Schedule for this month

The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, together with the Spanish Cultural Centre / Instituto Cervantes in Sydney welcome internationally renowned Architects Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz of Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitecto to Sydney for a very special lecture.

The picturesque aesthetics strongly introduce the topic of the interiors in architecture; the refuge, the cabin, the cavern, the cave, as needs of modern man in view of the nature, surrounded by the nature. It is a double innovation, the proximity with the land not associated with the work and simultaneously the isolation, the feeling of the physical and moral weight of the geology on human knowledge. Curiously, it is a need systematicly associated with the maturity, with a certain age, as if outward appearance and exteriority were associated with the youth, and interior and isolation were the spatial forms of the maturity. Le Corbusier, Juan O'Gorman, Cesar Manrique are, already in the XXth century, exemplary of this movement from the aereal to the gravitational, from the outlook and the light to the fold in the land. In our work we have felt attracted by this slide, in the first moment of literally picturesque form, resorting to architecture excavated in the rock to expand the experience of the park in the city. Afterwards we have found in the urban infrastructures the occasion to transmute this literal idea into a kind of "public interior" that implies both an interesting thermodynamic behaviour of the buildings, and a somatic experience of the individuals. To that end we resort without establishing independent territories to the disciplines of Architecture, Landscape and  Environment as an unitarian universe of creative techniques.

This will be the only chance to hear Ábalos+Sentkiewicz following the 2012 National Architecture Event in Brisbane this May.

When: Wednesday May 16 | Drinks start at 6:30pm with the lecture to commence at 7pm

Where: Drinks to be held in the New Law School Annex (http://bit.ly/ISJRRR), with lecture to follow in Theatre 101.

“Sense of Surroundings” is a series of street photography and candid environmental portraiture of  Spain in 2010, by the photographer Josh Wodak. This exhibition depicts Wodak’s spontaneous responses to making sense of his Spanish surroundings: of cultural/physical environments and fellow humans enveloped within these surroundings. Human subjects appear to relate to their surrounding environments as seemingly small elements in the compositions, to express the relationship between infinitesimal life slices amidst the flux of the wider world. 

This exhibition is part of Head On Photo Festival 2012 (http://headon.com.au/).

On this occasion the Director and Producer of La Esmeralda 1879, Mr. Elias Llanos, will be visiting Sydney and giving a special introduction to the film.  The events involving the Esmeralda in 1879 are considered one of the most significant events in the history of Chilean warfare and are of great importance to the nation.

The screening has the support of Armada de Chile and Grupo Antofagasta Minerals.

The screening will be followed by some wine and empanadas.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Castle Cove Public School (NSW).

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms.

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Kur-ring-gai Creative Arts High School (NSW).

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms.

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Marrickville West Primary School (NSW).

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms.

Angela (Maribel Verdú) and her son Guille travel to the big city to see Leo, her father and the boy's grandfather, when he suddenly takes ill. However, they arrive to discover that he has just passed away. Charo (Blanca Portillo), the dead man's mistress, explains the dire straits suffered by the paternal business: a hall with seven billiard tables. Charo is convinced that the only way to pay off the debts is to sell the place. However, Angela learns that her husband has disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Given this painful reality, Angela resolves to get on and rebuild her life. And the first thing she decides to do is put her savings into getting the old place and its seven tables back up on its feet.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

* Coffee will be served to guests with admission tickets from 10:30 am.