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Fundación Telefónica’s Cultural Spaces
The four Cultural Spaces that Fundación Telefónica has in the cities of Buenos Aires, Lima, Madrid and Santiago de Chile have become key places in the artistic and creative scene of these cities. Through them, the Foundation has shaped a cultural and artistic agenda of great quality - permanent, free and accessible to the general public. These cultural spaces also serve as a platform to support artists, both well established and new.
All the spaces are designed to find ways of bringing the tastes of society closer to culture and knowledge. They are also influential in introducing children and young people to artistic expression.
These cultural spaces continued to break attendance records in 2008, with more than 188.100 people participating in some 912 cultural initiatives held in them.
In order to stimulate creativity and imagination through an understanding
of art, the cultural spaces of Fundación Telefónica are developing several educational programs, such as “Art and New Technologies” in Educational Argentina, “Education through Art” in Chile, “Educational Activities” in Spain and “Art For Learning” in Peru, which had more than 15,800 participants in 2008.
As a result of these programs, value is added to the conventional visit to temporary exhibits in these spaces. All kinds of formative resources and complementary activities are offered– workshops, debates, lectures, etc. aimed at visitors, with special attention paid to school groups. All these activities are designed to guide the public in the interpretation of art and develop their capacity for observation and analysis.
All the spaces are designed to find ways of bringing the tastes of society closer to culture and knowledge. They are also influential in introducing children and young people to artistic expression.
These cultural spaces continued to break attendance records in 2008, with more than 188.100 people participating in some 912 cultural initiatives held in them.
Educational Programs in Cultural Spaces
of art, the cultural spaces of Fundación Telefónica are developing several educational programs, such as “Art and New Technologies” in Educational Argentina, “Education through Art” in Chile, “Educational Activities” in Spain and “Art For Learning” in Peru, which had more than 15,800 participants in 2008.
As a result of these programs, value is added to the conventional visit to temporary exhibits in these spaces. All kinds of formative resources and complementary activities are offered– workshops, debates, lectures, etc. aimed at visitors, with special attention paid to school groups. All these activities are designed to guide the public in the interpretation of art and develop their capacity for observation and analysis.
Fundación Telefónica’s Space in Argentina
Inaugurated in 2003, Fundación Telefónica’s Space in Buenos Aires was intended to stimulate encounter, reflection and exchange between different areas of culture, supporting the research, production and promotion of cultural projects and those linked to new technologies. The Space also has an added value that distinguishes it from other centers in the city: this is where art, technology and education come together and are discussed through four programs: Exhibits, Cultural Outreach, Publishing and the educational Art & Technology program, which is the only one of its kind in Argentina. The Space has technological resources and equipment on par with leading museums and cultural centers of the world: two Exhibit Halls, a Videoconferencing Room, a Media Center, a multimedia laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the Plasma Space, used for projecting video art, both national and international, and a Media Library, which holds an important collection of books, newspaper publications and audio-visual and digital material. This library was renovated in 2008.
Calle Arenales 1.540.
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
www.espacioft.org.ar
Calle Arenales 1.540.
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
www.espacioft.org.ar
Art Gallery, Inner Street Space and Auditorium in Chile
In Santiago, Chile, Fundación Telefónica has different rooms in the Telefónica CTC headquarters building, equipped with a wide range of modern facilities designed to provide different sectors of the community with access to culture in its different manifestations. Among these are the Art Gallery inaugurated in 1996, which has become a focal point for culture and education; the Inner Street Space, for developing artistic and cultural activities in various disciplines, and the Auditorium, which can hold nearly 300 people. Three years ago, the Art Gallery began the Education through Art Program, a pedagogical initiative for teachers and students, which links the art Exhibits that shown in this space with the curricular contents of basic and secondary education. In 2008, the program received an important award from the Digital Nation Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago, as it was included in the innovative book Made in Chile 2008. Fifty Case Studies in Education.
Calle Providencia 111.
Santiago de Chile.
www.telefonicachile.cl/fundacion/arteycultura/saladearte
Calle Providencia 111.
Santiago de Chile.
www.telefonicachile.cl/fundacion/arteycultura/saladearte
Exhibit Halls in Spain
To promote and exhibit contemporary art and new technologies, and their artistic applications as widely as possible, Fundación Telefónica has always had several exhibit halls located in the Telefónica’s traditional corporate buildings in Madrid. In 2008, they continued the restructuring work begun a year earlier, which has meant reshaping this unique building to adapt it for different public uses. The result is a new cultural, technological and commercial space for the Temporary Exhibit Rooms. In the near future, it will inaugurate other rooms to exhibit a broader sample of Telefónica’s Art Collections. It also includes the Museum of Telecommunications, as well as other educational spaces. With this refurbishment, there will be 5,000 square meters of areas reserved for artistic and technological displays. Its excellent location and long opening hours, plus the options of guided visits, attending lectures and participating in workshops and didactic activities have established the Fundación Telefónica galleries a strong place in Madrid’s artistic scene.
Calle Gran Vía 28.
Madrid.
www.fundacion.telefonica.com
Calle Gran Vía 28.
Madrid.
www.fundacion.telefonica.com
The Fundación Telefónica Center in Peru
Fundación Telefónica Center has been open for three years and has become one of the most attractive cultural and educational alternatives in Lima. The public can enjoy projects that are innovative in content and presentation, as well as an intense program of learning activities, research and entertainment that ranges from Exhibits of Peruvian art to seminars on new audio-visual media, workshops, concerts, videoconferences, etc. The Center has different spaces: the Parenthesis Gallery, a Media Library, a Documentation Center, a Plasma Room and a Media lab -a multimedia laboratory equipped with the latest technology where artists and researchers can develop projects combining art and new technologies. The Center focuses on two major avenues of work that simultaneously span the fields of culture and education via ICT: “Art for Learning” in cooperation with the Lima Museum of Art (MALI) and “Art, Science and New Technologies “started by Fundación Telefónica and the NGO Alta Tecnología Andina (Andean HighTechnology).
Avenida Arequipa 1.155.
Lima.
www.telefonica.com.pe/centrofundacion
Avenida Arequipa 1.155.
Lima.
www.telefonica.com.pe/centrofundacion
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