The “Santos Network” is still alive. Presentation of the book “Carles Santos. And now, what?” In Vinaròs – Joan Brossa Foundation
Last Saturday, May 31, at 7pm, in Vinaròs, Natal Terra de Carles Santos, the presentation of the book Carles Santos. And now what?as a result of intense search linked to programming ”Santos spring“It took place in the spring of 2024 in the Free Arts Center of the Joan Brossa Foundation.
But last Saturday’s event was much more than the presentation of a book. It was the concretization that the “Santos Network” continues, expands and is more alive than ever. It was an act of Rencontre between the different creators of this publication and between the Joan Brossa Foundation and the Caixa Vinaròs Foundation, allied in the commemoration and celebration of the figure of Carles Santos.
One year ago, the Joan Brossa Foundation needed to celebrate Santos and generated a displayan expanded public program (which included, among other actions, the Uneuded FestivalLa Feast of the prawn or a cycle Santos a la Filmoteca de Catalunya) and a publication that brought together a job of more than a year of research and the collaboration of numerous people. All this would not have been possible without the complicity of entities like the Caixa Vinaròs Foundation, her Filmoteca de Catalunyal ‘Music Auditorium-Museum or the Barcelona City Council Publications Service. But above all, it would not have been possible to move forward without the energy, contributions and joy of many professionals, thinkers of Carles Santos who were involved in the project. This Saturday, more than a year after the celebrations of what was called “spring Santos”, we have been able to meet Vinaròs again and continue to celebrate the unclassifiable musician.
Carles Santos. And now what?the publication, is a catalog of collective creation linked to the eponymous exhibition and distills the essence of an unrepeatable figure. The book is the result of a unique and unique work process that gives voice to friends, colleagues and teams who worked with the musician throughout his career, as well as new generations who collect his legacy.
The presentation at the headquarters of Fundació Caixa Vinaròs had the interventions of the curators Wave Balló and Elena Lasala as well as the publisher and rapporteur Lilianna Marín de Mas and of the designer Alba Font. The event led to an encounter between friends and acquaintances of Santos and prominent members of the city of Vinaròs.
The fact that the exhibition Carles Santos. And now what? She has recently been a finalist in the category of best historical curators at the 41st edition of the ACCA Awards and that these months have coincided in the calendar, and until the end of June, the retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Tarragona on the work of Mariaena Roqué (Mariaelena Roqué. Silence stripped. Unadonauna) It shows that the “Santos Network” of the Joan Brossa Foundation is an initiative that has no stopper and continues to cause beautiful encounters.
