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ute lemper

This successor to Marlene Dietrich and German cabaret has taken Edith Piaf, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s works, amongst others, to theatres all over the world. And now she’s given her voice to Astor Piazzolla’s music. She’s accompanied by the Piazzola Sextet from Argentina. Iruñea’s Gayarre theatre is going to become a popular song theatre the 16th of December.

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joeystarr

Born in Martinique with the name Didier Morville, brought up in Paris’es Seine Saint-Denis district, Joeystarr has become one of the biggest names on the French hip-hop scene. He formed the mythical NTM (Nique Ta Mêre) at the end of the 80’s with Bruno Lopes. The rapper who’d love to be your mum’s best friend is playing at Biarritz’es L’Atabal on the 10th of December.

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against the north wind

The Tanttaka group are taking to the stage a play about the new relationship codes that social networks and the Internet age have brought us. Based on Daniel Glattauer’s “Gut Ge gen Nordwind” novel, you can see it, amonst other places, in Basque on the 15th and 17th of December at Donostia’s Antzoki Zaharra.

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time machine

Who remembers Yahoo Maps? Let it be know that we’re huge fans. They’ve become a time machine. It’s been ten years since their satellites renewed the photos, and that gives us a chance to travel back in time. It’s very easy to get into Yahoo Maps via Yahoo England or Yahoo Ireland. Here you can see Donostia with remains of the old Atotxa football stadium and Bilbao without Isozaki Tower.

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sleep suit

This project’s aim is to help reflect on the relationship between personal spaces and the environment. With this wearable bag, made with special materials and a special structure, our bodies will be able to relax and go to sleep easily anywhere. The net structures easily support our bodies’ weights. So now you know: get hold of one and turn up to work in it!

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urban fictions

There is a connection between the two special exhibitions at Koldo Mitxalena Culture Centre. The exhibition in the front meeting area is Gasca’s collection, which we told you about in the previous number of the balde. In “Urban Fictions” numerous artists have contributed graphical reflections about the city’s surroundings. The second, housed in the attic rooms, is a tribute to the great Juan Carlos Eguillor. Until the 28th of January. Don’t miss it!

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ruper

We can’t imagine a better way to finish the year. Ruper’s been making his own way for the last 30 years. There’s no connection with contemporary fashions or attitudes. Ruper’s a tree. Feeding on the very air we breathe. Like us, he’ll become dust ceaselessly but without any hurry. He gives us shade and shelter. The singer from Oñati, along with his group the Mugalariak, will present his latest work, “Hodeien azpian” (Under the Clouds) at Donostia’s Victoria Eugenia theatre.

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re.act.feminism #2 - a performing archive

This project, which is going to continue until 2013, is a collection of performances about feminism and gender performed by various international artists and collectives. Being a dynamic project, it investigated the connections and influences between artistic practices from the past, the present and the future. Until the 15th of January at Montehermoso in Gasteiz.

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circus of illusions

And who should the conductor and director of these circus works be but Federico Fellini. Along with this exhibition about the Itailan genius at Donostia’s San Telmo museum, Nosferatu Cinema Club offers us a retrospective about all its work. A luxury.

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What makes petrol stations such weird non-places? Have you realised that everything at petrol stations is extreme? The cold, the wind, heat, prices ... Matt Barnes’ photos of the springs that supply our civilisation make us realise that petrol stations are little Las Vegases at the sides of roads.

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pintxos and blogs

Pintxos & Blogs has been offering theme suppers for years now. An expert on a particular subject offers a short speech before the supper and, then, while the dishes arrive, anyone who’s signed up for the supper can ask questions or give his or her opinion. Pintxos&Blogs suppers are usually very well attended and there’s a great atmosphere. If you want to know where the next one is and what it’s about...

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fluxus

There’s an interesting exhibition about the Fluxus movement at New York’s MoMA until the 16th of January. The flourishing of the movement against art’s commodification in the 60’s and 70’s. If you’re in New York or you’re planning to go there, go to MoMA to enjoy the mixture of artistic disciplines and the movement which built up connections.