Donation of the photographic collection of Josep M. Bendicho to the Museum

Last Thursday, November 10th, the Museum hosted the donation ceremony for the photograph collection of the photographer Josep M. Bendicho Esteban (1969-2016).

The event, which was attended by the Vice President of the Museum, Anna M. Lara, included the intervention of Ceci Fímia, photographer and friend of Josep M. Bendicho who has classified his photographs, and Josep M.’s niece. , the writer Núria Bendicho.

Josep M. Bendicho’s hobby started when he was only 17 years old and still a teenager. Later he started doing occasional jobs as a photographer for a magazine specializing in travel, and as a location searcher for advertisements and films, as was the case with Biutiful (2010), by Alejandro González Iñárritu.

In 2000, he gained considerable notoriety with the publication of an article in La Vanguardia about the brutality against Muslims in the town of El Ejido (Almeria).

He also worked as a film director. His first work was the short film Intensitat (2011), which he also wrote and produced. His first feature film, which he co-directed with Carlos Clausell, was Bictor Ugo (2015) and premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico).

 

Donations of pieces and photographs from the year 2022

The Museum periodically incorporates numerous donations from people, entities and institutions linked to Badalona into its collections. The objects and documents are registered, classified and documented according to their nature and characteristics, and are placed in the Museum’s reserve rooms, where they are kept in the appropriate conditions for their conservation. They can also be integrated into the Museum’s permanent exhibitions or temporary exhibitions.

We want to show our gratitude to all the people who have put their trust in us for their invaluable contribution and to help us grow the Museum of all.

 

Donations of pieces and photographs from the year 2022

Assoc Veïns del Centre, set of photographs of activities of the neighborhood association over several years; Dolors Ballester, several pieces of clothing for men and women made in Badalona; Mercè Clapés Mongay, girl’s dresses and bridesmaid’s dress from the 1968 Floral Games and wedding dress made by Badalona dressmaker Maryse from 1960; Carme Clarós Sanchez, two sets of cocktail dresses and three women’s dresses made by the Badalona dressmaker, Pedro Rovira; Rosa Colomé, two oil paintings by Martí Pujol and Concepcion Caritg; José Francisco Carrasco, set of photographs from the seventies; Gemma Dorado Platero, silver wedding reminder of Ramon Barriga and Dolors Remisa; David Ferrés Campí, digital photographs of the column with the Sagrat Cor de la Vall de Pomar; Josep Maria and Maria Rosa Fulquet Vidal, oil painting by Antoni Ros Güell; Martín Gallego, copies of the book Dragonflies Walk as well as the photographic and production material that make it up; Josep Guinot Mauchan, photographs and documents La Productora de Bòrax SA and different chemical articles; Albert Ibáñez, digital copy of photographs of the theater group S’estira i S’arronsa (seventies); Sebastià Lladó, deposit transfer of two model boats; Francesca Niubó, set of photographs (mainly Institut Albéniz); Josep Pujals Llopart work clothes from Montalifita SA; REBASA, medalist of Deutsch and Cia.; Gerard Remendo, copy of several photographs of city spaces at the end of the 20th century; Teresa Sàbat del Riu, greeting card from Badalona by Pedro Rovira; Josep M. Sabater and Coloma Lleal, donation of several photographs and negatives, and a figure of a wooden Virgin; Edelmir Sancho, copy of several photographs of activities of the Aspirantat de Santa Maria; Jaume Solà Campmany, various photographic material (negatives, photographs on paper, slides), 1980s; Glòria Vicens Hernández, three women’s dresses by Pedro Rovira; Josep Vidal Gombau, handmade crochet bedspread by Madrona Gombau.

 

MAY THE EARTH BE LIGHT ON YOU (Sit Tibi Terra Levis)

Now that the celebrations of All Saints’ Day and Day of the Dead (November 2ND) are approaching, we want to share with you some curiosities about the epitaphs with which the ancient Romans marked the graves of their loved ones.

Sit Tibi Terra Levis (STTL), “may the earth be light on you”, is undoubtedly one of the most popular Latin expressions. We find it documented in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, replacing an earlier formula: Hic situs or Sita est (HSE), “here he or she rests”. Of this last inscription, not so well known, we have precisely a witness in the Museum where you can see on display a fragment of a tombstone from the Republican era that was found in a fill, during the connection works that were carried out in the Roman Baths-Decumanus space, in 2008.

