1 10 1 https://arxiupmaragall.catalunyaeuropa.net/files/original/30/1338/19930712d_00570.pdf 980c9a4894e4fd752c5b8d8a101b2f75 PDF Text Text DEAR CITY COUNCILLORS, CONSUL GENERAL, FRIENDS, LAST YEAR, IN FEBRUARY, WE MET SOME OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS IN NEW YORK, AROUND THE TABLES OF A CATALAN RESTAURANT THERE, AFTER A RECEPTION AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART HOSTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MRS AGNES GUND. THIS WAS --FEBRUARY 92-- INDEED A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR BARCELONA AND FOR ALL OF US. IT WAS ONLY FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THE OPENING OF WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR EVENTS EVER HELD IN BARCELONA ALONG THIS CENTURY: THE OLYMPIC GAMES. BUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, BEING A HUGE SPORTS AND MEDIA EVENT, WERE NOT SO IMPORTANT IN THEMSELVES. THE GAMES WERE A PRETEXT, AN EXCUSE, FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY. A CITY WITH A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, A CITY WHICH HONORED ITS OWN TRADITION OF URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. SOME YEARS AGO, AFTER THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN 1979, THE CITY OF BARCELONA BEGUN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY. AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT AND SPECULATION, A WHOLE GENERATION --THE GENERATION THAT 1 �OPPOSED DICTATORSHIP -- ARRIVED AT THE CITY'S (AND THE COUNTRY'S) GOVERNMENT, AND SET THEMSELVES TO WORK. AT THAT MOMENT, THE EARLY 1980S, WE TOOK A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION: MR BOHIGAS, MR BUSQUETS AND MR ACEBILLO, WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. THE IDEA WAS NOT TO RELY ON THE GENERALITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN MASTER PLAN, BUT TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IN SOLVING OUR FELLOW CITIZEN'S MORE URGENT NEEDS. THE RESULT WAS WHAT MY PREDECESSOR, MAYOR NARCíS SERRA, USED TO DESCRIBE AS A "DARNING URBANISM". IT WAS PLANNING ON A SMALL SCALE, WHICH EMPHASIZED THE DESIGN QUALITY OF REPAIRS TO A DAMAGED URBAN TISSUE. WE GAVE PRIORITY TO TWO URBAN SECTORS. THE FIRST WAS TO WORK ON PUBLIC SPACES (STREETS, SQUARES AND GARDENS) BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF LOCAL LIFE. SECONDLY, WE PUT QUALITY INTO THE CITY'S SUBURBS -LACKING, GENERALLY, THE MOST ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES -- TO CONVERT THEM INTO CENTERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THIS STRATEGY WAS RECOGNISED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, WHICH GAVE THE CITY ITS AWARD IN URBAN DESIGN. IN ALL OF THESE URBAN 2 �REFORMS, THERE WAS ALWAYS A CONCERN FOR THE QUALITY OF DESIGN, NOT ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF AESTHETICS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IN THIS WAY WE POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAKING OF CITY. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM SO ESPECIALLY HAPPY THAT A GROUP OF AMERICAN ARTISTS, GATHERED AROUND A FINE AND SMART GALLERIST, JOE HELMAN, ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TO WORK HERE. BRYAN HUNT'S SCULPTURE, "RITES OF SPRING ", IN THE FORMER RAILWAY FACILITIES WHICH ARE NOW THE PARC DEL CLOT; ROY LICHTENSTEIN'S "BARCELONA HEAD", WHICH OCCUPIES A CENTRAL POSITION IN AN THE OLD HARBOUR AREA; AND BEVERLY PEPPER'S "FALLEN SKY" AND "WOODED SPIRAL" IN THE PARC DE L'ESTACIó DEL NORD, ALSO A FORNER DERELICT RAILWAY INSTALLATION, ARE THREE OF THE BETTER EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO: THAT IS, A GAMBLE ON CONTEMPORARY ART, A GAMBLE ON PUTTING SCULPTURES IN THE STREET, A GANBLE ON A RENEWAL EVEN IF CONTROVERSIAL OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES. UNFORTUNATELY, MAYBE, I MUST ADMIT THAT IT CAUSED MORE ACCLAIM THAN CONTROVERSY. I CANNOT FORGET HERE, EVEN IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TODAY, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ELLSWORTH KELLY, CLAES OLDENBURG AND HIS WIFE COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN -- �WHOSE "MATCHES" YOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE THIS PAVILION--, AND RICHARD SERRA. WE GAVE A GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OUR COLLABORATION WITH NEW YORK CULTURAL LIFE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES TWO IMPORTANT AREAS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MENTION THE VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT THE CITY OF BARCELONA HAS MAINTAINED, DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, WITH THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AND ITS DIRECTOR, RICHARD OLDENBURG. SECONDLY, THE FRIENDSHIP WITH SUCH A TOUGH CRITIC AS BOB HUGHES GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING KNOWN ELSEWHERE IN THE ATTRACTIVE, EXCITING WAY IN WHICH HE DESCRIBES THIS CITY IN HIS BOOK "BARCELONA". THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, BARCELONA IS A BETTER, RICHER AND NICER CITY. NOW THE GAMES ARE OVER, MANY OF YOU ARE ASKING ME WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS CITY. AND I MUST SAY THAT THIS CITY IS CONSOLIDATING, THANKS TO ITS OWN URBAN TRANSFORMATION, ITS LEADING ROLE AS A CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE. THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF FOUR GREAT CATALAN ARTISTS AND WRITERS: THE POETS CARLES RIBA AND J.V. FOIX, MUSICIAN FREDERIC MOMPOU AND, OF COURSE, THE MOST INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED OF ALL: �JOAN MIRó. THEY ARE A PROVE OF THE CITY'S PAST CULTURAL VITALITY. THIS STRONG CULTURAL VITALITY WAS DESTROYED BY THE CIVIL WAR AND FRANCO'S REGIME. THIS PAVILION, BUILT BY J.LL. SERT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1937 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION HELD IN PARIS AND WHICH CONTAINED PICASSO'S GERNIKA, BEARS AN EXCEPTIONAL WITNESS OF A WORLD THAT WAS THEN DEFEATED, BUT ALSO --THROUGH ITS RECONSTRUCTION-- OF A CITY WHICH HAS FINALLY REBORN. NOW, A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER MIRó'S BIRTH, WITH A RENEWED CITY, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AGAIN A CITY KNOWN BY HIS CULTURAL LIFE AND HIS DESIGN QUALITY, MAY I THANK ---AND CONGRATULATE-- YOU AGAIN, ALL OF YOU, FOR THIS. THANK YOU. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 09.01. 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