rescheduling of activities
Saturday, 24 October
Guided visit
11:30 AM
Departure from Antiga Estació
Throughout the month of October, director and curator Carles Mercader Fulquet leads several guided tours following the various works displayed across the streets.
Creation and the transmission of knowledge are, alongside the festival's core exhibition program, the backbone of La Nuu’s cultural initiatives. Among the various educational activities offered, the guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most vital assets and one of the most highly valued sections by attendees.
These routes serve to explain the curatorial vision and the thematic focus of each edition in detail and with an approachable tone. Attendees are able to ask questions and share their views and reflections. These walks through the streets of Rubí also offer a closer look at the participating photographers' work and provide a welcome opportunity for visitors from outside Rubí to stroll around and explore the city.
Thursday, 29 October
SWEAT is an image / staged lecture
"Sweat is an image / staged lecture". With Mariela Sancari and Andrea Soto-Calderón
19.30h
Can Basté Civic Centre Auditorium
Pg. de Fabra i Puig, 274, 276, Nou Barris, 08031 Barcelona
Philosopher Andrea Soto Calderón and artist Mariela Sancari will engage in a conversation about their latest publication, Sudor, a visual essay that explores the ways in which sweat, as an agent, shapes interactions with other bodies and their environment.
We have held the mistaken belief that skin is a waterproof covering, a border separating us from our environment and ensuring our autonomy and independence. On the contrary, it is an interface through which we perceive much of the sensible world. It is no coincidence that sweat is produced in the skin —in its glands—, on the outer surface that envelops us. We must think of it and treat it as an image manifesting within a system of appearances, an image that reconfigures the sensible and the visible: it disrupts the established order of bodies and their expressions, transforming what is considered presentable.
If my skin is also an inscription surface, what happens when a life experience takes the form of an image? How does it work as a system that manages, models, and enables a scene? What can we learn from sweat through the analysis of its representations? What framework is necessary to support the image of my sweat?
Friday, 30 October
SCREEN NIGHT
19.00h
Ateneu Municipal
The history of photography is also the history of the various media used to display photographic images. Until recently, museum walls, magazine pages, and books were the usual media for contemplating photographs. Solid images have dematerialized, relocating to the surface of screens.
This new and compelling ecosystem in the life of images has fostered one of La Nuu’s key sections: SCREEN.
The SCREEN section is dedicated to photographic works in audiovisual format and is tied to an international open call featuring a €1,000 prize for photographic works designed to be viewed on a screen.
The 10 selected works will be presented during La Nit SCREEN, after which the jury will announce its verdict live in front of the audience.
The jury is composed of renowned professionals, including curator Natasha Christia, screenwriter and filmmaker Jo Sol, and photographer and editor Emilie Hallard.
LIMBO. ENTRELLAÇ ART RESIDENCY & CREATION GRANT
20.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
LIMBO by Générique Mardi is a live musical performance set within a video installation, centered on a reflection on the party as a political space, located in the tension between tradition and emancipation. The projected video images feature staged scenes—a kind of still life filmed in the early morning following a fictional party—interwoven with archival footage of traditional Menorcan and Occitan dances, along with mechanically executed tutorials of party-related gestures.
Juliette Pym and Bonella Holloway, both members of the musical group Générique Mardi, were the winners of the Entrellaç creation and residency grant.
The cultural association Ull per Ull, organizer of La Nuu Festival, in collaboration with the association Es Far Cultural from Menorca and the Maison Salvan (Centre d’art et résidence d’artistes de Labège), launched the Entrellaç project.
This artistic creation, residency, and traveling exhibition project was made possible thanks to a grant awarded through the Euroregion 2024 call for projects.
Saturday, 31 October
A la deriva. Children's Workshop
"A la deriva" Children's Workshop by Jordi Oms
10.30h – 12.30h
Espai Ull per Ull
Carrer de Sante Fe 2 local 2 de Rubí
A la deriva ("Adrift") is a children's photography workshop where play, absurd humor, and imagination take center stage. Using recycled materials (cardboard, plastic, stones, branches, etc.), participants will build an initial shape. Then, guided by random prompts, they will receive new instructions encouraging them to transform the piece. Each modification will be photographed, creating a visual sequence in which shapes evolve unpredictably and can turn into a character, a setting, or an unexpected abstraction. To conclude, all the images will be printed into a concertina book, and a copy will be handed to each participant.
