12th Territiorios Sevilla 2009 - Monasterio de la Cartuja

12th Territorios Seville 2009


28th , 29th and 30th of May 2009

At

Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art (C.A.A.C)
(Monasterio de la Cartuja)

Seville - Andalusia - Spain

On the 28th , 29th and 30th of May 2009 the old renovated Monastery Saint Maria of the Caves in Seville, “Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas”, will again receive thousands of festival lovers to celebrate three days of love, peace and music... Contemporary music for all types of people with an amazing mix of national and international artists bringing you Independent Rock, Alternative, World Music, Indie, Hip Hop, and so much more, like Electro, Eclectic, Lounge and Industrial.




Emir Kusturica


Some of the names on the program were already known for a while, like Ojos de Brujo, Wilco and DeLaSoul and The No Smoking Orchestra with the unmatched Emir Kusturica, for example, but the organisation now completed the list of artists who will perform for all 3 days. Important names in contemporary music like the Beastie Boys’ DJ Mixmaster Mix, Cycle, Diplo and DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill confirmed their presence.


MixMaster Mike (DJ Beastie Boys)




The festival is divided in three themes: on Thursday 28th you can feel the world music vibes with TERRITORIOS MESTIZOS, on Friday 29th you shake and rock on TERRITORIOS POP / ROCK / ELECTRONICA and on Saturday 30th of May you break and dance on the hip hop beats on TERRITORIOS HIP HOP.

Detailed Schedule of the Festival/Programa Festival

Thursday 28th of May 2009 - Jueves 28 de Mayo 2009
Friday 29th of May 2009 - Viernes 29 de Mayo 2009
Saturday 30th of May 2009 - Sábado 30 de Mayo 2009



Monastery Saint Maria of the Caves in Seville
“Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas”

HISTORY OF THE MONASTERY
In February 1990 the Andalusia Government (Junta de Andalucia) gave green light to reform the old Monastery Saint Maria of the Caves in Seville (“Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas”), situated on the right bank of the Guadalquivir River just in front of the Seville city centre. (direction Itálica and Aljarafe).

In the past they built here a number of ovens to create ceramics because of the huge amount of clay and mud on this spot. According to the legend it was in one of these ovens that back in 1248 appeared a Virgin. That’s why it is called The Virgin of the Caves (Virgen de la Cuevas).


To worship this image they first installed here a hermitage and in 1399, Gonzalo de Mena, Bishop of Seville by that time, founded the Monastery de la Cartuja donating more sites to the convention.


Don Gonzalo de Mena


In its 6 centuries of existence the Cartuja has gone through moments of big glory but also of grave crisis. Because of its geographical situation, right next to the Guadalquivir River, the Monastery has been going through several, almost annually, floodings. But thanks to some wealthy families in Seville, like the Mena, the Ribera and the Veraguas, the Convention was economically protected to maintain their existence.

It was also in this Monastery the residues of Christopher Columbus were kept for more than 30 years. Frequently Columbus visited the Convention and also enjoined its hospitality towards him to prepare his second trip.

Santa María de las Cuevas or Saint Maria of the Caves was the spiritual retreat of Philip II and also frequently visited by important persons in Seville history like Arias Montano or Teresa de Jesús, and all Spanish kings visiting Seville. Throughout history the Monastery could create an amazing artistically treasure with works from important Spanish artists like Alejo Fernández, Durero, Pace Gazini and Aprile de Carona; Montañés and Mesa; Murillo, Cano and Zurbarán; Pedro Roldán, Duque Cornejo, etc.

Apart from being a stable monument, the Cartuja was also an immured city with continuous changes. In 1810, during Napoleon’s invasion in Spain, all Monasteries were banned and invaded by the French, reforming them into army barracks for the French troops. The monks escaped to Portugal and came back in 1812 to be permanently expelled in 1836 by the Repression of Mendizábal.


Desolated and tattered the Monastery was taken over by the English business man Charles Pickman who installed a crockery and china factory in 1841. For the needs of the manufacturing of crockery and china several chimneys and 10 ovens, of which 5 are still upright, were built and gave the final look of the monastery. The factory kept on being active till 1982.

In 1986 the Andalusia Government started to reform and rebuilt the Monastery with the idea to reserve all essential activities from the past. In this context they installed at the plot of the Monastery an Investigation and Cultural Centre, back in 1989.

Additional works were later on be done for the World Expo 1992 in Seville, to change finally into the Andalusia Centre of Contemporary Art (CAAC) in 1997. The Centre was created with the aim of giving the local community an institution for the research, conservation and promotion of contemporary art. Later the centre began to acquire the first works in its permanent collection of contemporary art.

The CAAC, an autonomous organisation dependent on the Andalusian Government (Junta de Andalucía), took over the collections of the former Conjunto Monumental de la Cartuja (Cartuja Monument Centre) and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla (Contemporary Art Museum of Seville).

From the outset, one of the main aims of the centre has been to develop a programme of activities attempting to promote the study of contemporary international artistic creation in all its facets. Temporary exhibitions, seminars, workshops, concerts, meetings, recitals, film cycles and lectures have been the communication tools used to fulfil this aim.

The centre's programme of cultural activities is complemented by a visit to the monastery itself, which houses an important part of our artistic and archaeological heritage, a product of our long history.

CONTEMPORARY ART

Permanent Collection




From a chronological point of view, the CAAC collection can said to date from 1957, the year in which Equipo 57 became known. The permanent collection includes pieces by Luis Gordillo, Candida Hofer, Rebecca Horn, Pablo Palazuelo, Joseph Kosuth and Louise Bourgeois. It focuses in particular on the history of contemporary Andalusian creativity and its relationship with other national and international artistic contexts.


Some works of Equipo57


To complement their visit to the centre, visitors may also see the historical grounds of the former monastery which includes the old chain door, atrium, chapels of Santa Catalina, San Bruno, Santa Ana, Profundis and la Magdalena, the priory cell, church, the sacristy, cloisters, monks' chapter, refectory, gardens and orchards.


Installation from Joseph Kosuth


Since 1994 the centre has organised a series of themed exhibitions relating to different aspects of the Monastery in which pieces from its archives address relevant events in contemporary aesthetic creation.


Louise Bourgeois



Documentation Centre Library

At present the Library contains over 26,000 volumes concerning multiple aspects of contemporary art, with particular interest in exhibition catalogues from the 1960s to the present and numerous facsimiles. The Library also subscribes to almost a hundred periodical publications and has an important collection of exhibition leaflets, posters, audiovisual material, etc.


More info CAAC at:

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/caac/english/frame.htm