Christmas at the Museum!

This Christmas, #ImagineEsBaluard! Enjoy a programme that includes different options for all ages, among which you will find exhibitions, documentaries, family workshops and proposals to make the most original gift.

Programme

Screening of the documentary “Mientras vivas, brilla” (As long as you live, it shines) by Matías Quetglas
“Mientras vivas, brilla” is a documentary about the painter Matías Quetglas (Ciutadella, 1946) in which he recalls his own story, an emotional journey through his memories based on old videos recorded in a pine forest in flames near his studio in Ávila. Philosophical reflections, thoughts on aesthetics, research to find the place where art and life come together in a knot, are unravelled as he travels through essential spaces: his studio in Madrid, his country house in Ávila, his beloved space in Menorca.

Wednesday 13 December, at 7 pm.
With the presence of the author.
Presented by: Toni Socias (painter) and Cesc Mulet (Filmmaker).
Activity in collaboration with the Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Sebastià
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Observation of the light phenomenon of the winter solstice
The observation of the light effect that coincides with the winter solstice in La Seu de Mallorca can be seen from the terraces of Es Baluard Museu. A spectacle of light and colour that takes place in the month of December and allows you to contemplate the sunrise through the two rose windows of the Cathedral – the main rose window and the rose window on the main façade – thus creating a kind of giant kaleidoscope.

After viewing the phenomenon, the conference “Forma, belleza y función de las matemáticas en la arquitectura” will be given by Professor Encarnación Reyes, in collaboration with the Balearic Mathematics Society XEIX, with the aim of disseminating mathematical knowledge.

Sunday 17 December
7:30 a.m. Opening of the museum doors.
8:00 h Concentration at the Baluard de Sant Pere.
8:15 h Observation of the light phenomenon from the terraces of Es Baluard Museu.
8:30 h Lecture (Aljub) “Forma, belleza y función de las matemáticas en la arquitectura” by Professor Encarnación Reyes (E.T.S. Architecture. University of Valladolid).
Activity in collaboration with the Balearic Society of Mathematics XEIX
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Alek looking for Sophie. Workshop for families with children from 3 to 5 years
From a corner of the universe comes a being capable of giving life to a corner of the Museum. This character enters into the exhibition «Aimless. Confronting Imago Mundi» and finds a particular cosmos full of geometric abstractions and biomorphic forms. All this will awaken in him the desire to look for some earthlings with whom he will not stop dancing and playing.

December 16 and 23 2023 at 11 a.m.
For workshops bookings call 971 908 209
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Objects from memory. Christmas workshop for families with children from 6 to 12 years old
Following the narrative of family genealogy within the exhibition “even in a language that is not your own” by the artist Ian Waelder, he invites his father, the sculptor Juan Waelder, to offer us one of his ceramic workshops. In this workshop, father and son will activate different exercises where they will share stories and memories from our objects in order to build a collective work among all the participating families.

28th and 29th December 2023, at 11 a.m
For workshops bookings call 971 908 209
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Open doors
Visit the museum with free admission on 30 and 31 December.

Christmas at the Bookshop
This Christmas give the gift of stories, ideas, experiences… The Museum Bookshop is a space and point of reference for books on thought, essays, feminism and aesthetics, among other subjects, and where you can also find a careful selection of small and independent publishers. Make the most of the festive season and give a different kind of gift with a Member of Es Baluard card.
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