In this collection you will find information about the events that have marked the trajectory of the Tabakalera cultural project, the complete cultural program carried out since 2005 and information about the agents that have collaborated with Tabakalera.
Arteleku was a centre of art and culture dependent on the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa (1987-2014). The project was aimed at experimentation, practice and production of different artistic genres, with special emphasis on art pedagogy. This found collects the events and activities carried out in Arteleku and, as far as possible, the related documentation.
In 2016 San Sebastian was European Capital of Culture (DSS2016). The cultural capital is an initiative of the European Union whose objective is to promote the rapprochement and exchange between the different peoples of Europe. This found collects the information of the cultural program organized within this initiative in addition to the documentation generated.
This course proposes an approach to contemporary art that does not ask directly to the work what it is or what it represents. It is rather a matter of looking around it, of approaching the context in which it is produced. Each month we invite one person to prepare a session related to Tabakalera's contemporary art exhibition, with the aim of generating a kind of collective toolbox that delves into the contents of the exhibitions and activates new ideas and debates about art.
If there is one thing about works of art, it is that they are untranslatable. But at the same time we are sure that through them we can come to understand many of the mechanisms of our society. We are interested in challenging the 'I don't understand art' to build a space in which the knowledge of everyone can come into play. Let's put the machine to work.