2015
KONTENPORANEA #1
Kontenporanea programak artista gazteek eta artista gazteentzat zuzendutako eta egindako arte-proiektu bat egitea proposatzen du. Artearen, sorkuntza kolektiboaren, parte hartzearen, hiriko artearen eta aire zabaleko aisialdiaren topagunea, Irungo Carlos Blanco Aguinaga (CBA) kultur zentro berrian egoitza izanik.
Asteburu baten zehar, deialdi iriki baten bidez hautatutako sortzaile gazteek bere obraerakutsi zuten. Programa eskualdeko artista eta profesional ezagunek eskainitako hainbat ikastaro, hitzaldi eta masterclassekin osatu zen.
Gonbidatuak: Ainara LeGardon (Musika - Inprobisazioa), Rafa Rodrigo (Lightpainting), Zuhar Iruretagoiena (Arte Bisualak), Miriam Isasi (Arte Bisualak), Joseba Larratxe (Komikia), Hernán Ordóñez (Diseinua), Jaime de los Ríos (Arte digitala), Zarzaparrila (Musika), Judas Arrieta (Arte Plastikoak), Cielo Raso (Dantza Garaikidea), Thais R. Varela a.k.a. Azulclarito Casiblanco (Argazkilaritza), Mai Egurza (Ilustrazioa) y Cobirds (Musika).
Jardunaldia aurrera eramateko gazteen komite bat sortu zen, antolaketa kultural batek behar dituen departamentuak lantzeko. Bitaminek proiektu osoaren koordinazio orokorra egin du, gure esku dagoen aholkularitza, laguntza, tresnak, sareak eta kontaktuak eskainiz.
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RESEARCH
Artistic residencies / New approaches
The initiative to review the programmes of aid for creation organised by Bitamine Faktoria over the last 10 years arose shortly after the period of pandemics, confinements and limitations on many of the freedoms we had enjoyed until then.
It is true that the new present had changed as a consequence of the events. The economy had been affected, many families had lost loved ones, the routine and changing restrictions we faced on a daily basis made us feel lost and hopeless. But also, people had changed. Many of us have taken advantage of this hiatus to slow down, reflect, analyse, blame ourselves, accept that sometimes we lose and even take away burdensome duties. To question our objectives and look for answers.
Continuing with the model we had proposed until then in our structure was irresponsible. And the answers would not appear on their own, they had to be sought.
Within this framework, a long task was planned, with concrete phases, articulated with each other and consecutive in time.
A research project was launched in November 2021 to find out the state of the artistic and cultural sector in the Basque Country, and it was carried out throughout 2022.
Many people have been involved in the work process, which has been an invaluable source of knowledge, and it is thanks to all of them that we can now share these results, which I sincerely hope will be useful and fruitful for the sector.
The full report with the results of the research can be downloaded at www.bitamine.net, Projects section.
Emotional Atlas of Bidasoa
Atlas: A collection of maps, mainly geographical, presented in book or notebook form.
This project arises as a continuation of the research carried out thanks to the 2019 Ribera Grant awarded by Irun City Council, which was entitled "Emotional Cartography of Bidasoa".
The main idea revolves around the decision to carry out a practical mediation exercise on the contents researched. Not only to highlight different characters, events, hobbies, etc., but also to work on it in a transversal way with different artistic disciplines.
We are sure that research of these characteristics that deals with interculturality, in a border context at the moment we are living in, provides more plural results in the revision of many aspects of the historical memory of this territory. "In a time of globalisation, the most revealing object of study, the most questioning of ethnocentric or disciplinary pseudo-certainties is interculturality" (Canclini, 2006: 101). Interculturality is the tool with which we have to work for integration. Dialogue, in order to understand and accept our diversity as cultural richness and intangible world heritage, is the basis of our coexistence.
We have called it an atlas, because it presents a series of educational booklets combined with the work of the illustrator Elena Odriozola, highlighting relevant social aspects. Ten small notebooks that tell stories of a geographical space written in an elegant way by María José Noain Maura and with a language that is accessible to all kinds of audiences.
Texts: Maria José Noain Maura
Coordination and layout: Helga Massetani Piemonte
Ilustrations: Elena Odriozola
Traduction: Joxan Elosegi
LG D 00104-2022
2022
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RIBERA #6
THE MEMORY OF THE BIDASOA THROUGH ART.
The aim of this programme is to combine contemporary art proposals with historical memory, as well as the culture of water and its influence on social relations in the city. It is based on artistic processes from multiple disciplines in a commitment to co-creation, participation, research and experimentation. The sixth edition will be held on Saturday 18 September 2021 on the banks of the Bidasoa River. Subsequently, in October, a day of presentation of results will be held at the CBA.
CHECKPOINT
Information point
WALLS OF MEMORY
Mural intervention
MAIALEN AROCENA
JABIER RODRIGUEZ
RIBERA GRANTS
The aim of this call is to activate a permanent framework for research-action projects in the field of human sciences and art. The tandem artist + anthropologist work in the border area and especially in the Bidasoa River and its surroundings.
Cross-border cultural meanings
Amaia Molinet and Olesya Dronyak
Installation, photography and video (general dimensions variable)
Artistic intervention based on the research carried out in the project of the same name developed with one of the Ribera grants.
Larreaundi, documentary of a working-class neighbourhood
Tamara Cuéllar and Félix Martín Cámara
Installation (photographs)
Visual memory of a young working-class neighbourhood. Documentary based on testimonies and memories of the residents of the Larreaundi neighbourhood.
10:00h
ABERE BA
BIGARA
Palindrome Workshop / Materials included
We will approach the palindrome by playing with the names of animals: word, image and voice.
Duration: 1 hour
11:00h
SHORES
INKO MARTIN
Radioperformance
"Orillas" is a work of sound fiction in which, by means of voice, sound effects created live and sound backgrounds, it proposes a sonorous journey to the audience. The guiding thread will be the experience of an anthropologist in the Peruvian Amazon, an experience of connection, exploration and rediscovery with what we are and what surrounds us.
Script and editing: Inko Martín. Actress: Saioa Royo. Sound technicians: Mikel Cerezo and Eneko Yaben.
Duration: 40 minutes
12:00
NATURE AND ITS TREMBLING
IDOIA ZABALETA, SOFÍA ASENCIO, CHUS DOMINGUEZ Y TOMÁS ARAGAY
Guided walk
"Nature and its tremor" proposes a leisurely walk along the banks of the river Bidasoa on its way to the sea, inviting walkers to watch and listen to these currents through different voices and points of view".
Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for people over 7 years old
Starting point: Checkpoint. Please be there 10 minutes beforehand for capacity control.
13:00
BELARRIZ SU(S)MATU
MAITE ARROITAJAUREGI (MURSEGO)
Workshop
The soundscape is a piece of music in constant expansion around us and we are at the same time listeners, musicians and composers of it.
Duration: 1 hour and a half.
Recommended for people over 10 years old.