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Sixth Culture and Ruralities Forum

VI Forum Culture and Ruralities

“Continuities – Discontinuities. Arts, creation and contemporary ruralities in Europe”

Dates: July 4 to 7, 2023

Place: Cuenca and province

Organizers: Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain

Language: All the debates and presentations in “Room 1” of the Theater Auditorium of Cuenca will have simultaneous English-Spanish translation. All other activities (workshops, tours, screenings and visits) will be conducted in Spanish only if not otherwise indicated.

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PROGRAM

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TUESDAY, JULY 4

AFTERNOON

Outdoor Activity. San Antón and Tiradores districts, CuencaSalto de línea 18:30 - 20:00 | Walk: ‘Cuenca, city landscape’. Language: Spanish and English. Pre-registration required.

  • Vestal Etnografía.

City of CuencaSalto de línea 19:30 | Manual ringing of bells in Cuenca. Bell Ringers from Albaida and Navarra.

Paleontological Museum of Castilla-La Mancha (MUPA)Salto de línea 20:30 - 23:30 | Welcoming Activity to the VI Forum Culture and Ruralities.Salto de línea (Activity only for registered participants. FULL CAPACITY)

20:30 | Performance and bells concert. Music is always situation and context. Llorenç Barber and Montserrat Palacios

21:00 | Group welcome dinner

22:00 | Concert: Baile entero, Pablo Martin Jones. Research project and musical creation based on traditional rhythms and instruments.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5

MORNING

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 08:45 - 09:30 | Accreditations

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 09:30 - 10:00 | Contemporary Dance. Labranza. Lamajara Collective.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 10:05 - 11:25 | Round table of institutional and professional dialogue. Europe, culture and ruralities: moving towards future politices.

  • Carmen Páez Soria. Director General for Cultural Industries, Intellectual Property and Cooperation. Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain.
  • Ibán García del Blanco. European Parliament.
  • Lars Ebert. Culture Action Europe.
  • Moderated by: Benito Burgos. Deputy Director General of Cultural Cooperation with the Autonomous Communities. Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 11:25 - 12:00 | Visit to the Crafts and Design Exhibition + Coffee Break

Wednesday, July 5th. 10:30 - 18:30 | Crafts and Design Exhibition

  • WICKER. Pilar Pérez. Villaconejos de Trabaque, Cuenca.
  • CERAMICS. Fernando Alcalde. Cuenca.
  • CERAMICS. @inma8a. Talavera de la Reina, Toledo.
  • RUGS AND TAPESTRY. Sagrario López Gallarte. Cuenca.
  • EMBROIDERY. Cairel Atelier (textil/bordados de lagartera, Toledo).
  • TEXTILE. Eustaquio Rosa (textil, Albacete).
  • Provincial Association of Artisans from Cuenca (APTACO). Cuenca.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 12:00 - 13:25 | European cultural networks with an impact on rural areas.

  • Ralph Lister. SPARSE (Supporting & Promoting Arts in Rural Settlements of Europe).
  • Rocío Nogales. CAE (Culture Action Europe).
  • Henk Keizer. AREA Network.
  • Laure Hubert-Rodier. L'UFISC - Culture et ruralité.
  • Moderated by: Elena Polivtseva. Independent Researcher and Cultural Policy Expert.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2Salto de línea 12:30 - 13:30 | Talk: Tools for evaluating impact and carbon footprint in the culture sector. Julie’s Bicycle.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only.

  • Graciela Melitsko Thornton. Creative Green programme lead.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 13:30 - 14:00 | Institutional welcome

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch.

Salto de línea AFTERNOON / EVENING

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 15:30 - 16:25 | Round Table: Literature and ruralities. Contemporary narratives and poetics on and from rural areas.

  • Aida González Rossi. Writer and journalist.
  • Paco Cerdà. Writer and journalist.
  • Valeria Bergalli. minúscula publishing house.
  • Moderated by: Roser Vernet. Philologist and cultural activist.

Salto de línea

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2Salto de línea 15:30 - 16:15 | Round Table: How to participate in European cultural projects: get to know the work of the European Creative Culture desks.Salto de línea Simultaneous translation into Spanish and English.

Presentation and dialogue with the European desks from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and The Netherlands

Salto de línea Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1

16:30 - 17:25 | Presentation and discussion on the English edition of the book 'Thinking and Doing in Rural Areas. Cultural practices in context'.

