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Ten years of the PICE programme through its protagonists

Ten years of the PICE programme through its protagonists

In a world where diversity and shared experiences define our collective identity, a project emerges that celebrates the plurality of values, traditions and connections over a decade. Through the works of thousands of creators, the Programme for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture, known as PICE, has been forging bridges between cultural expressions and the aspirations of our society.

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The Cant de la Sibiŀla, from Athens to Mallorca

The Cant de la Sibiŀla, from Athens to Mallorca

The Sibiŀla is a wise woman believed to embody a prophetic spirit. Her voice foretells the fate of the year accompanied by a choir and ancient instruments. Even though it is a pagan ritual, this song is typically performed on the night of December 24, before the Midnight Mass, in churches and cathedrals in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia, Sardinia (Alghero) and French Roussillon.

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Aguilandeiros, from Grau to Suceava

Aguilandeiros, from Grau to Suceava

The Aguilandeiros de San Xuan is a winter masquerade like many others on the peninsula and in much of Europe. This winter solstice tradition brings masked characters that walk the streets of villages asking for a Christmas present.

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Europa tiene alma gitana, de Algeciras a Estambul

Europa tiene alma gitana, de Algeciras a Estambul

Desde su llegada a Europa en el siglo XIII, procedentes del noroeste de la India, y con una población actual en el continente de unos 8 millones de personas, los gitanos son la minoría más numerosa en la actual Unión Europea.

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Trashumance, from Scandinavia to Extremadura

Trashumance, from Scandinavia to Extremadura

In today’s Europe, there are only two regions in which long-distance seasonal movement of livestock continues: in the region of Scandinavia with the transhumance of reindeer and in the Iberian Peninsula with sheep.

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Avetimología Trailer

Avetimología Trailer

'Avetimología-Birdtymology' is the animated short film commissioned by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) to Sygnatia within the framework of the Cultural Program of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which tells the history of Europe and Spain through different species of birds that accompany us on a journey through history, art and nature.

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Modernism, from Vallfogona to Brussels

Modernism, from Vallfogona to Brussels

The Vallfogona Parade” was an unrealized 1879 project by the modernist architect Antoni Gaudí. Gaudí wished to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of the Rector of Vallfogona, a priest and poet of the small Catalan village of Vallfogona, with a parade with floats

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EU against dictatorships

EU against dictatorships

One of the most important missions of European Union is to ensure democracy and the rule of law, as well as to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. To confront the hatred imposed by dictatorships of some parts of Europe and the rest of the world, education is the key. This short piece of animation aims to remind us of this history to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. .

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Hurdy-Gurdy, from Alsace to Finisterre

Hurdy-Gurdy, from Alsace to Finisterre

This oneiric piece tells the story of how the hurdy-gurdy originated. This string instrument left its monastic and church settings to become a popular instrument amongst minstrels and troubadours. It was later played by pilgrims of the Camino de Santiago, and then became known throughout Europe.

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Making of 'Avetimología - Birdtymology'

Making of 'Avetimología - Birdtymology'

The short film, commissioned by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) from Sygnatia within the framework of the Cultural Program of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and directed by Xosé Zapata, includes tributes to our cultural heritage, from the painting of Velázquez , Dürer or Picasso, to our most recent history.

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Vostell Museum, from Leverkusen to Malpartida

Vostell Museum, from Leverkusen to Malpartida

Wolf Vostell, a Spanish German artist of worldwide prestige, arrived from Leverkusen to Malpartida de Cáceres in 1976 and founded the Museo Vostell, turning this Lavadero de Lanas into a critical space for the European artistic avant-garde.

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Bertsolaris, from the Alpujarra to Corsica

Bertsolaris, from the Alpujarra to Corsica

This audiovisual piece, illustrated by Andalusian cartoonist Grillante and animated by Alfonso Benítez, portrays the living tradition of improvisation, taking us a on a journey through the south of Europe whilst showing a 28-verse poem composed and told by seven different voices, each poet adding to the other’s preceding verses, very much like an exquisite cadaver.