 

Tombstone fragment with incomplete inscription. Last quarter of the first century BC (MB 13290). Museum of Badalona

 

This expression, however, is not as well-known as the one that replaced it, the popular Sit Tibi Terra Levis, which some people still use today. The meaning of the expression shows the hope of those who remain that the deceased will not be long in the grave, bearing the weight of the earth, before passing on to a better life, in the case of the Roman world, in the underworld.

The first to use this phrase were the Greeks, since its origin can be found in the play Alcestes (438 BC) by the great Greek tragic poet Euripides. The sentence made a fortune and, with variations, was repeated by several classical authors, both Greek and Latin. This is how we see it in a poem by Marcial (Epigrams, 9.29) where in the last verse it is said: “May the earth be light on you and may a soft sand cover you, lest the dogs could not dig up the bones”.

 

Roman funerary inscription with the inscription Sit Tibi Terra Levis. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida

 

We find several versions of this epitaph such as: S·E·T·L, may the earth be light on him; or T·L·S, abbreviated, that the earth be light. As a curiosity, a different expression is documented much more frequently in Roman Africa, the meaning of which is very similar to the epitaph that would end up being adapted by the Christian world. It is the abbreviation OTBQ (Ossa Tibi Bene Quiescant), which could be translated as “may your bones rest well”.

In the 4th century AD is when the Christian locution R.I.P. (Requiescat In Pace) which remembers that sentence, begins to appear. In the 5th century AD, the habit of placing epitaphs completely disappeared, but it began to recover from the s. XVIII, when so much is used in the Latin version R.I.P. as in Catalan or Castilian D.E.P. (Rest in peace).

 

 

Detail of the burial of a 25-year-old woman. S. I AD Exhibition “Baetulo, Roman city”. Museum of Badalona
Whole burial of the woman, with the skeletal remains of an infant. S. I AD Museum of Badalona

 

The Museum hosts the III Roman Archeology Colloquium

Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19th, the Museum hosts the III Colloquium of Roman Archeology dedicated to Wine in Antiquity begins and will last until Friday, October 21st.

The meeting, which will bring together a hundred specialists from Spain, France, Italy or Portugal, will allow us to know about the latest developments and exchange methods, experiences and perspectives on the exciting world of wine in the Roman era.

The Congress is organized with the collaboration of the University of Barcelona, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology (ICAC), the Museum of Archeology of Catalonia, the Institute of Catalan Studies and Wine tourism DO Alella and is intended for archeology professionals. Once finished, however, we will explained you the main Badalonian contributions that derive from the colloquium in a conference of the cycle Archaeological Novelties.

PRESS RELEASE

 

Calendar of activities from October to December 2022

Here you can download the agenda of activities of the Museum where you will find our proposals for the coming months.

For further information you can call 933 841 750 or email info@museudebadalona.cat

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The Museum becomes the setting for the play Agamemnon by Teorema Teatre

On Friday, October 7th, at 8 p.m., the Museum will host the play Agamemnon produced by Teorema Teatre, based on the texts of the Greek lyric poet Iannis Ritsos.

The work narrates the return of Iphigènia to her home after many years of absence. The young woman will go to see the abandoned rooms of her late parents, King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, where the great tragedy of the Atreans took place. Their presence still resound in the rooms: the words of the father and the powerful looks of the mother.

Ritsos recovers the tragic characters and, through a deep, poetic and committed personal vision, makes them even more universal. We have, on stage, a lesson in humanity where the flaws and virtues of the military are exposed, where we can grasp the validity of the abused concepts of sacrifice, victory, success and old age. Let yourself be carried away by the senses.

In this show you will find the following Ritsos texts, translated by Joan Casas: Agamèmnon (Ἀγαμέμνων, 1970), El retorn d’Iphigènia (Η παραστή της Ιφιγένειας, 1972), Epitaph (Ἐπιτάφιος, 1936). The fragment of Epitaph that you will hear has been translated by Casas expressly for this production.

Price:
General: €20
Young people, retired and unemployed: €15
Link to buy tickets: https://www.entrapolis.com/entrades/agamnemnon/40371

Complementary free activity at Espai Betúlia on October 10th at 7pm. Conversation with the artistic team of Agamemnon, and the translator of the work from the Greek, Joan Casas.