  • Lucía Camón. Poet, actress and artist.
  • Fran Quiroga. Transdisciplinary researcher and cultural producer.
  • Lucas Fernández. Department of culture of Huesca city council.
  • tere badia. Cultural researcher and independent manager.
  • Moderated by: Benito Burgos. Deputy Director General for Cultural Cooperation with the Autonomous Communities. Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2Salto de línea Expanded Forum: presentation of artistic projects located in the province of Cuenca. Collaborative projects for the exchange of knowledge and networking.Salto de línea Activity conducted only in Spanish.

16:30 - 17:15 | Expanded Forum: Dispositivo LABranza (Lamajara collective) in collaboration with Mira Rural Drama Center and local community.

  • Daniel Rosado and Paloma Hurtado. Lamajara collective.
  • Adolfo Simón. Mira Rural Drama Center (Mira, Cuenca).

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1

17:30 - 19:00 | European cinema and ruralities: Presentation of the cycle of film screenings ‘Europe and ruralites, Contemporary images’ and dialogue.

Screening:

  • Omelia Contadina. Jean René y Alice Rohrwacher. Italy. 2020. 10’. Italian with English subtitles.

Round Table:

  • Eloísa Suárez. Director of Cine Cauce.
  • Diana Toucedo. Filmmaker and editor.
  • Raul Domingues. Filmmaker.
  • Keith Walsh. Documentary filmmaker.
  • Modera: Diego Rodríguez. Curator and cultural producer. Director of Festival Márgenes.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2Salto de línea 17:30 - 18:15 | Expanded Forum: AVER, Visual Artists in Rural Environments (Tectónica Cultural, Arte Sostenible, Paula Belinchón, Isabel Campos, Rubén Chumillas y Miriam Gascón) in collaboration with Kárstica, Cañada del Hoyo.

  • Clara Albacete. Tectónica Cultural.
  • Jaime López. Arte Sostenible.
  • Paulina Belinchón. Artist.
  • Rubén Chumillas. Visual creative, specialist in social and cultural anthropology.
  • Isabel Campos. Visual artist.
  • Miriam Gascón. Visual artist

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2 + Walk in the city of CuencaSalto de línea 19:00 - 21:00 | Losing the sense of things. A walk through a diversity of knowledge and cultural practices at risk of extinction.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only.

This guided tour through the streets and squares of the city propose an approach to a series of traditional knowledge in the process of extinction. All this through the five senses and with people and projects that are fighting for their preservation. Curated by Agrocuir collective (Monterroso, Lugo).

  • Raíces project (Vega del Codorno, Cuenca).
  • Paula Carbonell, storyteller (Jábaga, Cuenca).
  • Wooldreamers (Mota del Cuervo, Cuenca).
  • Ovillova (Toledo).
  • Made by Rebeca (Cuenca).
  • YoSilbo (Canarias).
  • Cantero (Mos, Pontevedra).
  • Concejo abierto (Fuentecantos, Soria).
  • Hilanderas Mulleres from Ínsua (Vilalba, Lugo).
  • Buenas Migas (Nigüelas, Granada).

THURSDAY, JULY 6

MORNING

Outdoor activity. Cerro del Socorro, CuencaSalto de línea 09:00 - 11:00 | Interpreted walk through Cuenca 'The first photograph of the Hoz del Huécar: Wyngaerde, 1565', by Vestal Etnografía.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only. Pre-registration required (Available soon)Salto de línea Departure from the Theatre Auditorium of Cuenca. Medium difficulty. Sports shoes required.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 09:30 - 10:40 | Presentation of the "Study of the socio-demographic impact of culture in rural areas". Developed by the Ministry of Culture and Sports and a team of researchers from the universities of Zaragoza and La Rioja.

  • Luis Antonio Sáez. Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Zaragoza and director of CEDDAR (Center for the Study of Depopulation and Development of Rural Areas).
  • María Cruz Navarro. Professor of Applied Economics at the University of La Rioja.
  • Vicente Pinilla. Professor of Economic History and Director of the DPZ Chair on Depopulation and Creativity at the University of Zaragoza.
  • Benito Burgos. Deputy Director General for Cultural Cooperation with the Autonomous Communities. Ministry of Culture and Sports.
  • Moderated by: Andrea López. Culture and Citizenship. Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1 Salto de línea 10:45 - 12:00 | Round table: Pathways and imaginaries of art and creation in contemporary rural areas.

  • Vanesa Freixa. Artist and critical thinker on rurality.
  • Rafael Tormo. Cultural producer, editor, artist and curator.
  • Fernando García Dory. Artist, director of INLAND Campo Adentro.
  • Moderated by: Manuel Olveira. Artist, writer, art critic and curator.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 12:00 - 12:45 | Coffee Break.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 12:45 a 14:00 | Project presentation: Knowledge, creation and nature. Proposals in the context of climate and ecological crisis.

