
Under the title of Beckett 101, ACM (Associació per a la Cultura i l’Art Contemporani) in Mataró, Can Xalant, Centre de Creació i Pensament Contemporani de Mataró, the Municipal Agency of Culture in Mataró, H. Associació per a les Arts Contemporànies in Vic, the Contemporary Art and Culture Chair at the University of Girona and the Centre Cultural la Mercè in Girona offered a series of activities throughout 2007 as a tribute and reflection on the various works of Beckett, poet, narrator, playwright, essayist, scriptwriter for cinema, radio and TV. In Mataró the activities took place in Can Xalant and Can Palauet. The programme was as follows:
In Can Xalant: Installation by artist J. M. Cabané, Anamnesi; presented by Arnau Pons, poet.
Conference Samuel Beckett and radio art by Luz María Sánchez, sound artist.
Conference Imaginación muerta imagina: Obra para cine y televisión de Samuel Beckett presented by David Cortés and Breixo Viejo, curators of the series Samuel Beckett, obra para cine y televisión at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid
At Can Palauet: Exhibition by Jordi Cuyàs, El tamboret blanc
Round table Beckett 101 with the participation of Manuel Guerrero, writer; Víctor Sunyol, poet and Jordi Cuyàs, artist.
Conference Beckett and painting: behind contemporary history by Jordi Ibáñez, lecturer at Pompeu Fabra University, writer and author of the essay La lupa de Beckett.
Texts to download (PDF):
“On Heaps (On Anamnesys, by Josep Maria Cabané)”, Arnau Pons
“Samuel Becket and radio art”, Luz Maria Sánchez.
