CategoryInterview
“If you are original, all the better. But, above all, you need to be personal”
Julio Manrique
He is the most decorated theatre director in Catalonia today and the one capable of bringing together the most people in a room. The secret to his appeal lies in his...
“It’s nice to love the music you are at every stage of your life”
Sílvia Pérez Cruz
Despite the overall uncertainty in the world of culture and the constant changes in her concert schedule, Sílvia Pérez Cruz started the year 2021 on...
“I make films to show realities differently”
Alba Sotorra
Alba Sotorra Clua (Reus, 1980) makes documentary films out of a desire to become acquainted with realities and provide a different perspective to the one conveyed by...
“The pandemic has shown us that we humans share air and saliva, that we are all connected”
Daniel Gamper
Daniel Gamper was all set to be a scientist, but reading Jean Jacques Rousseau made him pick philosophy. He had always lived in Sant Cugat until ten years ago when he...
“Us independent publishers bring diversity”
Laura Huerga
The publisher Laura Huerga (Barcelona, 1978) is an unusual case on the Catalan literary scene. With professional beginnings far removed from the cultural world, it...
“It is through the heart that the viewer’s mind is turned upside down”
Carme Portaceli
Carme Portaceli is to be the forthcoming director of the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya [TNC, the National Theatre of Catalonia], making her the first woman to run the...
“I wanted to show the Barcelona of those who have a harder time of it”
Belén Funes
Belén Funes is a film director. Her first film, La hija de un ladrón (A Thief’s Daughter), has garnered, among other accolades, the Goya Award for Best New...
“A good artificial intelligence system would anticipate the outbreak of a new pandemic in two or three weeks”
Ramón López de Mántaras
Artificial intelligence (AI), a term coined in the late 1950s, is a common topic when talking about the future of work or the transformation of cities. The...
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