http://www.difusor.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:14:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This project is part of Última 09, in which we proposed to create a mural result of a research process with the territory (Priorat region, in the Tarragona province. This post shows the result of that process. Working process The Priorat is one of the least populated regions of Catalonia. However, ... http://www.difusor.org/en/2010/01/10/l-altre-priorat/ On July 4th we celebrated the first anniversary of the Open Gallery (Barcelona). As usual in this kind of occasions, we organized a collective painting session, with the following artists: Limow, Escif, Zosen, Skount, Sakristan, Ripo, Jordae, Marko, Argot, Miquel Wert, Otica, Scare and QS. All the pictures and links to ... http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/07/08/ago-sam3-escif-zosen/ Talk on "Communication strategies in public space", at Artehurbano Festival, Huesca, Spain. Day: 19-09-2009 Where: El almacén de Ideas, Huesca. When: yet to confirm. http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/07/03/artehurbano/ From Friday 17th to Sunday 19th we'll be at Critica Urbana art festival, Madrid. Day: 17 to 19-07-2009 Where: Patio Maravillas. C/ Acuerdo, 8, 5th floor. Metro Noviciado. Time: see program. http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/07/03/critica-urbana/ On May 30, 2009, to celebrate the International Game Day, we organized together with the Espai Jove Bocanord, a new edition of the Eixarrancats project. This time, moreover, we could count on the invaluable presence of local artists such as Shaggy, Sakristan and Zosen, along with about thirty kids in the ... http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/06/23/eixarrencats-rambla-del-carmel/ 1r. ANIVERSARIO GALERIA OBERTA 4 JULIO 2009 Parc de les Aigües, Barcelona La Galeria Oberta cumple un año y queremos celebrarlo con vosotros. Si te apetece venir a celebrarlo con nosotros, mándanos tu solicitud para pintar ANTES DEL 26 DE JUNIO. Esperemos veurte ahí! www.galeriaoberta.difusor.org http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/06/18/aniversari-galeria-oberta-convocatoria/ It has been published the book "Violencia y Salud Mental. Salud mental y violencias institucional, estructural, social y colectiva", (Violence and mental health, no english translation) coordinated by Iñaki Markez Alonso, Alberto Fernández Liria i Pau Pérez-Sales and edited by the Spanish Neuropsichiatry Association. We wrote an essay, "El Graffiti ... http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/06/12/graffiti-social-tool/ We screen a few videos (Urban camouflage and S.O.S.)  at the Mostra audiovisual de Cultura Urbana,  3er. Encuentro Urbano de Cultures Date: 11-06-2009 Place: Auditori IES Barri Besòs (Pujades 197) Hour: 19:00 http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/06/09/encuentro-urbano/ Large corporations generate outdoor advertising platforms and rent the best locations to launch messages into public space that encourage brand consumption. Renting parts of public space is a business for many: municipalities, outdoor advertising companies  and brands: a terrace bar here, multicolored parking areas everywhere, new "public" bicycles for renting, billboards, ... http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/06/04/debranding/ Currently, the cities suffer continuous improvement of public infraestrucures, not always strictly necessari and most of them badly planned. A priori, the objective is the satisfaction of commuters. This, in practice, results into an overall and permanently ongoing works of construction, deconstruction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and restoration, which causes the opposite ... http://www.difusor.org/en/2009/05/26/obra-global/