  • Rutger Emmelkamp. KNOCKvologan (Scotland).
  • Lisa Mazza. BAU (Italy).
  • Tereza Porybna. LES/WOODS: Community for Cultivation, Theory and Art (Czech Republic).
  • Néstor Prieto and Francisco Brives. Kárstica (Cañada del Hoyo, Cuenca, Spain).
  • Moderated by: Isis Saz Tejero. Teacher and researcher at the UCLM, Faculty of Fine Arts in Cuenca.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch.

AFTERNOON / EVENING

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 15:30 - 16:25 | Project presentation: Artistic practices and new identities in rural areas.

  • Marija Griniuk. Sami Center of Contemporary Art (Norway).
  • Anna Zaera and Zoraida Roselló. Festival Rihihiu (Tarragona, Spain).
  • Rita Maia. A Mundo em Reboliço (Portugal).
  • Moderated by: Xián Rodríguez. Culture and Citizenship. Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2 Salto de línea 15:30 - 16:15 | Expanded Forum: Fanzine-Artifact: Aberruntos. Dig deep, make a hole, by Lamosa collective - Modulable Artistic Laboratory and contributors: y colaboradores: Bewis de la Rosa, Cristina Peraile, Centro Dramático Rural de Mira, Estela Miguel Bautista, Co.lectivo Arterra, Cande Lázaro Cienfuegos, Fernando Buenache, Paco Alfaro Anguita and Tania Pardo..

  • Veronica Moreno. Co-founder of Lamosa Lab, cultural manager, curator and visual artist.
  • Daniel Raposo. Co-founder and co-director of Lamosa Lab. Creator, researcher and cultural mediator.
  • Jazmina Fuentes Moreno. Part of the educational and cultural mediation team of Lamosa Lab.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 16:30 - 17:40 | Performance. This mouth is mine. Orality, words and improvisation from a feminist point of view: bertsolaris, glosadoras and regueifeiras.Salto de línea Language: Basque, Catalan and Galician, with Spanish subtitles

  • Uxue Alberdi and Miren Amuriza (bertsolaris).
  • Alba María Rodríguez Díaz and Sara Marchena (regueifeiras).
  • Aurora Brullet and Laia Vera (glosadoras).
  • Danele Sarriugarte and Ainhoa Aranburu (translators).

Salto de línea Visit. HueteSalto de línea 17:00 - 20:30 | Visit to Huete. Museum of Contemporary Art Florencio de la Fuente and Museum of Photography of the Antonio Perez Foundation.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only. Pre-registration required (Available soon)

Pedro Mercedes Pottery Cultural CenterSalto de línea 17:00 - 20:30 | Live editing workshop. Self-Publishing and Fanzine workshop by Lamosa collective/Lamosa Lab.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only. Pre-registration required (Available soon)

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 17:45 - 18:30 | Expanded Forum: Método Móvil (INLAND Campo Adentro) in collaboration with Fundación Los Maestros (Tragacete) and with the support of the Chair of Opportunities for the Demographic Challenge of the Cuenca Provincial Council and the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Faculties of Fine Arts, Communication and Education), Antonio Pérez Foundation, LIFE Cañadas and the State Federation of Shepherds.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2Salto de línea 17:45 - 18:30 | Round table: Orality. Revising the oral tradition from a feminist perspective.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only.

  • Uxue Alberdi. Bertsolari.
  • Alba María Rodríguez Díaz. Regueifeira.
  • Aurora Brullet. Glosadora.
  • Moderated by: Danele Sarriugarte. Translator and writer.

Outdoor activity. San Antón neighborhood and La Ceca, CuencaSalto de línea 20:30 - 24:00 | An evening of street music, curated by the Agrocuir collective.Salto de línea Meeting point: Pedro Mercedes Pottery Cultural Center, San Anton Distric, Cuenca.

Inspired by the format of traditional Galician celebrations, known as ‘foliadas’, in which singing, dancing and the instrumental practice of traditional music take place simultaneously. It will feature the presence of groups of traditional music and dance, ending with a concert that connects the roots with contemporary proposals and sensibilities.

  • Palacio do Rei (Lugo).
  • Tesmenteira (Lugo).
  • Kantata (Cuenca).
  • Bici Folk (Cuenca).
  • Bewis de la Rosa (Cuenca). This concert will begin after the Estival Festival concert.

FRIDAY, JULY 7

MORNING

Visit. Cañada del HoyoSalto de línea 09:00 - 13:00 | Visit to Kárstica Espacio de creación, rural artists residency, and to the installation Tejiendo Conexiones of the AVER Project (Visual Artists in Rural Environments) + Walk through Cañada del Hoyo guided by artist Ana Matey, and performance 'El portal de las Ancestras' by María Gray.Salto de línea Activity conducted in Spanish only. Pre-registration required

Salto de línea

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1 Salto de línea 09:30 - 10:25 | Project presentation: Ecosystem Culture Territory: cultural network.

