ArtsLibris
MACBA Barcelona
15/16/17 November 2024

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Presentation of the book PICASSO-BARCELONA. Una cartografía, by Claustre Rafart i Planas, awarded in the previous edition of the Ministry of Culture’s Best Edited Book Prize. Presented by Mª José Gàlvez, Director General of Books, Comics and Reading, Emmanuel Guigon, director of the Picasso Museum, Maribel López, director of ARCO, and Rocío Santa Cruz, director of ArtsLibris.

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Presentation of Hangar’s Text Collection, a support program amplifying artistic practices through the creation of a fund of monographic texts by residents. Led by Carolina Jiménez, head of research at Hangar, and three of the Collection’s authors: Vera Martín Zelich, curator and independent writer; Ericka Flórez, curator and artistic director of Lugar a Dudas (Cali); and Marta Sesé, independent curator and editorial coordinator at MACBA.

3:40 pm – 4:10 pm
Conversation with the artist Teresa Solar Abboud in connection with the publication launched at the individual exhibition Teresa Solar Abboud. Bird Machine Dream, opening at MACBA on 20th November. Curated by Tania Pardo, director of CA2M) and Claudia Segura Campins, head of
the MACBA Collection.

4:20 pm – 5:00 pm
Presentation of the book Avec Plaisir by Fina Miralles. Published as part of the AL series for the 15th edition of ArtsLibris.

5:10 pm – 5:50 pm
Mari Chordà in conversation with Claudia Elies, independent curator, and Conxa Llinàs, author and retired philosophy professor. Moderated by Marta Sesé, coordinator of publishing at MACBA.

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Presentation of the publication Eivissa 1953. Photographs by Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró. Presented by Toni Ricart, Jesús Navarro, and Rocío Santa Cruz.

7:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Dialogue in homage to Lanfranco Bombelli, architect, gallery owner and publisher, with the writer Vicenç Altaió, author of the book El radar americà. Arquitectura, art, comunicació visual i Guerra Freda; the architect Marc Arnal, author of L’art de viure. Peter G. Harnden and Lanfranco Bombelli. Houses for artist in Cadaqués, and Huc Malla, director of Galeria Cadaqués.

11:00 am – 11:45 am
Presentation of the book El Fotolibro en Portugal, with Jose Luis Neves, Horacio Fernández, and David-Alexandre Guéniot (Ghost Editions).

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Presentation of Muros de viento, sarcófagos cristalinos (Editorial Concreta, 2014), by María Garcia Ruiz. Presented by the author in conversation with Andrea Soto Calderón and Antonio Gagliano.

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Presentation of the artist’s book Inviting Life, an intervention at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion by students of the Master’s Degree in Ephemeral Architecture and Temporary Spaces at Elisava (MEATS), led by professors Stella Rahola Matutes and Roger Paez. The two professors, graphic designer Albert Romagosa, and photographer Aleix Plademunt will discuss translating Pavilion research into a publication that also includes a poem by Vicenç Altaió and an article by Ona Bros.

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Presentation of the book Meandering: Art, Ecology, and Metaphysics
With Sofía Lemos, Rosa Tharrats, and Sally Barleycorn. Meandering: Art, Ecology, and Metaphysics (Sternberg Press, 2024), a richly illustrated book that explores the program curated by Sofía Lemos between 2021 and 2023.

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Presentation The Editorial Project in Artistic Education. A space to introduce academic research on the evolution of the Editorial Design course taught by Montse Noguera at ESDAPC Campus Llotja.

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Presentation of publications by Ivan de la Nuez. Presented by the author and Max de Esteban.

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Presentation Greetings from the USA with Cristina Arribas and Juan José Lahuerta.

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Dialogue on the of the publication of Ecocidios by Dionisio Cañas, turned into an exhibition, with the same title, at the Rocio Santa Cruz Gallery. Led by Dionisio Cañas and Manuel Borja-Villel.

7:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Of the Unseen, the Silent. Photographer Espe Pons will discuss her artistic proposals and how her projects address photobooks, visual storytelling, archival research, and the intersections between history and memory. The artist will also present her new photobook, Portraits, confronting an opaque reality of society and landscapes that oppress us.

11:00 am – 11:45 am
Presentation of the book Darrere des taulell published by Cadaqués Foto. Presented by José Ignacio Piris with the participation of Mrs. Maria Pia Seriñana Torrents, Mayoress of Cadaqués.

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Presentation of the issue The Active Composition of Presence, with Jara Rocha, Nicolas Malevé, and Jose Iglesias García-Arenal, joined by Laura Vallés Vílchez, representing Concreta.

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Presentation of the publication awarded with the III Eloi Gimeno Prize.

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Presentation of the editorial imprint Malas Impresiones, with collaborative editing projects. Led by Txuma Sánchez, Raquel Muñoz, and Montse Carreño.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Presentation of the catalog for 10 Years of The Blueproject Foundation. A review of all proposals organized by the institution, from its beginnings in 2013 in its iconic Born space to its commemorative exhibition during Gallery Weekend 2023. Presented by Renato Della Poeta, Aurélien Le Genissel, and Pedro Torres.

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Presentation of the book Spain is different (in postcards) by Joan Rabascall. Created as a project by Ediciones Originales in co-publishing with the Complutense University of Madrid. Presented by Joan Rabascall, Isabel Valverde, and Antonio Zúñiga.

5:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Presentation of the book ÉL S.A. A project by Miquel Mont, published by the Antoine de Galbert Foundation and RocioSantaCruz Gallery. Presented by Miquel Mont, Eugenia Mont, and Alex Gifreu, graphic designer of the publication.