Workshop at the University of Murcia understands music as a social and emotional activity that, due to the current situation we are experiencing due to the coronavirus crisis, is evidenced as more necessary than ever.-Manuel Luna Sampeiro.
Manuel Luna es un veterano de la cultura tradicional y campesina de origen hispano.
De dilatada trayectoria y prestigio profesional, con una docena de discos editados, ha dirigido programas de cobertura nacional e internacional de Radio Nacional de España.
También ha realizado más de una treintena de producciones etnomusicales con recopilaciones y estudios de música tradicional en Castilla La Mancha, Murcia, Cantabria y Andalucía Oriental.
Luna ha recorrido con sus grupos, plazas y fiestas mayores de muchos pueblos españoles, así como ámbitos treatrales y culturales de España, Portugal, Grecia, Turquía, Francis, Italia y Noruega.· Audiovisuales.-Miguel Tébar Almansa.
El título del proyecto es ‘3 de Múrsica 3.
Desde la Murcia medieval y las Tres Culturas hasta el mañana’, que pretende desarrollar un amplio estudio musicológico que se concrete en tres fuentes vivas de recurso con los que entretener al oyente.
Descripción: se trata de un licuado cultural en formato trilogía musical, en el que M.
Lacroix trabajará en orden cronológico sobre las músicas que parten de la Murcia medieval y que hayan pervivido hasta las que florecieron durante la fructífera convivencia arábigojudeocristiana de las Tres Culturas.-Pablo Antonio López Jordán.
Presenta ‘Pied Noir’, un largometraje de ficción y documental que cuenta el viaje de Said a Murcia, un personaje mágico que busca a la familia de su padre.
En el viaje, Said descubre un territorio lleno de matices e historia que le ayudarán a entender su identidad.
Se trata de una iniciativa de Pablo Jordán, artista sonoro y sonidista de cine, así como realizador de documentales y cortometrajes.-Salvador Espín Bernabé.
El ilustrador y diseñador de comics de nacionalidad española, quien trabaja para Marvel y por sus manos han pasado personajes tan importantes del mundo del cómic como, por ejemplo, El Increíble Hulk, Spider-Man, Lobezno, Capitán América, La Patrulla X o Deadpool, propone una aplicación interactiva o videojuego de preguntas sobre la Murcia Medieval 3 Culturas, con El Rey Lobo, Ibn Arabi y Alfonso X el Sabio como protagonistas.-La Sopa Escénica.
Este proyectivo se sumerge en ‘Testigos medievales: Pasión, sabiduría y espiritualidad en la Murcia Medieval.
Testimonio ficcionados de Alfonso X El Sabio, Ibn Arabi y el Rey Lobo’, su proyecto. El colectivo La Sopa Escénica ofrece alternativas de formación, creación y difusión escénica y cinematográfica destinadas a toda la población, desde niños a la tercera edad, encontrando en las artes las herramientas necesarias para un crecimiento personal y profesional.· Artes plásticas:-Vicente José Sáez Castaño.
Proyecto presentado por Vicente Sáez y en el que colabora también Pascual Martínez, dos fotógrafos afincados en Murcia que combinan su trabajo como fotógrafos con la formación especializada, el asesoramiento en proyectos y el diseño de exposiciones fotográficas.
Tomando el jardín como punto de referencia en común a estas tres culturas, los artistas plantean un léxico visual multidisciplinar de base fotográfica, para reflexionar sobre su creación y la relación que, en la actualidad, mantienen con estos espacios desde diferentes perspectivas.-Carmen López-Briones García.
‘Manqud’ es un proyecto de investigación que se centra en la seda cómo material representativo de la cultura y las tradiciones de Murcia a lo largo de la historia.
A través de este tejido se explora la relación, el intercambio de conocimiento que hubo entre las tres culturas que formaron parte de Murcia en la Edad Media.-Dictinio Castillo Elejabeytia.
Con ‘A orillas del rio’, el artista propone la creación de una pequeña pero ambiciosa obra pública de impacto visual capaz de ofrecer una nueva lectura estética del lugar y un nuevo acercamiento, introduciendo una rica reflexión acerca de valores como la tolerancia, la identidad de las tres culturas, y la convivencia en la diversidad cultural.-Diego Lizán Carrasco.
Su proyecto ‘La baraja de la Murcia Medieval’ supone la creación de unos naipes específicos que recojan personajes y patrimonio de la época, siendo una iniciativa de ilustración.
Diego Lizán, formado en la Escuela de Arte de Murcia, ha realizado diversas exposiciones individuales y colectivas.· Educación.-Asociación Onda de Murcia.
La Asociación Musulmana Onda propone un espacio de encuentro-diálogo-reflexión de vecinos y vecinas jóvenes de diversa procedencia sobre nuestra herencia cultural andalusí y su reflejo cultural en la Murcia actual desde distintas miradas, construyendo narrativas personales y colectivas con base científica, gracias a la presencia de Juan José Tamayo, Pilar Garrido y Houssein El Ouariachi.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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