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Accordion, from Vienna to Burgos

Accordion, from Vienna to Burgos

The accordion, invented in Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century, quickly became the ideal instrument for popular music. It arrived in Spain through the Italian workers who worked on the construction of the northern railways. From that moment on it was the instrument par excellence in parties and festivals, and with it came the dance in pairs, the "agarrao" dance.

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The Gomera Whistle. From La Gomera to Tyrol

The Gomera Whistle. From La Gomera to Tyrol

The Silbo Gomero is a language, a basic tool for shepherds who were far from each other and in turn from the towns.

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We tell you about the project "pUEnte, Illustrated Encounters"

We tell you about the project "pUEnte, Illustrated Encounters"

"pUEnte, Illustrated Encounters" is a set of 11 short animation pieces whose protagonists are musical instruments, traditions, arts, artists, stories and places that will make visible little-known and unique aspects that unite us citizens of the European Union…

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EU: The Spanish Presidency begins in Brussels with the work 'Solar Landscape' | RTVE News

EU: The Spanish Presidency begins in Brussels with the work 'Solar Landscape' | RTVE News

Spain has given the go-ahead to the presidency of the Council of the European Union with the inauguration of the artistic project 'Solar Landscape' by the artist Rocío Asensi, which has two installations in the Council building that hosts the meetings of the Twenty-seven and the European leaders summit.

Light, sun, ecological transition, energy, European values, all this is what this work wants to represent. Artistic creation is the soul of European culture and European culture is the basis of the entire construction of Europe", said the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and the European Union, Jose Manuel Albares from Brussels.

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'The Spanish intellectual exile in Puerto Rico'. The exhibition

'The Spanish intellectual exile in Puerto Rico'. The exhibition

In this video, the curator of the exhibition, Ernesto Estrella Cózar, presents this exhibition that reconstructs the broad context of Spanish intellectual exile in Puerto Rico, paying attention to the daily cultural life of these exiles (their projects, their publications, their collaborations and friendships ). Among the Spanish intellectuals and artists who made Puerto Rico their home and who participated intensely in the sociocultural life of the island are: Juan Ramón Jiménez and Zenobia Camprubí, Pau Casals, Pedro Salinas, María Zambrano, Jorge Guillén, Francisco Ayala, Federico de Onís or Aurora de Albornoz.

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About the exhibition 'The Spanish intellectual exile in Puerto Rico'

About the exhibition 'The Spanish intellectual exile in Puerto Rico'

In this video, the curator of the exhibition, Ernesto Estrella Cózar, presents this exhibition that reconstructs the broad context of Spanish intellectual exile in Puerto Rico, paying attention to the daily cultural life of these exiles (their projects, their publications, their collaborations and friendships ). Among the Spanish intellectuals and artists who made Puerto Rico their home and who participated intensely in the sociocultural life of the island are: Juan Ramón Jiménez and Zenobia Camprubí, Pau Casals, Pedro Salinas, María Zambrano, Jorge Guillén, Francisco Ayala, Federico de Onís or Aurora de Albornoz.

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Presentation of the AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2023

Presentation of the AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2023

On the occasion of the publication of the 2023 Yearbook, AC/E convened several panels of experts at the Espacio Fundación Telefónica with the authors and advisors of this year's edition to discuss the main topics of the Focus and the articles…

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MusaE 2023.Music in the State Museums

MusaE 2023.Music in the State Museums

Promoted by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Sports with the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), the MusaE project is articulated as a circuit of acoustic concerts and micro-concerts that circulates through the network of State Museums. The testimony of its success can be found in the words of the protagonists of the 2022 edition.

