instant
Musician Jesus Diaz has uploaded his work onto the Internet and invited various different artists to accompany it with audio-visual creations. It’s an open project and anybody can suggest cooperating. There are no limits or conditions. Any type of artistic or creative work is valid. Take the opportunity!
zebra effect
Harkaitz Cano and Iñaki G. Holgado are becoming classic authors in the world of Basque comics. The former has written loads of scripts for comics; the latter’s been drawing in his own personal style for some years now. After Piztia otzanak (2008) they’ve brought us a colourful story in black and white and set in New Orleans. We’re in luck!
crib makers
Calling culture and design fans. If you like well-designed dolls and toys then you’ll love the Bilbao Christmas cribs. The Bilbao crib makers’ association has organized a wonderful exhibition. The decoration looks slightly cinematographic and the lighting and details are excellent. You can even see Bilbao Athletic’s ceremonial barge there. Don’t miss the chance to see this great exhibition.
zinegoak
The gaylesbotrans cinema festival is going to be held in Bilbao once more from the 20th to the 26th of January. Like every year, you can see different types of film which it won’t be easy to see elsewhere.
lurrazpiko fest
The second Lurrazpiko festival is going to be held in Donostia on the 8th of February. Thanks to the people at Ayo Silver, we’ve been able to see loads of interesting groups live over the last two years. Lurrazpiko festival comes right after the disguised masked horsemen. Amongst others Punsetes, Fasenuova, The Garden and Bananas are going to play.
cannibal palimpsest
You can find comics, cartoons, religion, characters from popular culture and his own characters in Enrique Chagoya’s work. All mixed together and transformed. Following the Latin American drawing tradition, he makes use of all of those thing s together: he’s an artist, a social critic and satirist all at the same time. At Artium until the 12 th of January.
koka kola eta barea
Ray and Nick. Nick and Ray. The alarm-clock did not rang when they took Ez Dok Amairu’s photo and that´s why they are not there. Ramon Agirre and Inaxio Tolosa’s popular play definitely has a place in the photo album of this country’s theatre. They combine music and theatre in a very natural way. Something like a pocket-size full-scale musical.
new artists’ competition
Competition between artists springs up when there are changes. And we really believe it’s for the best. Until now exhibitions have been organized using just inertia. From now onwards, the production phase will be three projects to be carried out over the next twelve months. The second phase is the exhibition. At least seven artists will be selected and their work will be exhi ited at Koldo Mitxelena. This year’s work s can be seen from November 28th to February 22nd.
fuet magazine
There are too many things about gastronomy. Including magazines nd other publications. So it’s good to find something a bit different. The people at Fuet take an illustrated, modern look at the subject. And there’s no denying they’ve made a blinding magazine. It is biannual and you can buy it on the Internet.
spy
This well-known street artist never lets you get bored. His works carry on developing and getting more varied as the years go by. Spectacular assemblages; subtle, suggestive work. It’s always a pleasure to visit his website.
punto de vista festival
This year there will be a seminar with directors Ignacio Agüero and Pema Tseden’s work from 19th to 22nd February at the Punto de Vista festival. The results of the X project will be made public and
there will be several other performances.
Cat with wings
Yurre Ugarte and Joseba Larratxe have uploaded their comic about the Cat with Wings onto the Internet. We love the format. More than a graphic novel it’s a comic-story. It’s a great story about Sutsu the cat and the people around which last for 22 pages. You can buy it for 4.99 euros on the web. This type of innovation’s to be applauded.
