JESÚS ATIENZA PHOTOS
Enjoy the exhibition from May 2nd to 9th
The puppet is an instrument that comes to life activated by an actor. From a flesh and bone Hamlet, to a cardboard Hamlet there is a path that borders the precipice. The puppet is a corpse that with its motionless face has to make the public feel that it is capable of smiling or shuddering.
The puppeteer has very few seconds to achieve this miracle. The puppet photographer has even less. A thousandth of a second after the click, the puppet will be dead again. Catching a burst of life requires skill and virtuosity. Hundreds of excellent photographers capture formidable colours and suggestions, but they do not capture the vital ray of a puppet.
Jesús Atienza has lived with puppets and puppeteers since 1977, when, looking for Harry V. Tozer's puppets, he found Pepe Otal's puppets, and from that moment, he travelled with the puppeteers in their own vans, ate, and slept with them and their puppets. All over Catalonia, all over Spain and a big part of Europe.
In 1978, he founded, with the team of his teacher Albert Guspi, the International Center of Photography of Barcelona, the CIFB. There, with the best photographers in the world, he learned to photograph the world. He chose social photography, not plastic photography. Moreover, within the social sphere, Atienza opted for what was most linked to life and death: the circus, tattoos, and puppets.
The puppet is attached to its animator by a power cable. Photographing this synergy is within the reach of very few photographers. And, among them, Jesús Atienza documents the most tender or enigmatic times, people, spaces and looks between creator and created, with a precision that borders on fright. In addition, he does it as a notary who carefully testifies to it, but who also attests to the voluptuous breaths of the puppet and the puppeteer.
Exhibition schedule: from Monday to Saturday, from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm Sunday, from 10am to 2pm
Place: La Paeria
Price: Free
The puppeteer has very few seconds to achieve this miracle. The puppet photographer has even less. A thousandth of a second after the click, the puppet will be dead again. Catching a burst of life requires skill and virtuosity. Hundreds of excellent photographers capture formidable colours and suggestions, but they do not capture the vital ray of a puppet.
Jesús Atienza has lived with puppets and puppeteers since 1977, when, looking for Harry V. Tozer's puppets, he found Pepe Otal's puppets, and from that moment, he travelled with the puppeteers in their own vans, ate, and slept with them and their puppets. All over Catalonia, all over Spain and a big part of Europe.
In 1978, he founded, with the team of his teacher Albert Guspi, the International Center of Photography of Barcelona, the CIFB. There, with the best photographers in the world, he learned to photograph the world. He chose social photography, not plastic photography. Moreover, within the social sphere, Atienza opted for what was most linked to life and death: the circus, tattoos, and puppets.
The puppet is attached to its animator by a power cable. Photographing this synergy is within the reach of very few photographers. And, among them, Jesús Atienza documents the most tender or enigmatic times, people, spaces and looks between creator and created, with a precision that borders on fright. In addition, he does it as a notary who carefully testifies to it, but who also attests to the voluptuous breaths of the puppet and the puppeteer.
Exhibition schedule: from Monday to Saturday, from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm Sunday, from 10am to 2pm
Place: La Paeria
Price: Free
VINYL WITH PUPPETS - EXHIBITION
Sample of vinyl covers in which puppets and objects are the protagonists of the records of renowned and prestigious artists.
Days: from May 1st to 31st
Schedule: from Tuesday to Friday, from 10.30am to 2pm and from 5pm to 7pm
Saturday. May 6th, from 11am to 7pm
Place: The Barrio Tatoo Lleida (c/ Alcalde Costa, 22)
Price: Free
Days: from May 1st to 31st
Schedule: from Tuesday to Friday, from 10.30am to 2pm and from 5pm to 7pm
Saturday. May 6th, from 11am to 7pm
Place: The Barrio Tatoo Lleida (c/ Alcalde Costa, 22)
Price: Free
COMPLEX UNIVERSES INSTALLATION
Andres Beladiez. Stage director and multidisciplinary artist brings us to the Fair, Complex Universes. A multimedia installation with video mapping techniques and 3D object rendering created with the Unreal 5.0 engine that explores different aspects of the LGBTQI+ community to, from an open, responsible and necessary perspective; focus on the historiography of the movement and the individual aspects that a LGBTQI+ person has to face throughout the different stages of life.
Enjoy one more time of an installation that will not leave you indifferent.
Blank paintings hung in a vacuum with simultaneous projections.
Get into the imaginary world of Andrés Beladíez for 15 minutes.
The three hours, during which the installation will be open to the public for free, the spectator will be able to enter freely.
