Rafa Castañer IN RESiDENCE at the School Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

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Rafa Castañer (Barcelona, ​​1971)

I am an artist who uses different angles together, from which I develop

a narrative, a space-time with its own shape and form each time.

Drawing, cinema, comic, painting, music and performance are used in different ways in each project, to communicate a journey and tell a story. Together they build a bridge to the spectator. They are both scenic and expository.

Simultaneously, and often with my work involved, I very much enjoy the role of teacher and artistic mediator. I am committed to offering all my skills and strategies in this area, this time at the service of the people who are there and who call on me to accompany them.

 

Presentation updated in September 2023

 

School Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

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During the 1980s, Sant Adrià added two important buildings to its skyline, practically next to each other. The first was the Escola Catalunya, followed by the Institut Sant Adrià del Besòs, which was renamed the Institut Manuel Vázquez Montalbán in 2004. Both buildings were designed by architect Oriol Bohigas (1925-2021). The current name of the school refers to the writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939-2003), in permanent tribute to his role as a chronicler of life on the margins of cities and in the most invisible and forgotten spaces of everyday stories.   

Information updated as of September 2025

Participants

3rd ESO students

Teachers
Rocío León   and  Jordi Humbert

Committee and coordination
L’Afluent

Management
Consorci del Besòs and Institut de Cultura de Barcelona