La Festa de la Lletra, 1979
The Liceu opera house seen from the stage, a shop of masks and puppets called El Ingenio, a ride on a golondrina (a sightseeing boat) around the Barcelona harbour with Carles Santos playing the piano, the municipal kennels, the popular Boqueria market, a fire-eating show and a striptease by the famous Christa Leem at the Estació de França railway station, were the different stops in the itinerary designed by Joan Brossa for an anti-touristic tour of Barcelona on 5 October 1979. Coinciding with La Festa de la Lletra festival, it was vividly documented by Colita.
Described as a ‘secular pilgrimage’ by the journalist Lluís Permanyer for an article in La Vanguardia – ‘a maliciously entertaining experience that should be repeated’ –, the tour was attended by about a hundred people and didn’t end until about three in the morning. Taking part was a mixed bag of intellectuals, architects, writers, artists, actresses, photographers, doctors, executives and all sorts of other people wanting to discover Joan Brossa’s Barcelona.
Technical details
- Original title:
- La Festa de la Lletra
- Registration number:
- 3903
- Artist:
- Colita
- Date created:
- 1979
- Date acquired:
- 2010
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Consortium
- Object type:
- Photograph
- Media:
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions:
- 33 photographs of various dimensions
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Consortium. Gift of Jaume Maymó
- Copyright:
- © Colita, A+V Agencia de Creadores Visuales
- It has accessibility resources:
- No
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