Course ' Territories, cities, women and supermen'

The following organisations have collaborated in the masterclass: The Tarragona School of Art and Design (EADT), through a programme of grants for contemporary artistic projects, given by Euroregion Pirineus-Mediterrània, the SCAN 09 photographic festival, the Centre de Photographie de Lectoure, the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, and Associació Imatge Serena and the Maó School of Art.

Jordi Bernadó is interested in photography as a means of explaining the city, architecture and the contemporary landscape. His understanding of photography is that of a path to knowledge. His ambition and rigour in the decodification of his surroundings has translated into an extensive body of work, both personal and complex. Contradiction, absurdity, chance and irony are the elements that Jordi Bernadó plays with in order to illustrate what surrounds him.

 The course is both theoretical and practical in nature, and analyses and looks at territory, understanding it from an artistic and contemporary perspective, as a combination of visions and dialogues meeting in the public sphere.

There is still time to sign up for this masterclass, open to artists and professionals with experience in territorial photography, who will be selected through the presentation of a dossier of their work. Those interested in participating have until 14 April to present their portfolio and take up one of the fifteen available places. In accordance with the Euroregion subvention, some of the students signed up will receive a grant in order to carry out a project connected with territory, in one of the collaborating areas of the Euroregion project.

SCAN Cinema

In tandem with the course, two emblematic films related to the theme will be shown. Cinema has always been a great explorer of place, and the moving image dynamises and brings the subjective perception of territory nearer. The first of these films is Easy Rider, one of the greats of 1960s American cinema. It will be shown on Monday 11 May at 19h. Innisfree, by José Luís Guerín, is the second film and will be shown on Tuesday 12 May at 19h

“Territories, cities, women and supermen”
Masterclass by the photographer Jordi Bernadó
11, 12, 13 and 14 May, at the Tarragona School of Art and Design
Timetable: 9.30 to 14 h and 16 to 18 h
Information and inscriptions: www.eadt.altanet.org
Price: 180 euros

Cinema
Organised by: Aula de Cinema, Rovira and Virgili University, Tarragona
Aula Magna, Law Faculty
Avinguda de Catalunya, 35 (Tarragona Centre Campus)
43002 Tarragona