Kültur Büro Barcelona & Spencer Tunick
Today, after finishing the working day… when Your Day, properly speaking, starts... I had the purpose to visit the Spencer Tunick Exhibition that takes place at Kültur Büro Barcelona.
I didn’t know anything about Tunick, until two years ago when a friend of mine explained me what was going about. In Barcelona the event was going to take place on 8th June 2003 in Montjuïc. My friend was firmly decided to take part of these controversial photographs. Finally for some reasons that now are beside the point, he didn’t participa
te in, probably, this unique happening in Barcelona. But, anyway, although I didn’t take part of it either, I really found very interesting the originality of making pictures with something as natural as naked bodys.
So, this summer when I realized that an exhibition of this artist was going to be installed, I didn’t doubt that I had to visit it. And today it has been the day.
More or less I had an idea of what I was going to see, which kind of pictures I was going to meet... but I didn’t have got any clue about the place where the exhibition was running...
http://spencertunick.com/
This place is situated in the center of Barcelona, I would say in the middle of the Raval district.
When you arrive in the front door, you are in front of an industrial building with an old black blind as an entrance gate. Just go through the door and you will be in a damaged and dark entrance. Walking some metres you will have to decide if you want to take the lift or prefer climb up the stairs… After analising the situation, I just prefer this second option, just in case…
Peculiar staircase. High steps, but too short to put all your foot on one step. Each floor with damaged wood doors and a bend floor... But, finally you arrive at the 4th floor, where KBB exists.
Paying for the ticket the girl, an Enlish one, say me, that with the 2 Eur I could see the
Exhibition and the terrace... Let’s see the Spencer Tunick Exhibition and afterwards I will take a glance to the terrace...
WOOOWWWWWWWW!!! After climbing a metal stepladder – abstain if you have vertigo – you arrive in Jamaica. An incredible terrace in the middle of Barcelona with a big sofa and an umbrella... You will find a pipe, in case you want to take a shower.... Ask to the barman-DJ boy (also an English one) for a beer... and relax, enjoy your drink and listen to the music, now reggae is playing!!
Sit down on the floor looking the people that wander about the terrace,... a guy that has taken a head-shower, a tourist girls that are talking and laughing, a couple that are driking their beers, three basque friends that are speaking about their lifes...
A special place to spend your afternoon waiting for the sunset and enjoying for living and finding these astonishing places that, at least, during some moments, help to you to forget everything of your ordinary life...
Being from nowhere and everywhere and a bit bohemian for some hours is a different way to take a breath.
http://www.kbb.org.es/
24th Joaquín Costa Street (4th floor)
I didn’t know anything about Tunick, until two years ago when a friend of mine explained me what was going about. In Barcelona the event was going to take place on 8th June 2003 in Montjuïc. My friend was firmly decided to take part of these controversial photographs. Finally for some reasons that now are beside the point, he didn’t participa
te in, probably, this unique happening in Barcelona. But, anyway, although I didn’t take part of it either, I really found very interesting the originality of making pictures with something as natural as naked bodys.So, this summer when I realized that an exhibition of this artist was going to be installed, I didn’t doubt that I had to visit it. And today it has been the day.
More or less I had an idea of what I was going to see, which kind of pictures I was going to meet... but I didn’t have got any clue about the place where the exhibition was running...
http://spencertunick.com/
This place is situated in the center of Barcelona, I would say in the middle of the Raval district.When you arrive in the front door, you are in front of an industrial building with an old black blind as an entrance gate. Just go through the door and you will be in a damaged and dark entrance. Walking some metres you will have to decide if you want to take the lift or prefer climb up the stairs… After analising the situation, I just prefer this second option, just in case…
Peculiar staircase. High steps, but too short to put all your foot on one step. Each floor with damaged wood doors and a bend floor... But, finally you arrive at the 4th floor, where KBB exists.
Paying for the ticket the girl, an Enlish one, say me, that with the 2 Eur I could see the
Exhibition and the terrace... Let’s see the Spencer Tunick Exhibition and afterwards I will take a glance to the terrace...WOOOWWWWWWWW!!! After climbing a metal stepladder – abstain if you have vertigo – you arrive in Jamaica. An incredible terrace in the middle of Barcelona with a big sofa and an umbrella... You will find a pipe, in case you want to take a shower.... Ask to the barman-DJ boy (also an English one) for a beer... and relax, enjoy your drink and listen to the music, now reggae is playing!!
Sit down on the floor looking the people that wander about the terrace,... a guy that has taken a head-shower, a tourist girls that are talking and laughing, a couple that are driking their beers, three basque friends that are speaking about their lifes...
A special place to spend your afternoon waiting for the sunset and enjoying for living and finding these astonishing places that, at least, during some moments, help to you to forget everything of your ordinary life...
Being from nowhere and everywhere and a bit bohemian for some hours is a different way to take a breath.
http://www.kbb.org.es/
24th Joaquín Costa Street (4th floor)
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