Centre Cultural La Nau, Sala Oberta
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Opening Hours:
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Tuesday through Friday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00.
Sundays and public holidays, from 10:00 to 14:00. Closed on Mondays.
AUGUST: From Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 14:00. Closed on Mondays.
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| Free entry |
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| © Jaume Fuster |
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Organised by:
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Vicerectorat de Cultura i Igualtat de la Universitat de València
Centre Cultural La Nau de la Universitat de València
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In the South of the Iberian Peninsula, where the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet, a battle takes place from time immemorial. A battle pitting men and fish and that took its name from the Andalusian Arabic language, the Almadraba: place where hits and fights take place; a huge labyrinth built from the bottom of the sea –the labyrinth that Llorca Baus called a «Net Castle» because of its big magnitude, arrangement and sophistication, which look like the plan of a fortress.
Following the route established by the vital cycle of the great bluefin tuna, the photographer Jaume Fuster, guided by the arráez (captain of an almadraba ship) Jacinto Vaello, starts a journey to narrate the story of his reencounter with the same rituals, smells and sounds experienced by generations and generations of almadraba workers from long ago and which constitute the living history of their homes. |
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ALMADRABA exhibition consists of 35 black-and-white pictures, digitally processed from analogue negatives in panoramic format. The exhibition will be complemented by several objects related to the world of the almadraba: miniatures of ships, pike poles, plans...
Photographers:
Jacinto Vaello (Benidorm 1923)
He is son, grandson and great-great-grandson of almadraba workers. He was arráez (captain of an almedraba ship) for the National Almedraba Consortium for almost 30 years in the almedrabas of Las Cabezas and the Umbria in Huelva; and in La Tunara, Sancti Petri and Tarifa in Cádiz. He also studied to be a ship captain, diver and radio-telegrapher. He lowered his last almadraba in 1986 in Isla Cristina, Huelva. He is currently retired.
Jaume Fuster (Benidorm 1970)
He is Professor of Artistic Photography in the School of Art and College of Design of Valencia (ESAD), doctorate from the Universitat Politècnica de València in the Department of Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and Art History. He is also a graduate in Information Sciences, Visual and Auditory Image. Universitat Politècnica de València. Between 2002 and 2006, he was producer in RTVV, Department of Audiovisual Planning and Development. Between 1997 and 2002 he was camera operator in RTVV, Canal 9.
