Backbone

Liam Aldous

Issue 02/15

Madrid is renowned for its bustling restaurants, but behind of every mouth-watering bite the city offer us, there is a hard-working food-producer.

Sand Under Our Feet

Beatriz Ballesteros

Issue 02/15

I open the window and a salty breeze caresses my face. I leave the house, accompanied by the rustling sound of the sand under my feet and the swaying leaves of the palm tree.

Urban Eyes, Peasant Hands

Pablo Bautista

Issue 02/15

Commissioned by his sovereign, Francisco de Goya restored country life to its rightful position, which had been—and should continue to be, the king’s residence.

A Continuous Whole

Víctor Crespo

Issue 02/15

Achieving a harmonious integration of the urban, rural and natural spheres into a continuous whole, avoiding landscape fragmentation … That is the real point.

Both

Paloma Jiménez

Issue 02/15

The consumption of local produce is a sound environmental practice that providing us with quality food and ensuring sustainable production models.

Strength

Enio Mejía

Issue 02/15

Let’s take a look at the faces and hands of those who farm the land and produce our food—we’ll immediately understand a life filled with sacrifice.

On Genes and Survival

Ángel Pardo

Issue 02/15

Here is my acknowledgement to some of the icons of the resistance, heroes and villains who, thanks to the rural gene, managed to forge—or destroy, the term ‘citizen.’

Defending Empedocles

Mario Suárez

Issue 02/15

The countryside is a scenario from which we may defend the return to the origins of total artists, their constant exploration of the land as a place from which to create.

The Grand Catharsis

Liam Aldous

Issue 01/15

Sometimes all we need to balance the gruelling monotony of the daily grind is one grand unbridled party and celebrate everything worth celebrating.

Let’s Dance …

Beatriz Ballesteros

Issue 01/15

Nowadays large-scale events are not only an excuse to celebrate but are one of the most effective platforms for promoting artists, groups and territories.

A New World

Pablo Bautista

Issue 01/15

From time immemorial, man has gathered in groups to communicate and share the landmarks of his existence—in short, to celebrate life.

Filling Public Space with Life

Víctor Crespo

Issue 01/15

Public administrations don’t only create communal space; they must also bring it to life by using it as a backdrop for the celebration of citizen events.

Festivals

Javier Martínez

Issue 01/15

At the dawn of humanity we celebrated a new life, a good hunt or a fine harvest. Today we make pilgrimages to the promised land and the delightful moment of a festival.

Human Floods

Enio Mejía

Issue 01/15

At each new festival I attend … there it is—my surprised face by the instinctive inclination of audiences to turn everything into a big party.

You Could See It Coming

Roberto Rua

Issue 01/15

Whether you’re a spectator or an organiser, the result is always the same—no soon are it’s doors closed that you’re thinking of the next event.

Celebration at 360 Degrees

Mario Suárez

Issue 01/15

Festivals have become powerful tools for communication and creative exchange that overstep the borders that delimit them.

The Perfect City

Liam Aldous

Issue 00/14

A city is an infinite patchwork of people and places. The perfect city fertilises this garden so that businesses can grow and its citizens can flourish.

The Id·eal Global City

Beatriz Ballesteros

Issue 00/14

In the race for being a great metropolis of its time, only an obstacle can push back to a city to the square one: forget which makes it different.

Urban Sculpture

Pablo Bautista

Issue 00/14

The long-awaited ‘ideal city’ exists where perfection and change aren’t enemies but allies: it tries, fails and then continues to write its history with what does work.

Administration? Accessible

Víctor Crespo

Issue 00/14

The relationship between the administration and citizenship must be reciprocal: not only shall ensure of the fulfillment of our duties but for the protection of our rights.

Something New Every Day

Rocío Guisado

Issue 00/14

The future of companies involves making the values to which they owe their success. As a reward they will have an unprecedented relationship with their territory and users.

The Imagined Place

Paloma Jiménez

Issue 00/14

The cities of the future are those that do not impose, but offer their visitors the tools they need to build their dreams—that other life they imagine.

Everyday Stories

Enio Mejía

Issue 00/14

Our encounter with the ideal city resembles an encounter with the perfect stage set in an audiovisual production: all we have to do is to find the light that makes it real.

Let’s Eat … Together

Itziar Ortega

Issue 00/14

To quote George Bernard Shaw, ‘There is no love more sincere than the love of food.’ Given that the city is a favourable scenario for sharing, let’s eat together.