Artistic sheet:
Author: Iannis Ritsos
Direction and dramaturgy: Gerard Bidegain and Figuerola
Translator: Joan Casas Fuster
Performers: Zúbel Arana Bernal, Oriol Genís i Vilà and Cristina Martí Ninot

Scenic space and image: Rafa Haro Galera
Sound space: Zúbel Arana Bernal
Choreography: Cristina Martí Ninot
Lighting, costumes and characterization: Alba Paituví Garcia
Assistant director: Laia Gotsens
Linguistic advice: Rosa Victòria Grac
Executive production: Teorema Teatre
Video and photography: Arnau Artigas

Co-production of Teorema Teatre and the LOLA Festival
Acknowledgments: Ery Ritsou, Júlia Genís, Jordi Raventós, Ariadna Chillida, Carme Paltor, Marta Puig, Carles Reynés, Robert Jaumeandreu, Adesiara Editorial,, Castells i Planas de Cardedeu Workshop, Tramateatre, Sala Atrium de Barcelona, ​​El Teatret d’Esparreguera and Windows bookstore.

Duration: 1 hour
With the support of the Cultural Initiative Support Office

 

The Parera Perfumery exhibition arrives at the Museum this December

On December, the Museum will present an exhibition and a book about Perfumeria Parera, a company founded in Badalona, ​​and located in the city for many years.

Precisely this 2022 marks 100 years since the appearance of its star product, Varon Dandy, which was a pioneer in the universe of men’s fragrances.

The exhibition, entitled Perfumeria Parera. 100 years of Varón Dandy, will show together a large set of flasks, some very old and of remarkable artistic value, from different private collections, and will also incorporate different advertising elements, especially from the period before the Civil War. There will also be a section dedicated to other perfume factories in Badalona.

With the exhibition, a book is published, the result of a long research carried out by the author, Núria Casals, which recounts in detail the history of Perfumery Parera and gives an overview of the other factories of the fragrances that existed in the city.

 

The Museum publishes “The lost factories of the maritime front” online

The Museum offers you this magnificent and accurate review of the history of the main factories of the Badalona seafront such as the Ribó, Domènech and Garriga cordage factories, the Unió Vidriera d’Espanya, the CAMPSA, the CACI, Lorilleux or G. de Andreis M.E., to name only some of them.

Besides the texts, which accompany the exhibition of the same name produced by the Badalona Museum, the publication also includes photographs of some of the most outstanding pieces that can be seen in the exhibition, such as objects, pictures, posters , plans and other documents that bear witness to the factories that were there, many forgotten, and the role they played in turning Badalona into a large production center.

DOWNLOAD DIGITAL BOOK (catalan)

 

The city of Baetulo joins the Arqueopodcasts of the Arqueoxarxa

The site of the Roman city of Baetulo is added to the offer of the Arqueopodcast, a digital and periodic publication in audio form, which promotes the Arqueoxarxa, through the MAC.

We invite you to explore the roots of Baetulo, one of the first foundations in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis, with the help of our director, Margarida Abras.

The Arqueopodcast program, launched in July 2021, aims to publicize the wealth and diversity of the different archaeological museums and archaeological sites in Catalonia that makes up the Arqueoxarxa, as well as other current and interesting archaeological content general.
We invite you to discover them all!

 

The cycle of talks dedicated to “The lost factories of the maritime front” continues

Next week we will restart the cycle of conferences that we have organized around the exhibition The lost factories of the maritime front and that we started on June 2nd with the talk The labor movement before the Civil War, which was offered by Dr. Joan Villarroya and Font.

On Thursday, September 8th, at 7 p.m., we will have the visit of Pier Berglund, agronomist engineer, founder of the company DAC ENVIRO SL who will tell us about The process of decontamination of the maritime front of Badalona.

During the rest of the month and while the exhibition lasts -it ends on Sunday 25th September-, other lectures have been scheduled around industrialization in Badalona and its effects, to which we invite you to join us:

Tuesday September 13th, 7 pm
Poetry recital: La punxada del passat
By Marcel Riera

Thursday September 15th, 7 pm
Lecture: The transformation of the western strip of the maritime front and the projects of the 3 chimneys
By Xavier Salvà i Rafael Argelich, architects

Thursday September 22nd, 7 pm
Lecture: The Industry and the train on the maritime front of Badalona

By Xavier Nubiola, engineer

All activities will take place in the Museum’s auditorium and are free to access until capacity is reached.