General

From the 1st of April on, the exhibitions “Interpretant Foix”–which consist of “Fem llum al magatzem dels llibres”, by the artist Quim Domene, and the micromapping “Desviacions”, by Quim Domene and Norbe Fernández– can be visited at El Port de la Selva.

On Saturday 15th April, at 7.30 pm, the poet Carles Camps Mundó will give the lecture “El barret de Foix: una guia de lectura?” at the Sala d’Exposicions, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Foix’s death.

Place: carrer Major, 1 El Port de la Selva
Day and time: April 15th 2017 at 7.30 pm.

The artists’ group Poètica Còdex presents at Centre de Cultura, in Ripollet, the artists’ books exhibition entitled «Pensar poesia», about the poets J. V. Foix, Salvador Espriu, Ma Àngels Anglada and Alda Merini.

Place: Sala 1 d’exposicions del Centre de Cultura de Ripollet, Rambla de Sant Jordi 2.
Days: 1st to 30th April 2017
Hours: Saturdays from 10 to 13 pm and from 18 to 20 pm. Sundays and from 10 to 14 h.

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J. V. Foix a la Barreteria Mil

Thursday the 30th March, at Barreteria Mil the poets Carles Camps and Jaume Creus will talk about J. V. Foix and will read some of his poems.

Place: Barreteria Mil. Fontanella, 20. Barcelona
Day and hour: March the 30th at 8 pm

To read Carles Camps‘ text, click here.

If you want to see the video click here.

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Dia mundial de la poesia

World Poetry Day was adopted as 21 March by UNESCO in 1999. The Fundació J. V. Foix celebrates it by publishing a J. V. Foix‘s poem.

Here you can find the poem with which we commemorate this celebration: ONSEVULLA TINC PORT d’On he deixat les claus…

Arnau Puig was awarded the Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal by the French Minister of Culture. Edouard Beslay, the Consul General of France in Barcelona, gave him the decoration yesterday in an event that took place in Barcelona.
Arnau Puig, the Catalan philosopher who represents «intellectual harshness, discipline and emotion», was the teoretician of the Dau al Set group, the members of which were closely linked to J. V. Foix.

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Following the events to commemorate J. V. Foix’s death, a concert will take place at Vil·la Joana on February the 19th. The concert is called «Foixianes» and was composed by Rafael Ferrer, who set to music some sonnets by J. V. Foix.

It will be performed by pianist Daniel Blanch and soprano Júlia Farrés-Llongueras. Before that, the actor Lluís Soler will recite the sonnets, a poem by Verdaguer and some texts by Foix about Verdaguer and Barcelona.

Place: MUHBA. Vil·la Joana. Ctra. de l’Església, 104. Vallvidrera.
Day and hour: Sunday February 19th at 12 am.

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Recital poètic «Un tast de Foix», a càrrec de Gemma Reguant, actriu, i d’Anna Alemany, pianista.

Poesia i prosa de J. V. Foix amb música de Mompou, Montsalvatge i Mestres Quadreny

Lloc: Biblioteca Clarà. Dr. Carulla, 22-24.
Dia i hora: Dimecres 1 de febrer, a les 19.00

Fulletó

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of J. V. Foix‘s death, two exhibitions will be opened and Pere Gómez Inglada will give a lecture entitled «J. V. Foix i la Barcelonota» at Vil·la Joana on January the 29th.

Exhibition: «Fem llum al magatzem dels llibres», by Quim Domene.

Audiovisual mapping: «Desviacions», by Quim Domene and Norbe Fernández.

Lloc: MUHBA. Vil·la Joana. Ctra. de l’Església, 104. Vallvidrera.
To find out how to get there, please click here.

Day and hour: Sunday the 29th, 11 am.

Vegeu com s’ha fet el vídeo mappingDesviacions.

From January the 19th to April the 6th the Bloom School will carry out the seminar entitled «Del plagi entès com una de les belles arts» [Plagiarism as a Fine Art], in which one of the proposed readings is J. V. Foix‘s Diari 1918. The seminar includes ten different items and will be taught by Manel Ollé.

Place: Calàbria, 75, ppal 2a Barcelona
Days: Every Thurday from January the 9th to April the 6th
Hour: From 7.00 pm to 21.00 pm

How the Nativity Scene was made

Norbe Fernández has edited a video he recorded during the process of building the Nativity Scene, inspired by the J. V. Foix’s poem «Ho sap tothom i és profecia».

The artists who took part in it are Quim Domene and Toti Toronell, both from d’Olot, as well as Norbe Fernández.

Please click here to see the video.