PREVIEW OF THE LA NUU 2025 PROGRAMME
FOCUS. 3rd, 4th and 5th October
This year we are changing the location of the main FOCUS weekend. The programme will take place at the Ateneu Municipal de Rubí. Focus will take place on Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th, where we have concentrated a whole series of activities related to the works on display. Three days to discover and enjoy the proposals of La Nuu 2025 and experience the festival in all its intensity. A new space for a new edition.
Friday, 3 October
20:00h OPENING CEREMONY
Gardens of Ateneu Municipal
On the first day of the FOCUS weekend, we will celebrate the opening of our eleventh edition with a presentation by photographer Alberto García-Alix, accompanied by a DJ and fine cuisine.
Alberto García-Alix
20.00h LA AUSENCIA COMO ESTÍMULO
Gardens of Ateneu Minicipal
La ausencia como estímulo (Absence as a stimulus) is a creation by Alberto García-Alix, conceived in the form of a visual lecture, in which the author reflects on how absence, its existence and its vital stimulus, influence and are reflected in his work, serving as a common thread and catalyst in his photographs.
Intertwined with the text of his dissertation, García-Alix presents sixty-eight images, most of them unpublished and taken over the last fifteen years.
‘Absence is capable of encompassing a whole universe of emotions and meanings,’ says the photographer. ‘It speaks to us and triggers a feeling because it has a real and independent existence.’
Alberto García-Alix (León, 1956) is a photographer, audiovisual creator, writer and editor. He is the winner of Spain's National Photography Award and a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. He has exhibited at the Reina Sofía National Art Museum, Les Rencontres Internationales d'Arlès, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie and the Prado Museum, among others. His works can be found in art collections around the world, such as the German Deutshe Börse and the French National Contemporary Art Fund. He was the director and founder of the cult magazine El Canto de la Tripulación (1989-1997). Since 2011, he has been co-founder of the publishing house Cabeza de Chorlito
BOOKNUP. PHOTOBOOK FAIR
10.30-20.00h
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal
This year we return with a new photobook fair in the Gardens of the Municipal Athenaeum. The BOOKNUP section continues to focus on cutting-edge photography and visual arts in book, fanzine and self-published formats. Various independent publishers, magazines and art collectives are committed to promoting a cultural scene that stands out for its diversity.
We will have the participation of publishers, magazines and authors such as Faczine, Agus Busom, Fracaso Books, Ediciones Comisura, Anna Galí, Anna Jornet, Diego Ballestrasse, Ediciones Gusano, Henry Hill Books, La Mosca Ediciones, Lucía Simón and Mitmaq Ediciones.
The audience will be able to see, touch and learn about the latest photographic creations and book designs.
LUIS MACÍAS. EXPANDED CINEMA INSTALLATION
10.00-20.00h
Inside the Ateneu Municipal
Eternal Landscape is an installation of restless landscapes and improbable images. Slides and shutters. Analogue photography with mixed techniques. A looped projection. An installation consisting of six 35mm slide projectors modified with external shutters. Six carousels loaded with 80 slides that will project a total of 480 slides.
Luis Macías is an artist, filmmaker and composer of moving images. His pieces deal with the formal and spectral properties of the moving image through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself and the photochemical nature of the medium. Focusing on experimental and procedural practices of the analogue image, his works in Super 8, 16mm, 35mm and/or video format are composed for projection, performance or installation.
Guided visit
11.30h
Departure from the old station
Throughout October, director Carles Mercader will be giving a series of guided tours based on the different works on display in the street.
The creation and transmission of knowledge, together with the bulk of the festival's exhibitions, are the backbone of La Nuu's cultural activities. Among the various educational activities on the programme, guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most important assets and one of the sections most appreciated by the attending public.
DJ ZONE with SHAKE A LEG
12.00h-14.00h. SHAKE EN LEG DJ'S. Vermouth, music and photography.
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal.
Bar area, food and drink with Lo Salat. Mercat & Catering.
Culture is also leisure and a meeting place. Among all the scheduled activities, we will also have time to listen to the DJs from the Shake a Leg collective while enjoying a beer or a snack. A place to take refuge and rest, recharge your batteries and continue in the afternoon.
Shake a Leg is a collective of DJs and vinyl collectors, formed by Davo Kan, DJ Brazo and Acme Funk. They like to play black music: Latin, soul, funk, Afro, Brazilian, gypsy, roots... respecting the original format.