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Presentation of the project 'Memory of Frankfurt | Spain Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022'

Presentation of the project 'Memory of Frankfurt | Spain Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022'

On March 15, 2022, the transmedia memory of the Spain Guest of Honor project at the Frankfurt Book Fair was presented at the Goethe-Institut Madrid with the participation of María Jesús Montero Cuadrado, Minister of Finance and Public Function, María José Gálvez Salvador, General Director of the Book and Promotion of Reading, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Marián del Egido Rodríguez, director of the "Carlos Saura Center for the Conservation and Restoration of Film Collections" of the Spanish Film Library, Rosa Montero, writer and journalist, Roger Casas-Alatriste , CEO and founder of El Cañonazo Transmedia, and José Andrés Torres Mora, president of Acción Cultural Española.

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Transmedia Memory of Spain Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022

Transmedia Memory of Spain Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022

In this playlist, you can access the videos with all the recordings of the meetings that took place in the Guest of Honor Spanish Pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022.

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Pública 2023. Xacobeo a coral project

Pública 2023. Xacobeo a coral project

AC/E presented in this edition of Pública its project “Xacobeo. A route through the territories of our imaginary”. A multidisciplinary conversation that shows first-hand a collaborative project around intangible cultural heritage and artistic creation that has addressed gender, sustainability, transversality and social inclusion criteria from its outset. Artists, curators, anthropologists, photographers and participating citizens.

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We meet at Pública 2023

We meet at Pública 2023

In this video, Isabel Izquierdo, director of programming at AC/E, together with some coordinators and collaborators of our institution, present the activity program for 2023 at Pública 2023.

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That's how it was done... Nebrija, the pride of being a grammarian.

That's how it was done... Nebrija, the pride of being a grammarian.

Making of the Exhibition "Nebrija, the pride of being a grammarian" at the National Library of Spain, (2022-2023) on the occasion of the V centenary of the death of Antonio de Nebrija.

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'Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. His legacy

'Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. His legacy

Teresa Jiménez Calvente reflects on Nebrija's legacy. The exhibition brings together more than a hundred works from the National Library collections, along with others on loan from a dozen Spanish institutions, follows Nebrija's footsteps and invites you to tour Spain at the time and its centers of knowledge.

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'Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. Paintings in the exhibition

'Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. Paintings in the exhibition

A tour of the paintings that are part of the exhibition, by the hand of s and curator, Teresa Jiménez Calvente. The exhibition brings together more than a hundred works from the National Library collections, along with others on loan from a dozen Spanish institutions, follows Nebrija's footsteps and invites you to tour Spain at the time and its centers of knowledge.

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'Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. Founding Bull of the University of Alcalá

'Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. Founding Bull of the University of Alcalá

We approach this piece of the exhibition, the Bull of Alejandro VI for the foundation of the University of Alcalá, by the hand of the curator of the exhibition, Teresa Jiménez Calvente. he exhibition, in which, in addition to this work, you can visit more than a hundred works from the National Library collections, along with others on loan from a dozen Spanish institutions, follows in Nebrija's footsteps and invites you to tour the Spain of the time and its centers of knowledge.

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Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. Humanist Training

Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático'. Humanist Training

The curator of the exhibition, Teresa Jiménez Calvente, reflects on the Humanist training of Nebrija in some of the works in the exhibition. The exhibition includes a hundred works from the National Library collections, along with others on loan from a dozen Spanish institutions, follows in the footsteps of Nebrija and invites you to tour Spain at the time and its centers of knowledge.

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Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático': Introductiones Latinae

Nebrija. El orgullo de ser gramático': Introductiones Latinae

The curator of the exhibition, Teresa Jiménez Calvente, reflects on the main work of Antonio de Nebrija, "Introductiones Latinae", which constitutes the first manual of Latin grammar written in Spain and the most important text of the time for the study of Latin. The exhibition, in which, in addition to this work, you can visit more than a hundred works from the National Library collections, along with others on loan from a dozen Spanish institutions, follows Nebrija's footsteps and invites you to tour the Spain of the time and its centers of knowledge.

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