Kosmopolis 2013
Science, humour and lemurs
Interview with Edward St. Aubyn
Edward St. Aubyn (London, 1960) is one of the UK’s best contemporary writers. His work, often autobiographical, depicts the life and scenarios of the English aristocracy.
Llocs/ Lugares/ Places: dialogues with british writers
Debate with Edward St. Aubyn
Edward St. Aubyn (London, 1960) is one of the UK’s best contemporary writers. His work, often autobiographical, depicts the life and scenarios of the English aristocracy.
Llocs/ Lugares/ Places: dialogues with british writers
Debate with Nadeem Aslam
Although he has lived much of his life in England, Pakistan is the land that nourishes Nadeem Aslam’s literary imagination. Hence, and perhaps because “History is the third parent”, which is the opening line of his latest novel, Aslam’s writing is an in-depth exploration of both his cultural heritage, its richness and its contradictions and also the social, political and religious conflicts of Pakistan today, inside and outside its borders. Few w ...
Llocs/ Lugares/ Places: dialogues with british writers
Debate with Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher (London, 1965) is one of the most renowned and influential writers on the British literary scene today. A journalist, university lecturer and the author of seven novels, his work reflects the diversity of contemporary English society and reveals a special sensitivity ...
Interview with Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher (London, 1965) is one of the most renowned and influential writers on the British literary scene today. A journalist, university lecturer and the author of seven novels, his work reflects the diversity of contemporary English society and reveals a special sensitivity ...
The Elementary Bestiary
Tamara Vázquez Schröder
Particle tracks. (2010, April 20). Retrieved May 15, 2013, from OCW – Universitat de Barcelona Web site “In the good old days, a man would spend a year at his desk doing calculations and then send a telegram to an observatory: ‘Place the telescope at such and such position ...
The Graphic Novel and the World of Comic
Paul Gravett (comics critic), Dave McKean (illustrator), Karrie Fransman (comic book illustrator), Paul Rainey (comic book illustrator), among other authors, talk about graphic novel and the world of comic.
Kosmopolis 13. Lights on Waves
A Concert by Glissando*, Bläue and Pulpopop
A mini-concert of science-fiction songs, organised by ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, in which the audience is invited to participate with their texts.
Kosmopolis 13. Café Europa
Talk with Joana Brabo, Krzysztof Czyzewski, Juan de Diego, Eduard Escoffet, Carles Hac Mor, Josep Pedrals, Rogelio Saunders, Nermin Yildirim, Monika Zgustova and Bashkim Shehu
Dave McKean
The blue tree
Dave McKean, creator of Arkham Asylum y Sandman, among many other comics, is one of the cult authors of the illustrated genre. In this talk, McKean traces a journey through his work in comics, art, music and film.
Paul Gravett
Infinite Canvases: Twenty-First Century Comics
Paul Gravett, one of the greatest experts in comics and graphic novel in the United Kingdom, reviews the history of the British comic paying special attention to its current situation.
Kosmopolis 13. The Genome: A Literary Language?
Debate with Pau Vidal, Ricard Solé and Roderic Guigó
Jorge Carrión and Nacho Vigalondo
Battle of the series
When it comes to science fiction in the 21st century, which is at the forefront – film or television? Which language is better, more daring, more suitable, more innovative? Have series overtaken film? Are Lost, Battlestar Galactica and Fringe more interesting than Matrix and Prometheus? The film director Nacho Vigalondo and the writer Jorge Carrión debated these questions during the literature festival Kosmopolis 2013.
Kosmopolis 13. Roberto Bolaño: The Gestation of a Myth
Debate with A.G. Porta, Jorge Herralde, Jaume Vallcorba and Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas
Kosmopolis 13. Light on the Waves
Talk with David Jou, Isidre del Valle, Alícia Fernández, Joan Colomo and Marta García-Matos
Kosmopolis 13. Hojas escritas en la escalera de Jacob
Poetry recital with Olvido García Valdés and Chefa Alonso
Kosmopolis 13. Bolaño on stage
Lecture and debate by Àlex Rigola, Pablo Ley, Joan Carreras and Andreu Benito
Guide to following Kosmopolis live on Internet
Kosmopolis
Because Kosmopolis is amplified literature and because we want the festival to reach you wherever you are, we’re streaming some of the talks and activities. We’ve also programmed online coverage of the festival on Twitter so you at home can follow us and take an active part in the ...
Interview with Andreu Buenafuente
At the 2013 Kosmopolis festival, the humourist and TV producer Andreu Buenafuente spoke about humour and literature with the writer Juan José Millás. We visited one of Buenafuente's work spaces, the set of El Terrat, to interview him before his appearance at Kosmopolis. ...
Jorge Carrión & Nacho Vigalondo
Science-fiction: Series or Films?
When it comes to science fiction in the 21st century, which is at the forefront – film or television? Which language is better, more daring, more suitable, more innovative? Have series overtaken film? Are Lost, Battlestar Galactica and Fringe more interesting than Matrix and Prometheus? The film director Nacho Vigalondo and the writer Jorge Carrión debated these questions during the literature festival Kosmopolis 2013.
Kosmopolis 2013 itineraries
Kosmopolis
There is less than one month to go before the start of the seventh edition of Kosmopolis. The Amplified Literature Fest and we now have everything ready to make the CCCB the meeting place for lovers of literature during 14, 15 and 16 March. As always, the festival programme presents many new ...
Post-novels and other monsters
Jordi Carrion
Explosion! The Legacy of Jackson Pollock was the title of a recent exhibition at the Joan Miró Foundation. What was it that exploded? Painting. Right through the roof. The exhibition allowed us to see one of the ‘evolutions’ of pictorial art in the twentieth century, in terms ...