Days and schedule: Fri. from 5pm to 8 pm and Sun. from 10am to 1pm
Place: Alfred Perenya Hall
Price: Free
Duration: 15’
Juvenile
Enjoy one more time of an installation that will not leave you indifferent.
Blank paintings hung in a vacuum with simultaneous projections.
Get into the imaginary world of Andrés Beladíez for 15 minutes.
The three hours, during which the installation will be open to the public for free, the spectator will be able to enter freely.
Days and schedule: Fri. from 5pm to 8 pm and Sun. from 10am to 1pm
Place: Alfred Perenya Hall
Price: Free
Duration: 15’
Juvenile
PUPPETS IN THE WINDOW SHOPS
Different schools participate in the puppet-building workshop organized by the Fair.
The puppets will be exhibited in the windows of the Eix Comercial, Zona Alta shops and venues of theFair from April 22th to May 19th.
MUSEU DE LLEIDA
Take advantage of the Fair and visit the Museum of Lleida
Present a ticket to any show at the Fair on May 5, 6 and 7 and they'll give you an invitation to visit the museum. If you go there until May 31, they will exchange it for a reduced ticket.
SCULPTURES AND PUPPETS
For the second year, the The Puppet Fair of Lleida, together with the Ondara de Tàrrega School of Arts, invites students to collaborate by setting the Fair's performance spaces with the presence of a sculpture, to welcome all the artists, programmers, agents and the public who visit us during those three days.
It is a project that was born with the desire to make known and empower young artists and the Ondara school, in the cultural world within the Puppet Fair.
The works will be exhibited from May 3 to 10, 2023, at the lobby of Teatre Escorxador.
PUPPET MOTION
For a few years now, some puppet, object and shadow companies have made the leap to the big screen and have produced films and short films, in which puppets and objects are the protagonists.
The Fair has always been close to these productions, presenting animated short films and movie premieres. In this edition, we reopen this cinematographic window to once again bring professionals and the public closer to short films in which puppets and objects are the main actors.
Day and schedule: Sat. 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm
Place: Public Library Projection Room
Price: Free
Duration: 30’
Family
Present a ticket to any show at the Fair on May 5, 6 and 7 and they'll give you an invitation to visit the museum. If you go there until May 31, they will exchange it for a reduced ticket.
SCULPTURES AND PUPPETS
For the second year, the The Puppet Fair of Lleida, together with the Ondara de Tàrrega School of Arts, invites students to collaborate by setting the Fair's performance spaces with the presence of a sculpture, to welcome all the artists, programmers, agents and the public who visit us during those three days.
It is a project that was born with the desire to make known and empower young artists and the Ondara school, in the cultural world within the Puppet Fair.
The works will be exhibited from May 3 to 10, 2023, at the lobby of Teatre Escorxador.
PUPPET MOTION
For a few years now, some puppet, object and shadow companies have made the leap to the big screen and have produced films and short films, in which puppets and objects are the protagonists.
The Fair has always been close to these productions, presenting animated short films and movie premieres. In this edition, we reopen this cinematographic window to once again bring professionals and the public closer to short films in which puppets and objects are the main actors.
Day and schedule: Sat. 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm
Place: Public Library Projection Room
Price: Free
Duration: 30’
Family
ON THE BILLBOARD AT THE FIRA DE TITELLES
Company: Andrea Díaz Reboredo Short film: Precuela
Language: spanish
Company: Trukitrek Short film: Balkanica
Language: english
Company: Trukitrek Short film: Can you decide
Language: english
Company: Trukitrek Short film: Things were better before
Language: english
18th PUPPET ARTISANS FAIR
La Fira hosts a series of stalls by artisans dedicated to puppets.
Days and times: May 6, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
May 7, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Place: in front of the Cathedral
8th FAMILY ARTISANS FAIR
La Fira hosts stalls of different types of crafts dedicated to the whole family.
Days and times: May 6, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
May 7, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Place: around the IEI
THE TERRACE OF THE FIRA
Space to have vermouth, lunch and dinner.
Hours: Saturday from 9 a.m. to midnight and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Place: Pl. Esteve Cuito
SCHOOL PERFORMANCES
The Centre de Titelles has been organizing the school campaign for 34 years. With the recovery of the sessions in the Fair, around 500 schoolchildren will be able to enjoy these performances
Company: Huber Marionettes
Show: Suspended Animation
Days and schedule: Monday, May 8th and Tuesday May 9th, at 11am
Place: CaixaForum
Duration: 50’
School