Jordi Oms is a graphic designer and visual artist specializing in identities and editorial projects for cultural fields. From this platform, he develops art directions based on strong concepts, experimentation with visual languages, research into popular culture, and the treatment of typography as imagery. With a background that includes teaching at higher education design schools and conducting workshops, his practice extends to collective and self-managed initiatives: he is part of the photographic group Juan Nadie, actively participates in the associative print shop L'Automàtica in Barcelona, and directs Llamp Edicions, a publishing project through which he explores editing and the materiality of print as artistic creation.
Festival Schedule
FOCUS, the main weekend of the La Nuu Festival, remains at the same location. This year, the programming will also take place at the Ateneu Municipal de Rubí. On Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd, and Sunday 4th of October, FOCUS will feature a concentrated lineup of activities tied to the exhibited works. Three days to discover and enjoy the proposals of La Nuu 2026 and experience the festival at its fullest intensity. Don't miss it!
Friday, 2 October
20h INAUGURAL OPENING
Pati de l'Ateneu Municipal
On the first day of the FOCUS weekend, we celebrate the opening of our twelfth edition, featuring an intervention by photographer Manel Esclusa, an evening filled with a DJ set and great food.
MANEL ESCLUSA. CROSSING THE SKIN
20.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
Crossing the Skin. Lecture and projection by Manel Esclusa.
Photographer Manel Esclusa will review his career by presenting his most iconic works, characterized by pushing the exploration of the effects of light and darkness to their limits. Finally, he will focus in greater detail on the SCANTAC project, which can be enjoyed this year at La Nuu.
Manel Esclusa (Vic, Catalonia, 1952) has been described as the photographer of shadows. In his photographic universe, the image does not function as a mere mirror of the visible world, but as a tool for opening up to what remains hidden. Since his beginnings in the 1970s, his career has developed as a visual and conceptual investigation into the polarity between light and darkness. For Esclusa, photography is nothing more than a way of showing what we cannot see. Thus, photographing does not consist in documenting external reality, but in revealing the deep and invisible dimension of perception. His style is characterized by visual subtlety and experimentation with space and light.
Among his most outstanding series is Naus (1983–1996), in which he forms a reflection on the night as a creative space and articulates relationships of opposition based on the object reference of the ship; Aiguallum (2000), a series that uses the reflection of light on water to generate abstract and poetic images. Another key series is Urbs de Nit (1984–2015), where he portrays cities from a dreamlike perspective, emphasizing the idea of the invisible. Manel Esclusa has recently exhibited at major institutions such as the Museu de l'Art de la Pell (Vic), Centro Internacional Niemeyer (Avilés), and Centro de Arte Alcobendas (Alcobendas). He has taught at the Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya and currently teaches at EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona, where he has influenced generations of photographers.
DJ ZONE with ALBERT X
21- 23.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
And to wrap up the day, a food area featuring Tacos Tacos and a DJ zone with Albert X.
Albert X is a DJ and producer from Rubí with over 30 years of experience in the electronic scene. A specialist in crossing musical boundaries, his sets blend indie dance, techno, house, EBM, and nineties New Beat. He has played at iconic venues such as Razzmatazz, Switch Bar, Garage 442, BeCool, and Upload in Barcelona, Cafe Berlín in Madrid, Privilege in Ibiza, and X-Club in Thessaloniki. Beyond the booth, he channels his musical passion through Archive Unit, his personal production project.
Saturday, 3 October
BOOKNUP. PHOTOBOOK AND INDEPENDENT PUBLICATIONS FAIR
10.30-20.30h
Ateneu Municipal
This year we are returning with the photobook and independent publishing fair at Ateneu Municipal, which we first launched in 2025. The BOOKNUP section continues to champion the photographic and visual avant-garde in book, zine, and self-publishing formats. Various independent publishers, magazines, and art collectives sustain, out of pure activism, a cultural sphere that excels in its offerings.
We will feature the participation of the following publishers, magazines, collectives, and authors: Jiser, Fac Zine, Editorial Mapa, David Salcedo, Toni Jerez, Sonhoras, L'automàtica, Anna Gali, Agus Busom, Ángel Herranz, Mariela Sancari, Revista Vecins, Moreno&Soria, Suzenako, Libros Menguantes, IEFC, Llamp Edicions, and Henry Hill Books (Enric Montes).
This year we are opening a new section at the fair where photographers will also be able to sell prints of their work.
Attendees will be able to look at, touch, and discover the absolute latest in photographic creation and book design.
Presentations at BOOKNUP
Book presentations at BOOKNUP. Photobook and independent publishing fair.
