So the summer arrived. We suddenly found ourselves dipped into a muggy weather, into laziness or - the best scenario - into water.
But summer is also one of the best periods for art and, above all, for performing arts.
Every night, like nocturnal flowers, the streets of cities and little villages blossom with dancers, actors, fans, critics, mothers, children, old people going out on the doorstep to get a breath of fresh air… And for a while, summer seems to be the only antidote to the so dreaded and now inflationated separation of the public from contemporary art (if they’ve ever been close…).
So, ArtPool doesn’t go on holiday, although it “dilutes” its exits with this middle summer special issue. And it decided to point the binoculars (or better, both its feet) over Spain, land of corrida, sangria and paella. Ups, sorry… land of high level contemporary artists, actors and dancers but also ground for experimentation for a rich plankton of young and daring creative subjets. Harbor and leaving point for a journey long as a whole life. As well as for the other proposals of this issue, whose constant feature is the physical and existential displacement and the relationship with their land.
Enjoy your reading and enjoy your summer.
A meeting with to Sol Picó, dancer and choreographer able to dance contemporary the man and woman with an extraordinary energy and irony.
An interview wih Rodrigo García, born in Argentina and adopted by Madrid, director that with his works takes to the stage the enormous difficulty of coexisting (or better, leaving together) without hurting ourselves too much; the terrible human aptitudes come out with evidence until provoking an inevitable reaction in the public, whatever it is.
The Insight is dedicated to Karmelo Bermejo, who means to weigh on the mechanism of cultural production though actions aiming to “deactivate” public money and its waste, and destined to fail because of the nature of capitalism itself.
The section Profiles is an eye on the oriental movie, more and more imposing his presence in the international scenario.
Finally, we dedicate a wide focus to the city of Barcelona, through the (opposite) experiences of two persons working, studying and living there. A beautiful European city where you can breathe a bubbling air of creativity and cultural renewal or a big mall hidden behind the mask of an enchanting fairy tale that lives on his past.