After the deliberation of the selection committee around the 142 applications received we are glad to announce the selected artists for the project XABACA Lebanon: Fatima Mortada, visual arts Palestina: Haya Zaatry, music Morocco: Houda Lakhdar & Sofia Aissaoui, cinema Tunisia: Farah Ben Mansour, illustration The finalists are: From Lebanon: Yumna Al Arashi, Yara...
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“Wave”. Big format shodô with Sachiyo Kaneko, Mireia Zantop & Pavel Amilcar
SATURDAY, THE 12th OF MARCH 12h. PLAÇA DEL DIAMANT WAVE Darkness. Deep deep darkness. Look. It is a far ancient time. Listen. You start to hear a pulsing sound. And then… Sachiyo Kaneko, Japanese artist in residence in Jiwar, the musician Pavel Amilcar (Dyvina Misteria) and the artist Mireia Zantop will present a...
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Great success of Abazar Hamid’s concert at Jiwar
Abazar Hamid’s concert at Jiwar Nice sensations by the sound of the music and the lyrics of Abazar Hamid in Jiwar, last tuesday. Good vibes with the audience too, looking interested in understanding Darfur’s situation and enjoying as well afterwards with the art of the other resident artists and the wines from Le...
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Abazar Hamid, concert-talk. My story through my songs
Abazar Hamid, concert-talk Tuesday 16th February, 19.30h Espai Jiwar. C. Astúries 36, Pral. Previous registrations jiwar@jiwarbarcelona.com The Sudanese musician Abazar Hamid will be for ten days at Jiwar thanks to the collaboration with PEN Català. The artist, taken in asylum by PEN’ International’s ICORN network in Norway, will do a series of presentations under...
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First collaboration with Catalan PEN. Abazar Hamid, musician & writer (Sudan)
JIWAR WILL EMBRACE IN RESIDENCY THE SUDANESE MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER ABAZAR HAMID IN COLLABORATION WITH PEN CATALÀ. During some days Jiwar will embrace Abazar Hamid in the framework of a first collaboration with PEN Català. That way, PEN wanted to invite to our city a writer at risk already embraced in another european city, make...
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Artist in residence: Lindsey Kupser (singer and songwriter, US)
Lindsey Kupser (singer and songwriter, US) Lindsay Kupser is a Canadian vocalist, songwriter, and performer currently based out of the Vancouver area. She describes her music as “quiet singer-songwriter” and strives to achieve depth through simplicity by utilizing minimalist sounds in order to emphasize her introspective lyrics. She is a graduate of Berklee College...
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Brenar (Bernard Barut), artist in residence
BRENAR Swiss painter and composer, Brenar is a new artist in residence. He pushed Jiwar to have a new piano, so we are really thankful. The Swiss media describes him as an entrepreneur and a new technologies veteran become painter, as an uncommon character who looks pessimistic against 21st century’s society. www.brenar.com http://www.brenar.com/pages/press/interwiev.html...
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Presentation projects in residence October
Projects in residence presentation and concert of the song writer Eric Dubeau Foto:Ilana Crispi’s work Wednesday, the 7th of October 7 p.m. Jiwar space. C. Asturias 36, Pral. Metro Fontana. Artists in residency: Ilana Crispi (U.S.), visual arts Gürçim Yilmaz (Turkey), writing Hanna Baidakova (Poland), photography Eric Dubeau (Canada), song writer And our...
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Artist in residence. Eric Dubeau. Song writer
ERIC DUBEAU. FRENCH CANADIAN SONGWRITER Eric Dubeau has released 3 albums, including Le Temps d’être heureux in the fall of 2014. He has performed in hundreds of venues and festival throughout Canada and as far as Louisiana. The singer-songwriter is based in Ontario, though his songs have reached the charts on radio stations across Canada....
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Nathan Roche (Australia), writer & musician
Nathan Roche is a Sydney based author, poet, musician, music journalist, painter of smudges that has come to JIWA to complete his 5th collection of poetry entitled “The Matador Must Become The Bull In Order To Defeat Him” he is predominately an satirical writer as his novels like, “The Noumea Neurosis”, “Vagrer” and “Property Of...
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