12.00- 1.00 h
Ateneu Municipal
The authors and publishers participating in the Booknup Fair will speak about their publications.
Tickling the Photobook
Exhibition of Children's Photobooks
10.30 - 23.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
Children are exposed to images from a very early age and also participate in their visual production. Although photobooks have proliferated in recent years, publications aimed at young audiences remain scarce and, in many cases, lacking photographic experimentation. This context creates an opportunity to foster intergenerational dialogue, explore alternative narrative formats, and address contemporary themes.
We propose a dedicated space to unpack—and challenge—our understanding of what a children's photobook can be, presenting an exhibition of children's photobooks spanning a diverse range of themes and eras. It is an invitation to imagine less rigid visual languages and reflect on the perspective from which we view children's art books, nudging them out of their comfort zone.
An exhibition curated jointly by designer and visual artist Jordi Oms; researcher, art historian, and educator Elisabetta de Lucia; and Javier Pérez Iglesias, library activist and director of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
PAREIDOLIA PHOTOMATON. Art installation by the edRA school
10.00- 23.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon in which our brain perceives faces, shapes, or familiar figures in inanimate objects or random patterns where there are actually none. Our brains are equipped with specific circuits that activate to process visual information related to faces differently from other data. This structure is called the fusiform gyrus, and in a matter of hundredths of a second, it makes us see faces both where they exist and where they do not. In the latter case, we cannot help but have the strong sensation of looking at someone, even if that someone is actually a tap or a building facade.
Pareidolia Photomaton is an interactive installation created by students from edRA Escola d'Art i Disseny de Rubí. The project invites viewers to reflect on this psychological phenomenon through the opposite approach: the photo booth takes a picture of our face and, using generative artificial intelligence, creates a portrait of our soul's landscape composed of various inanimate objects.
Guided visit
11.00h
Departure from Antiga Estació
Throughout the month of October, director and curator Carles Mercader Fulquet leads several guided tours following the various works displayed across the streets.
Creation and the transmission of knowledge are, alongside the festival's core exhibition program, the backbone of La Nuu’s cultural initiatives. Among the various educational activities offered, the guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most vital assets and one of the most highly valued sections by attendees.
These routes serve to explain the curatorial vision and the thematic focus of each edition in detail and with an approachable tone. Attendees are able to ask questions and share their views and reflections. These walks through the streets of Rubí also offer a closer look at the participating photographers' work and provide a welcome opportunity for visitors from outside Rubí to stroll around and explore the city.
GUIDED TOUR OF the exhibition Tickles in the Photobook
18.00-19.00h
Inside the Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
Exhibition curator Jordi Oms will lead a guided tour explaining the selection of children's photobooks featured in the showcase.
Jordi Oms is a graphic designer and visual artist specializing in editorial projects. As a visual artist, he uses photography, drawing, and poetic text to explore the body-territory through a situated trace, experimenting with narrative processes via artist publications. As a designer, he focuses mainly on cultural projects, with a special interest in those involving interdisciplinary collaboration. He directs Llamp Edicions, an independent publishing house that explores the materiality of print and conceives publishing as an artistic endeavor.
BOOKNUP. PHOTOBOOK and Independent Publications FAIR
10.30-15.00h
Ateneu Municipal
This year we are returning with the photobook and independent publishing fair at Ateneu Municipal, which we first launched in 2025. The BOOKNUP section continues to champion the photographic and visual avant-garde in book, zine, and self-publishing formats. Various independent publishers, magazines, and art collectives sustain, out of pure activism, a cultural sphere that excels in its offerings.
We will feature the participation of the following publishers, magazines, collectives, and authors: Jiser, Fac Zine, Editorial Mapa, David Salcedo, Toni Jerez, Sonhoras, L'automàtica, Anna Gali, Agus Busom, Ángel Herranz, Mariela Sancari, Revista Vecins, Moreno&Soria, Suzenako, Libros Menguantes, IEFC, Llamp Edicions, and Henry Hill Books (Enric Montes).
This year we are opening a new section at the fair where photographers will also be able to sell prints of their work.
Attendees will be able to look at, touch, and discover the absolute latest in photographic creation and book design.
Presentations at BOOKNUP
Book presentations at BOOKNUP. Photobook and independent publishing fair.
12.00- 1.00 h
Ateneu Municipal
The authors and publishers participating in the Booknup Fair will speak about their publications.