PACO GÓMEZ. THE STORYTELLING POWER OF THE ARCHIVE
18.00h
Talk by Paco Gómez
Ateneu Municipal Auditorium
Recovered images demand to be remembered. Lost and forgotten images demand to be told. Anyone who looks at an old photograph becomes a storyteller. Archives tremble silently, waiting for an opportunity to tell their story. A photographer is a snake charmer who fascinates and beguiles us with his story.
Paco Gómez will explain where his unique photographic projects come from, including Los Modlin, which arose from photographs found in the rubbish, and Wattebled o el rastro de las cosas, in which he begins an investigation following the author of some 20th-century glass plates bought at the Rastro flea market in Madrid.
LAURA C. VARELA. COMISURA BOOKJOCKEY
19.00h
Comisura Bookjockey
Ateneu Municipal Auditorium
In this bookjockey talk, Laura C. Vela, editor of Comisura, will mix books, images and words to paint a landscape where the margins become the centre. Through Comisura's publications and her experience as an editor, she will address publishing as a form of encounter and community and the different ways of navigating paper. The strange, the hybrid and the unclassifiable intertwine in a living narrative. Borders dissolve: books sound, images speak, words are seen.
Laura C. Vela is a writer, photographer and editor (in 2021 she co-founded the publishing house Comisura). She is always putting together images and words or looking for someone to chat with. She has published several photobooks, including Como la casa mía y treinta, and a book made up entirely of words, Seismil.
LOLA NIETO. PERFORMATIVE RECITAL
20.00h
Performative poetry recital
Garden of the Ateneu Municipal
Caracol is a quest in which the body and voice become receptacles for sounds and gestures that reveal the presence of other beings, ghostly, animalistic and monstrous, that also inhabit us. It is a way of exploring a broken and open identity, which draws on the strange, the perverse and the tender to offer another, decoded way of approaching the world.
Lola Nieto has published the poetry collections Alambres (Kriller71, 2014), Tuscumbia (Harpo, 2016), Vozánica (Harpo, 2018) and Caracol (RIL editores, 2021). Following a stay in Kyoto, she has published a hybrid essay entitled La isla desnuda (The Naked Island, La Caja Books, 2024).
SHAKE A LEG. DJ NIGHT
21.00h-22.00h
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal
And to round off the day, there will be a food court with Lo Salat. Mercat & Catering and a DJ area with Shake a Leg.
Shake a Leg is a collective of DJs and vinyl collectors, formed by Davo Kan, DJ Brazo and Acme Funk. They like to play black music: Latin, soul, funk, Afro, Brazilian, gypsy, roots... respecting the original format.
SUNDAY, 5 OCTOBER
BOOKNUP. PHOTOBOOK FAIR
10.30-15.00h
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal
This year we return with a new photobook fair in the Gardens of the Municipal Athenaeum. The BOOKNUP section continues to focus on cutting-edge photography and visual arts in book, fanzine and self-published formats. Various independent publishers, magazines and art collectives are committed to promoting a cultural scene that stands out for its diversity.
We will have the participation of publishers, magazines and authors such as Faczine, Agus Busom, Fracaso Books, Ediciones Comisura, Anna Galí, Anna Jornet, Diego Ballestrasse, Ediciones Gusano, Henry Hill Books, La Mosca Ediciones, Lucía Simón and Mitmaq Ediciones.
The audience will be able to see, touch and learn about the latest photographic creations and book designs.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
11.30h. CHEMIGRAMS. PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT A CAMERA
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal
Workshop offered by the El Gra Photography Group
This activity is aimed at children and aims to introduce them to the dark and closed world of the analogue photographic laboratory. Chemigraph is a technique that uses the photosensitive materials of traditional photography but does not require a dark room and can be done in broad daylight.
Chemigrams are images obtained on light-sensitive emulsions and produced by the action of the chemical agents used during the analogue photographic process (developer, stop bath and fixer).
This is a mixed technique that produces images by combining procedures and materials typical of painting and photography without the mediation of a camera.
The participating children will find themselves in the middle of an open-air photographic laboratory and will be amazed to discover the action of light on the silver nitrates in the sensitive paper as they make their own creations.
MITMAQ COLLECTIVE SELF-PUBLISHING WORKSHOP
10.30h-13.30h
Ateneu Municipal
Workshop led by Mitmaq Ediciones
Advance registration required.
This gathering aims to propose various triggers for connecting knowledge and practices from memory, creating and producing stories and a publication from a collective voice. We will build connections that guide us towards the creation of stories that reflect our own visual sensibilities and challenge stereotypes and prejudices, thus allowing us to become our own narrators.
Mitmaq_Ediciones is a self-publishing platform dedicated to photography based in Barcelona. We accompany migrant photographers in our editorial processes and highlight stories from an anti-colonial perspective.
