Spanish Counterculture
In the 80s of the 20th century, after the end of the Franco dictatorship, a counterculture emerged in Spain that found its main communication vehicles in magazines, fan theatres and musical groups. The most playful and internationally known manifestation of this underground culture will be known as "La movida", especially effervescent in Madrid.
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The magazine Ajoblanco, a benchmark of Spanish counterculture, is the star of an anthology exhibition in Madrid. Images of the exhibition, covers and pages of the magazine throughout its history and statements by Pepe Ribas, founder of the magazine, Valen…
65 years of LSD as the drug of counterculture. Accidentally discovered by chemist Albert Hoffman. What was intended to be a circulation stimulant became a potent hallucinogen that intellectuals and hippies turned into a pathway to creativity and a symbol …
Paintings by Juan Carlos Arguello, the 'Spring', a graphic artist who has turned his signature into a form of mural art. Statements by the artist on the acknowledgement of his work.
Interview with the members of the Ramones after a performance in Barcelona that was marked by incidents of the audience jumping over the fences and the electricity being cut off. For them, these incidents are commonplace and they think they liven up the s…
Ángel Casas interviewed David Bowie in London for TVE. Bowie discusses the time he has spent away from music production as a time to define the music he wants to make; more basic and more human with rhythm and blues as a base. He discusses his influences …
Photographer Ouka Lele talks about photography as an art form, her technique of colouring black and white photographs and portraiture as her ideal subject. Ouka Lele in her studio colouring the portrait of fashion designer Sybilla and montage of her most …
A programme dedicated to iconic twentieth-century figures in Spain who have enjoyed international importance in various fields.
Fernando Méndez Leite presents the exhibition 'Beginning and end of the underground' by the cartoonist Nazario. The cartoonist discusses the difference between the original and the reproduced drawings. He comments on his exhibition on the death of…
Diego Manrique interviews Juan José Fernández, director of the underground magazine STAR, about the problems with censorship for the continuity of the magazine, his dedication to counterculture, alternatives to official culture and the repercussions of th…
Images of the comics of Gilbert Shelton with commentary on his career as a cartoonist, with statements by Shelton on the simplicity and complexity of his drawings and the genesis of his characters. Commentary on the study of Carlos Giménez on Shelton’s ta…
Interview with Montxo Algora about the beginning of his career as a musician and his transition to drawing, his change in style after his work in New York and the different approach to work there and in Spain. Musical montage of works by Montxo Algora.
Report on underground comix in Madrid. Exhibition of various authors in a bar. Statements by the organisers on the problems of cartoonists in making a living from their work. Interview with Montxo Algora, Ceesepe, El Hortelano and Carrasco on their respec…
The underground began as a form of rejection by young people of the American way of life extended to the western world. In Spain, new forms of cultural expression have also appeared, seeking a new look at art and its forms of expression. Theatrical perfor…
Woodstock '94, a festival commemorating Woodstock '69, which brought together half a million people under the ideals of peace and love in a big three-day rock concert, has little in common with the original. Rock is now a large business for the ma…
The book Hippie delves into the heart and soul of the hippie movement. A large photographic selection of the icons of the 60s makes it easier to understand the ideas and aesthetics of a way of life that sought to break away from the previous generation by…
Nazario, a cartoonist, explaining the underground as an artistic attitude in its various facets. Nazario recalls his arrival in Barcelona. Statements by José Ribas and Mariscal on the establishment of the underground movement in Barcelona. Nazario, José R…
Montage of images of illustrations by Ceesepe, covers of satirical magazines of the time such as El Vibora, El Papus or El Jueves, photographs of the authors Nazario, Max and Ceesepe, as well as comics by various authors with commentary on the progress of…
The Madrilenian cartoonist Ceesepeque is a success in Europe and the United States. A biographical overview of his career and his work, reflecting a world full of alcohol, drugs and sex, but above all tenderness. Montage of images from his latest book …
Presentation by Paloma Chamorro and a brief biographical overview on the group Kaka de Luxe. Live performance by the group in the studio.