From 05/07/10 to 08/27/10.

ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN.  

Hybrid Playground

7, 8 and 9 May 2010 with the artists, and Fridays 6pm - 8pm (until 27 August) with a monitor.

Plaça Catalunya playground and Jardins de la Infància playground

7 May 2010  6pm - 8pm

8 May 2010  12noon - 2pm and 6pm - 8pm

9 May 2010  12noon - 2pm

Clara Boj and Diego Díaz will run an interactive workshop called Hybrid Playground in children's playgrounds in Girona. The workshop will consist in a game session where the children will play an adapted video game while using the elements of the playground.

An easy-to-install sensor system, which the children cannot see, turns playground fixtures into interactive elements that collect data which is then processed and incorporated into the dynamics of play.

The idea is that children play a video game as they swing, slide and climb on playground fixtures in their customary way. The aim is to bring the experience of interactive play (usually taking place at a computer/console in the private space) into the public space.

Hybrid Playground is an invitation to encourage children to play outdoors, enjoying all the benefits of fresh air, physical exercise and contact with other children.

During the exhibition, the game will be made accessible to all the children in Girona in playgrounds around the city, under the supervision of a trained monitor and by reservation only.

Further information: http://www.lalalab.org/hybrid.htm

COLLABORATION WITH BONART MAGAZINE. Landscape? exhibition has infiltrated into Bonart magazine with the publication of a manifesto entitled "Manifesto against Landscape" by Girona artist Lluís Sabadell i Artiga. The manifesto will be contested by specialists from the fields of landscaping, architecture and science. This derivative from the main proposal in the exhibition space is due to appear in the June issue of the magazine and in www.bolit.cat/blog

Free of charge

Times by arrangement

Places by reservation only (bea@bolit.cat)

Guided visits include a commentary on the exhibitions at Bòlit-LaRambla/Dadespai and Bòlit-SantNicolau.

From 03/22/10 to 04/23/10.

WORKSHOP.  

Clay cameras

Process of making clay photographic cameras on the banks of the River Ter by Alfonso Borragán

March - April 2010

A series of specific interventions in the territory carried out along the River Ter by Cantabrian artist Alfonso Borragán, in collaboration with Provi Casals, ceramics teacher at La Mercè Cultural Centre.

From the starting point of a unique art in landscape practice based on collaboration, artist Alfonso Borragán proposes a meeting point between the human body and nature, the environment and the earth itself. In this workshop, the artist wishes to share his creative process by making photographic cameras out of materials provided by the natural environment which he photographs.

This open-ended participative proposal is taking place during the months of March and April in the surroundings of the River Ter, and includes games with a series of different elements such as clay, water, stones and trees. The culminating moment comes with the building of clay cameras which are then fired in a kiln and thrown into the river to capture its images, thereby allowing the river to become its own photographer. The cameras and an accompanying audiovisual documentary will be shown, together with other works, at Bòlit-La Rambla and on http://bolitgirona.blogspot.com/

From 05/01/10 to 07/01/10.

DOCUMENTARY.  

Va de Bòlit by Joanot Cortès

Right from the start, when the word "bòlit" was chosen to designate Girona's contemporary art centre, the aim has been to work out of and for the local context. This documentary video, which links the Centre's identity with its territory, now joins the series of artistic proposals of work in progress in the territory which have been carried out at Bòlit Contemporary Art Centre over the last two years.

The idea of the video is to draw attention to the light-hearted, traditional etymology of the name of the Centre, which is linked to a traditional Girona activity. The game of bòlit (or bèlit) was very popular during the period after the Spanish Civil War and is still played in the Girona district of Sant Narcís. The bòlit world championship is an annual event held in this area.

The proposal aims to highlight the memory of a game that is part of Girona's folk tradition by creating a video capsule which will be shown on the Bòlit website: www.bolit.cat.

You can watch the first minute of Va de Bòlit, directed by Joanot Cortès