CLOSER. portfolio viewing
11.00h to 14.00h
Ateneu Municipal Auditorium
CLOSER is La Nuu's portfolio review. The festival aims to promote contact between emerging photographers and different professionals in the world of photography and art, both nationally and internationally.
If you have started or finished a photography project, we invite you to participate in the CLOSER section of the La Nuu festival. You will have the opportunity to show your project to various experts in the field of photography and visual arts. Photographers, designers, curators, editors and festival directors will offer their comments, advice and guidance to help you bring your work to fruition.
Advance registration is required. Check here.
DJ ZONE with SHAKE A LEG
12.30h-15.00h. SHAKE EN LEG DJ'S. Vermouth, music and photography.
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal.
Bar area, food and drink with Lo Salat. Mercat & Catering.
Culture is also leisure and a meeting place. Among all the scheduled activities, we will also have time to listen to the DJs from the Shake a Leg collective while enjoying a beer or a snack. A place to take refuge and rest, recharge your batteries and continue in the afternoon.
Shake a Leg is a collective of DJs and vinyl collectors, formed by Davo Kan, DJ Brazo and Acme Funk. They like to play black music: Latin, soul, funk, Afro, Brazilian, gypsy, roots... respecting the original format.
Saturday, 11 October
Guided visit
11.30am
Departure from the old station
Throughout October, director Carles Mercader will be giving a series of guided tours based on the different works on display in the street.
The creation and transmission of knowledge, together with the bulk of the festival's exhibitions, are the backbone of La Nuu's cultural activities. Among the various educational activities on the programme, guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most important assets and one of the sections most appreciated by the attending public.
Saturday, 18 October
Guided visit
11.30am
Departure from the old station
Throughout October, director Carles Mercader will be giving a series of guided tours based on the different works on display in the street.
The creation and transmission of knowledge, together with the bulk of the festival's exhibitions, are the backbone of La Nuu's cultural activities. Among the various educational activities on the programme, guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most important assets and one of the sections most appreciated by the attending public.
Vanessa Winship. Worshop
Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October
PATH AS A DESTINATION
Workshop by Vanessa Winship
Espai UllxUll
Advance registration required. See the call section.
Far from dictating perfection, the workshop focuses on the concept of research with all that this implies in terms of openness, sketches, discovery...
Vanessa Winship will guide you in focusing your attention on your creative process. She will begin by identifying each participant's expectations through an analysis of previous series and main sources of inspiration. Next, fun and stimulating practical exercises will guide you in your first steps in this territory.
The aim is to free yourself from the pressure of having to “take good photos” in order to seek out your relationship with the place, the landscape and its people with greater freedom.
Vanessa Winship (born 1960) is a British photographer who works on long-term projects in portraiture, landscape, reportage and documentary photography. These personal projects have been developed mainly in Eastern Europe, but also in the United States. Winship's books include Schwarzes Meer (2007), Sweet Nothings (2008) and She Dances on Jackson (2013).
Saturday, 25 October
Guided visit
11.30am
Departure from the Old Station
Throughout October, director Carles Mercader will be offering a series of guided tours based on the different works on display in the street.
The creation and transmission of knowledge, together with the bulk of the festival's exhibitions, are the backbone of La Nuu's cultural activities. Among the various educational activities on the programme, guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most important assets and one of the sections most appreciated by the attending public.
SCREEN NIGHT
20.00h. SCREEN
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal
The SCREEN section is dedicated to photographic works in audiovisual format and is linked to an international competition with a prize of 1000 euros. This year's jury is made up of Jo Sol, screenwriter and filmmaker, the curator Natasha Christia and the photographer and editor Emilie Hallard.
During the Screen night, the selected works will be screened and the jury will announce the name of this year's winning photographer.
To see the rules for participation, click here.
DANCE WITH Uku’Pacha
21.00h
Gardens of the Ateneu Municipal
Field recordings from oblivion is a work that brings together the present of dance with the immensity of audiovisual media. A woman, a man and several televisions. A journey through oblivion and dreams, against a backdrop of uninhabited landscapes. An ode to the past lives of neglected territories, composed in the era of virtuality and climate emergency. We follow a couple who dream the same dream; a dream that merges with lost landscapes. An emotional journey that guides us through a fleeting encounter into the interior of two minds, with love and oblivion as a backdrop.
Uku'Pacha is a performing arts and new technologies company that fuses theatrical language with the digital universe. Its research explores the tensions between body and virtuality, the human and the technological, creating immersive experiences and contemporary narratives.
