Hay Forum Sevilla 2024

Baby boomers, Spain 82´s football mascot Naranjito, the Spanish transition to democracy, la movida (The Madrid Scene), la mili (compulsory military service) and so on and so forth. Each generation has its own touchstones that shape the narrative legacy they leave to what future generations will call history. What legacy will Generation Z – or “Generation Screen” - leave? The climate crisis? Artificial intelligence? 50 young people will come together to reflect on what narrative they want to leave to history. They will explore actions they want to take so as not to be remembered as the generation of dangers, challenges and crises, but as a generation with dreams, passions and the motivation to leave a world a little brighter than the one they found. All this reflection will take place in spaces that break traditional moulds: participative, artistic, fun and creative spaces. They will be guided by artists and facilitators specialised in social and cultural innovation.

Led by its CEO, Kike Labián, Kubbo brings together interdisciplinary artists who seek to address social challenges of the 21st century such as education, equality or ecology. A living example of his activity is 'Mayumana', a dance and percussion show that visually and emotionally captures the viewer through dance and percussion. Energy, rhythm, creativity, emotion and humor to ensure that joy prevails even over art.

The project is divided in two sessions:

• First session: 10:00 - 14:00 h
• Second session: 16:30 - 18:30 h

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Culture is everything that shapes people, from our everyday habits to our tastes and preferences. And cuisine can play an important role in the attempt to learn about others and strengthen mutual understanding. Portuguese chef Fabio Bernardino will lead a workshop on gastronomy for the students of the Escuela de Hostelería de Sevilla (Seville Hotel and Catering School). While preparing his dishes, he will talk to them about the Mediterranean diet, which has the UNESCO status of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This is not only about culinary culture, but also about culture in its entirety, as an organism that morphs and adapts, seeks to understand differences, and creates links between societies.

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Fashion, design and the urban environment are so inextricably bound together they eventually merge to deliver a common message. The evolution of artistic impulses, and their creators and promoters are capable of generating changes that permeate society in many different areas, from the most sublime to the everyday.

Eloy Martínez de la Pera Celada, a European Union diplomat, cultural manager and curator of art and fashion exhibitions, will explore this phenomenon. His most recent art exhibition projects include Sorolla and Fashion, at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza; curating Spain's participation in the International Arts and Crafts Biennial in Paris; and the exhibition Balenciaga and Spanish Painting, also for the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. In addition to participating in the conceptualisation and development of art projects for leading museums in Spain, he has also played key roles within the art world. These include head of the ARCO Prize for Artistic Creation, art curator for Absolut, artistic advisor and ambassador for Chanel, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees of the Cristóbal Balenciaga Foundation.

Martínez de la Pera will be in conversation with Sofía Barroso. She has organised ARCO's collectors' programme since its creation, was a member of the board of directors of the Friends of ARCO (2000-2006), and is currently a member of the board of trustees of both the Jakober Foundation and the Zuloaga Foundation. Their discussion will be moderated by Joaquín López-Sáez, director of COPE Andalucía and the COPE Sevilla radio station.

At 18:00 there will be a reception, the event will start afterwards

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British filmmaker Stephen Frears has without doubt been one of the most influential filmmakers over recent decades, with many of his films having become cultural touchstones. His movies are known for their exploration of social class, and historical and cultural contexts, in both biographical and fictional narratives. Above all, they display their own distinctive and very personal style, making Frears a true master of the seventh art of cinema.

The Queen (2006; 97 minutes). After the death of Princess Diana of Wales in a car accident in Paris in August 1997, Queen Elizabeth II was faced with an unforeseeable chain of events that came close to irreparably and irrevocably damaging the British Crown. Full of wit and pathos, the film paints a magnificent portrait of the royals and especially Elizabeth II (majestically portrayed by Helen Mirren) in the days following Diana's death. The film focuses in particular on the relationship between the Queen and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen). The film won an Oscar, two Golden Globes and two BAFTA.

The film will be presented by Irene Hernández Velasco and Marta Medina. Journalist, Hernández Velasco has worked at El Mundo, where she was correspondent in New York, Rome, London and Paris. She joined El Confidencial as is head of the culture section in 2023. Medina has been a film critic for El Confidencial since 2016 and is a regular contributor to Historia de nuestro cine on TVE 2.

The screening will be in the original English version with subtitles in Spanish

Reinier de Graaf is an architect and partner at the prestigious Dutch firm OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture). De Graaf, always challenging common norms and pushing boundaries, co-founded AMO, the think tank of the OMA (Architectural Media Objects). This part of the firm is responsible for developing conceptual projects and research initiatives that extend beyond the realm of traditional architectural practice and engages in important research and publication.

De Graaf, with an insightful and penetrating mind, ever questions the role of architects in our rapidly changing societies and why the relevance of the profession is in danger. Author of “must-read” books, such as Architect – Verb, a book tracing the history of the terms dominating architecture discourse today. He will engage in a rousing dialogue with Martha Thorne, urbanist and senior advisor to the forward-looking , international prize in favour of people and the planet, the OBEL Award.

The event is presented by the cultural attaché of the Netherlands embassy in Spain, Hannah Schildt.

There will be a reception at 20:00, the event will start afterwards.

Event in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish

British filmmaker Stephen Frears has without doubt been one of the most influential filmmakers over recent decades, with many of his films having become cultural touchstones. His movies are known for their exploration of social class, and historical and cultural contexts, in both biographical and fictional narratives. Above all, they display their own distinctive and very personal style, making Frears a true master of the seventh art of cinema.

Dangerous Liaisons (1988; 120 minutes). A blockbuster set in pre-revolutionary France, with an all-star cast (Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves) and a deliciously perverse cast. Close plays the villainous Marquise de Merteuil, who, having been dumped by her latest lover to marry the young and virtuous Cecile de Volanges, decides to take her revenge. To do so, she turns to the Viscount of Valmont, a former lover with whom she shares an appetite for the game of seduction. Valmont's mission is to corrupt the chaste Cecile. The film has won numerous awards, including three Oscars.

The State of the Union (2019; 10 minutes). TV series written by Nick Hornby and directed by Frears. It tells the story of a married couple in crisis who attend couples' counselling sessions and who, before going to the psychologist each week, meet in a pub to go through it all: the past, their differences and complicities, sex and love, infidelity, expectations and disappointments, even Brexit.

The film and the series will be presented by Irene Hernández Velasco and Marta Medina. Journalist, Hernández Velasco has worked at El Mundo, where she was correspondent in New York, Rome, London and Paris. She joined El Confidencial as is head of the culture section in 2023. Medina has been a film critic for El Confidencial since 2016 and is a regular contributor to Historia de nuestro cine on TVE 2.

The screening will be in the original English version with subtitles in Spanish