SubjectCulture and leisure
Open city. The challenges of the futureCities that learn from science: the response to a design crisis
COVID-19 has spread faster in dense urban areas, resulting in a higher mortality rate compared to rural areas. By drawing the diagram of the virus’s behaviour and its...
Couplets on the night bus
When her friends started getting into the habit of splitting taxis to get home, for the first time she thought that she’d have to give up the night bus.
Open city. The challenges of the futureListening to the digital ordinary
If the presents and futures of our everyday urban life are entwined and unravelled in digital entanglements, knowing how to listen to them is crucial. But the right...
“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...
Open city. The challenges of the futureUltra rhetoric
Ultra rhetoric is a new reincarnation of sophist rhetoric. It places fake news – a technological version of classic fallacies – at the heart of its communications...
“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...
Experiencing culture
Participar en la vida cultural va més Engaging in cultural life goes beyond attending any of the paying or free activities that the city offers. The Barcelona...
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