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26/01/2004

Culture and Subculture - Programme (2)

26/01/2004 Intellectuals, communicators and artists at the converence"Culture and Subculture in the Audiovisual Era".

26/01/2004 "CULTURE AND SUBCULTURE IN THE AUDIOVISUAL ERA"

PROGRAMME

30 JANUARY. INAUGURATION DAY.
GUSTAVO BUENO
. Philosopher.
CULTURE IN THE AUDIOVISUAL ERA
CULTURE OF THE MASSES VERSUS CULTURE OF THE ELITE? Is television educating the masses and de-educating the elite?
THE MYTH OF CULTURE What is culture?
Palace of Villa Suso. 20.00 hours.

5 FEBRUARY
ROMÁN GUBERN
. Professor of Audiovisual Communication of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain and author of numerous books and essays on the cinema, television and audiovisuals.
JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA. Writer and cinema critic.
CINEMA: CULTURE OR LAW OF THE MARKET?
European Conference Palace. 20.00 hours.

6 FEBRUARY
ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ
. Director of los Guiñoles of Canal Plus.
JUAN LUIS CANO. Radio comedian and member of the duo Gomaespuma.
HUMOUR AS CULTURE. Humour, culture and satire.
European Conference Palace. 20.00 hours.

12 FEBRUARY
CARLOS HERRERA
. Journalist and writer.
THE RADIO, AS I SEE IT. Radio and popular culture.
European Conference Palace. 20.00 hours.

13 FEBRUARY
ANTONIO ALTARRIBA
. Professor of French Literature in the Faculty of Philology of the University of the Basque Country and writer
FROM THE MEDIAEVAL CATHEDRAL TO TELEVISION AS A GLASS CATHEDRAL From cathedrals as social, cultural and economic centres of their time to television as a leisure centre and epicentre of the cultural market at the present time
MANEL FUENTES. Journalist and television presenter.
TELEVISION AS A TEMPLE.
European Conference Palace. 20.00 hours.

20 FEBRUARY
MERCEDES MILÁ
. Journalist.
BORIS IZAGUIRRE. Writer and showman.
BIG BROTHER, A SOCIAL PORTRAIT? Television as a sub-cultural phenomenon.
European Conference Palace. 20.00 hours.

26 FEBRUARY
FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ-DRAGÓ
. Writer. Graduate in Romance Philology and in Modern Languages. Professor of Language, Literature and History of Spain.
TELEVISION AND LITERATURE: BAD BEDFELLOWS. The difficult alliance between culture and television.
Palace of Villa Suso. 20.00 hours.

ENTRANCE TO THE EVENTS IS FREE UNTIL ALL SEATS ARE TAKEN.