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Tank Festival 2019

4 Jul 2019 – 14 Jul 2019

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19:30h - 23:00h

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Free access

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Tank Festival 2019: Artists perform to defend El Tanque

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An open air performance of the artists in show at Tank Festival 2019 will claim upgrading the setting of El Tanque Cultural Space: Tank Festival is an art festival in the Canary Islands at its fifth edition in 2019. Most of its events are held at El Tanque Cultural Space of Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Tank Tenerife and linked to the history of this iconic venue, part of the industrial heritage of the city. In 1997, this former oil tank from the 1950s was preserved on site after the CEPSA refinery was dismantled to make way for new residential developments. Its adaptive reuse completed in 1998 with a design by Fernando Menis, enabled keeping its essence and original aspect of a container.

During the 5th Tank Festival, on July 6, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in the wasteland that currently surrounds the El Tanque Cultural Space of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the art works of over 30 artists will be mounted on turrets made of wooden chairs to claim in this way that this Cultural Space needs to be supported with a solid program and fitting public financing; and to remind the regional government that its setting needs to be upgraded.

The art works that will be put up on the chairs have been selected through a public call launched by the non profit Asociación Amigos del Espacio Cultural El Tanque and are made by: Volha Belevets , Nebras Turdidae, Leodesinquieto, Paz Barreiro, Jose Manuel Carrasco, Paloma Hurtado, Maica Luis, Elia Estevez Noda, Emma Jane Bach, Guillermo Vazquez Zamarbide, Lucilla Bellinii and Magalita Brincat, Claudia B Esquivel, Jose Seigar, Arancha Gómez Iriarte, Irene Morales , Desiree Omar, Émili Bermúdez, Nazareth Hernandez Gutierrez, Jose Piñas Pisaca, Cristi Pérez, Raquel García, Julia Afonso Chillón, Fernando Miñarro, Fernando Lorenzo, Jose Saucedo, Daniel Hernández Brito, Marina Valls Mir, Elba Fragoso, Brigitte Fassin, Pendientera, Nuria del Pino, Pura Marque, Romen Trujillo, Felix Dario Ruggeri.

Titled `El verano de nuestras vidas´ (The Summer of Our Lives´), this exhibition-performance will cover all disciplines to represent summer and features among its participants a proud 67% female presence. The action will be followed by Paloma Hurtado's performance dance and a Dj party.

The event is public and free of charge.

About the curator: Dulce Xerach (Tenerife, 1969) is the curator of the Festival. Degree in Law from the University of La Laguna, Master in Business Management, qualified expert in Cultural Management, Master in Management of Cultural Heritage by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and PhD in Architecture from the European University of Madrid. A solid career of cultural and business management. Professor at the European University of the Canary Islands. She is the President of the Association of Friends of El Tanque, dedicated to the defense of the Industrial Cultural Heritage. Ex-president of the Fine Arts Centre of Tenerife and the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. Writer, she is the author of several novels and collaborates in the architecture sections of the newspapers El Día de Tenerife and La Provincia de Las Palmas.

Sponsors: Tank Festival 2019 is organized by the non profit Asociación Amigos del Espacio Cultural El Tanque and is supported by Canarias Cultura en Red - Gobierno de Canarias, Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España, Cabildo de Tenerife, Fundación CajaCanarias and Fundación La Caixa.

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Dulce Xerach

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Nebras Turdidae

Daniel Hdez Brito

Jose Manuel Carrasco

Julia Afonso Chillon

Leo desinquieto

Arancha Gomez Iriarte

Felix Dario Ruggeri

Pendientera

Paz Barreiro

Emma Jane Bach

Desiree Omar

Irene Morales

Jose Seigar

Romen Trujillo

Guillermo Vasquez Zamarbide

Jose Piñas Pisaca

Elba Fragoso

Raquel Garcia

Marina Valls Mir

Emili Bermudez

Jose Saucedo

Paloma Hurtado

Fernando Miñarro

Cristi Perez

Volha Belevets

Elia Estevez Noda

Brigitte Fassin

Lucilla Bellinii

Maica Luis

Claudia B Esquivel

Nazareth Hernandez

Pura Marque

Magalita Brincat

Nuria del Pino

Fernando Lorenzo

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