Tickling the Photobook
Exhibition of Children's Photobooks
10.30 - 15.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
Children are exposed to images from a very early age and also participate in their visual production. Although photobooks have proliferated in recent years, publications aimed at young audiences remain scarce and, in many cases, lacking photographic experimentation. This context creates an opportunity to foster intergenerational dialogue, explore alternative narrative formats, and address contemporary themes.
We propose a dedicated space to unpack—and challenge—our understanding of what a children's photobook can be, presenting an exhibition of children's photobooks spanning a diverse range of themes and eras. It is an invitation to imagine less rigid visual languages and reflect on the perspective from which we view children's art books, nudging them out of their comfort zone.
An exhibition curated jointly by designer and visual artist Jordi Oms; researcher, art historian, and educator Elisabetta de Lucia; and Javier Pérez Iglesias, library activist and director of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
CLOSER. portfolio viewing
10.30– 14.00h
Sala Noble (Noble Hall) at Ateneu Municipal
CLOSER is La Nuu's portfolio review. Through this initiative, the festival aims to connect emerging photographers with key professionals from the photographic and art worlds, both nationally and internationally.
This year's reviewers are Nerea Campo (writer, curator, and co-director of the Ex Abrupto festival), Diana Padrón (researcher, educator, and curator), Mariela Sancari (photographer and founder of FOLIO, the photobook collection at the Centro de la Imagen library in Mexico City), Marta Dahó (curator, researcher, and educator), and Flor Vacherand (cultural programmer and curator of photographic exhibitions at Centre Cívic Pati Llimona).
Prior registration required.
DJ ZONE with L'X
13.00-15.00h
Ateneu Municipal de Rubí
Bar area, music, and photography.
Culture is also leisure and a meeting place. Among all the scheduled activities, we will also have time to listen to DJ L'X's set while enjoying some refreshments.
Between timeless classics and energetic rhythms, L'X's sessions explore the connection between nostalgic melodies, vibrant beats, and contagious grooves as a invitation for collective celebration where letting go and dancing becomes a shared language.
Saturday, 10 October
Guided visit
11:30 AM
Departure from Antiga Estació
Throughout the month of October, director and curator Carles Mercader Fulquet leads several guided tours following the various works displayed across the streets.
Creation and the transmission of knowledge are, alongside the festival's core exhibition program, the backbone of La Nuu’s cultural initiatives. Among the various educational activities offered, the guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most vital assets and one of the most highly valued sections by attendees.
These routes serve to explain the curatorial vision and the thematic focus of each edition in detail and with an approachable tone. Attendees are able to ask questions and share their views and reflections. These walks through the streets of Rubí also offer a closer look at the participating photographers' work and provide a welcome opportunity for visitors from outside Rubí to stroll around and explore the city.
Saturday, 17 October
Guided visit
11:30 AM
Departure from Antiga Estació
Throughout the month of October, director and curator Carles Mercader Fulquet leads several guided tours following the various works displayed across the streets.
Creation and the transmission of knowledge are, alongside the festival's core exhibition program, the backbone of La Nuu’s cultural initiatives. Among the various educational activities offered, the guided tours have become one of La Nuu's most vital assets and one of the most highly valued sections by attendees.
These routes serve to explain the curatorial vision and the thematic focus of each edition in detail and with an approachable tone. Attendees are able to ask questions and share their views and reflections. These walks through the streets of Rubí also offer a closer look at the participating photographers' work and provide a welcome opportunity for visitors from outside Rubí to stroll around and explore the city.
"Sweat is an image / staged lecture".
"Sweat is an image / staged lecture". With Mariela Sancari and Andrea Soto-Calderón
19.00h
Can Basté Civic Centre Auditorium
Pg. de Fabra i Puig, 274, 276, Nou Barris, 08031 Barcelona
Philosopher Andrea Soto Calderón and artist Mariela Sancari will engage in a conversation about their latest publication, Sudor, a visual essay that explores the ways in which sweat, as an agent, shapes interactions with other bodies and their environment.
We have held the mistaken belief that skin is a waterproof covering, a border separating us from our environment and ensuring our autonomy and independence. On the contrary, it is an interface through which we perceive much of the sensible world. It is no coincidence that sweat is produced in the skin —in its glands—, on the outer surface that envelops us. We must think of it and treat it as an image manifesting within a system of appearances, an image that reconfigures the sensible and the visible: it disrupts the established order of bodies and their expressions, transforming what is considered presentable.
If my skin is also an inscription surface, what happens when a life experience takes the form of an image? How does it work as a system that manages, models, and enables a scene? What can we learn from sweat through the analysis of its representations? What framework is necessary to support the image of my sweat?
