Posted in madrid on Jun 29th, 2011
Now it almost seems as if those years had never existed, but there was a time when a spirit of revolution shook the world. This revolution was soon betrayed by its leaders – people who were revolutionaries because they wanted to give orders rather than receive them, not because they genuinely believed in a world [...]
Posted in madrid on Jun 14th, 2011
Due to a collaboration agreement signed between the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the promoter of Live Nation, Madrid will enjoy an attractive cultural music and art. Both for the locales and the tourists this is a brilliant news that the city of Madrid is going to hold a macro-again. This summer’s festival will be [...]
Posted in madrid on May 4th, 2011
Some time just before his death, a magazine asked Marcel Proust to make a list of his eight favourite French paintings at the Louvre. The eclectic list included a Watteau – he couldn’t decide between L´Embarquement and L´Indifferent – a Renoir, Corot’s La Barque de Dante (though he wasn’t sure if La Cathédrale de Chartres [...]
Posted in madrid on Apr 26th, 2011
The renovation of circus art that started in the last century led to a series of performances filled with poetry and drama, that equally enchants children and adults. The important role that the Cirque du Soleil hat in this process was significant: The advertisement, the cooperation with other circus enterprises, the work shops, the conference [...]
Posted in madrid on Apr 6th, 2011
The Community of Madrid, in collaboration with the British Council presents Nigerian-British conceptual artist Yinka Shonibare’s first exhibition in Spain, “The Future of the Past” at Alcalá 31 Yinka Shonibare was born into a Nigerian family in London in 1956. When he was three years old, the family moved to Lagos, Nigeria, and after finishing [...]
Posted in madrid on Mar 24th, 2011
Psychedelia begins back in the 60′s, remember? Many date it back to Tomorrow Never Knows, from the Beatles’ Revolver album as the first experiment psychedelic pop. However, from the first repetitive strumming of the best Delta Blues (which I love to death!) and sound experiences such as Stockhausen, John Cage, Fluxus and MASTER (yes, capitalized) [...]
Posted in madrid on Mar 17th, 2011
Murcian indie rock band Second will be bringing their new tour ‘Demasiados soñadores’ – and 12 brand new songs – to Madrid’s Joy Eslava on the 7th April. The venue, which is on central street Arenal (11), between metro stations Sol and Opera, is open every day of the year and has a limited capacity [...]
Posted in madrid on Mar 3rd, 2011
Until the 25th April, the work of Austrian artist Dorit Margreiter will be at Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum. The show, entitled “Description,” is a selection of the artist’s work from the last seven years. Margreiter studied at the University of Applied Arts in Viena, receiving a scholarship from the state. In 2002, she won the [...]
Posted in madrid on Feb 28th, 2011
Though White Lies, from Ealing, London haven’t been on the music scene for very long, they have already established themselves as one of the strongest, most promising indie rock bands of today. The band, which originally went by the name Fear of Flying, is made up of Harry McVeith on vocals and guitar, Charles Cave, [...]
Posted in madrid on Feb 24th, 2011
The other day we were imagining that moment many years ago in Viena when writer and pioneer of psychology Lou Andreas Salomé explained to an impressionable Sigmund Freud how a city can also be psychoanalysed. For those who are unfamiliar with the St. Petersburg writer, Salomé was one of the most fascinating and influential figures [...]
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