  • Óscar Penín. Rede Aldear (Galicia).
  • Ricard Espelt. Xarxa d’espais de produció y creació de Catalunya.
  • Lorenzo García Echegoyen. Landarte (Navarra).
  • Moderated by: José Antonio Montero. Fundación Los Maestros.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 10:30 - 11:45 | Round table: Design and creation on recovering merino wool and creative textile work.

  • Paul García de Oteyza. OTEYZA fashion firm (Madrid).
  • Ramón Cobo Zarco. WoolDreamers (Mota del Cuervo, Cuenca).
  • Fernando Soto Martorell and Ernesto Donoso Donoso. National Merino Cattle Breeders Association.
  • Mariona Cañadas y Pedro Murua. Artists.
  • Moderated by: Marisa Santamaría. Researcher, curator, teacher and founder of Global Innovation Trends Unit.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 11:45 - 12:30 | Coffee Break.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 12:30 - 13:30 | Screening: Experimental video and film. Ancestry, new conflicts and identities.

  • Barruntaremos. [Inkings] Asunción Molinos Gordo. 2021. 10’'. Spanish with English Subtitles.
  • Carne de mi carne: Piel. [Flesh of my flesh: Skin] María Alcaide. 2021. 13'. Spanish
  • ¿Cómo vivir en una zona de sacrificio? [How to live in a sacrifice zone?] Jose Iglesias García-Arenal. 2020. 12’. Spanish.
  • Paraíso [Paradise]. Marina Lameiro y Maddi Barber. 2021. 22'. Spanish

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 2Salto de línea 12:30 - 13:30 | Fashion blind tasting. Workshop on fashion design and merino wool.Salto de línea Activity conducted only in Spanish.

  • Paul García de Oteyza. OTEYZA fashion firm.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 13:35 - 14:45 | Round table: Knowledge, heritage and new creation. Cultures that rescue cultures that recreate cultures.

  • Asunción Molinos Gordo. Researcher and visual artist.
  • María Alcaide. Artist.
  • Idoipe. Artist, musician and Dj.
  • Moderated by: Jose Iglesias García-Arenal. Artist and curator.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1Salto de línea 14:45 - 15:00 | Live set. Idoipe.

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea 15:00 - 16:30 | Lunch.

AFTERNOON

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. Room 1 Salto de línea 16:30 - 18:30 | Screening: O movimento das coisas. Manuela Serra. Portugal. 1985. 85’. Portuguese with Spanish subtitles.

  • Introduced by: Eloísa Suárez. Director of Cine Cauce.

Guided visits in CuencaSalto de línea 16:30 - 18:00 | VisitsSalto de línea Guided visits conducted in Spanish only. Pre-registration required

  • Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, 16:30 - 17:30
  • Fundación Antonio Pérez. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, de 17:00 - 18:00
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Activities outside the program

Friday July 7th - 20:30 | Concert: Estival festival: Zas! Candil Folk + Rocío Márquez & Bronquio

Access with ticket, available on the Estival Festival.

From June 21 to July 8, the Estival Festival is held in the city of Cuenca. It includes concerts which will take place during the celebration of the VI Forum Culture and Ruralities.

OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE FORUM

Theater Auditorium of Cuenca. HallSalto de línea July 5, 6 and 7 | Consulting/MentoringSalto de línea Appointments are required. The mentoring sessions will be offered in Spanish with the exception of the one facilitated by Ralph Lister which will be in English.

Funding

European funding programmes:

  • Creative Europe – July 6, morning and evening.
  • Citizenship, Equality Rights and Values (CERV) – July 6, morning and evening.Salto de línea

Creation

Design of a program of artistic residencies in rural areas.

  • Rafael Tormo. Artist. July 5, afternoon and July 6, evening.

Cultural managementSalto de línea Innovation and cultural business models through design.

  • Juan Lázaro. arte-facto. July 5, afternoon and July 7, morning.

Marketing and financing for cultural projects.

  • Marcel Marata. Festival Itinera. July 6, morning and July 7, morning.

Legal forms for cultural entrepreneurship. Intellectual property and copyright.

  • Eva Moraga. Lawyer at porypara.es. July 5, morning and evening.

Networking

Networking and internationalization of performing arts projects in rural Europe.

  • Ralph Lister. Take Art (UK). [in English]. July 5. Evening: 15:30 - 17:30.

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