Inner freedomIN TIMES OF CONFUSION
By Alexis Racionero Ragué
Photo Sonia Estévez
We live in an era of confusion and discord. Just when the pandemic seemed to be letting up, the monster of war awakened. War is the Moloch that the poet Allen Ginsberg said destroyed the best minds of his generation, such as the people who believed in utopia and were the first to populate the Empordà as if it were a new Arcadia where the songs of freedom were reborn. |
The Guardians of the CoastLIGHTHOUSES, LANDSCAPE, AND HERITAGE ON THE COSTA BRAVAPerched on the hills, facing the sea, and exposed to the tramontane wind, the lighthouses are the best viewpoints when walking along the Girona coast. |
Atles lingüístic de l'EmpordàTRACEM UN MAPA AMB ALGUNES DE LES PARAULES QUE DEFINEIXEN MÉS LA VIDA I EL TARANNÀ EMPORDANESOS
By Helena Borrell
Photo Bruna Valls
En l'era de la intel·ligència artificial, demanem al ChatGPT que ens parli com un autèntic empordanès. La màquina ens adverteix que aquest parlar és una llengua no estàndard i que, per tant, pot tenir moltes variants. El resultat és, igualment, decebedor. El text que ens proposa el bot conversacional es desplega en un català estàndard perfecte, sense marques dialectals de la terra que... |
Vivaldi in the Aiguamolls de l'EmpordàUNIQUE ECOSYSTEM
By Emma Aixalà
Photo Dani Salvà
The Fluvià and Muga rivers irrigate the 5,000 hectares of crops, fields, and lagoons in the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park. Out of the total, 800 hectares form a comprehensive reserve, a valuable ecosystem that can be visited all year round thanks to a vast network of trails. |
Núria Graham"I'M GETTING TO KNOW MYSELF BETTER ALL THE TIME"
By Agus Izquierdo
Photo Ingride Ferrer
We’re chatting with the singer, songwriter, and guitarist about life in La Bisbal d’Empordà, her global tours, and her new album Cyclamen. |
Environmental risksOFFSHORE WIND POWER IN THE SEA OF L'EMPORDÀ
By Josep Lloret
Photo Sonia Estévez
Faced with the threat of climate change, we urgently need to deploy renewable energy sources and reduce consumption. Among the different renewable energy sources is offshore wind power, which has experienced a boom in the North and Baltic Seas. However, we cannot directly import the northern sea models to the Mediterranean as it has a thinner and more heterogeneous ... |
Tura Sanz Sanglas & Esther PiAN ALTERNATIVE SCULPTURE
By Eudald Camps
Photo Yayoi Sawada
Apart from hailing from Empordà, what do Tura Sanz and Esther Pi have in common? Both artists openly assume creative narratives alternative to the mainstream, challenging the hegemonic discourse of traditional art history; the work of both women addressing the ethnocentric, patriarchal perspectives that reinforce certain values over others. |
Lídia MasllorensLIVING IN PAINTING
By Eudald Camps
Photo Andrea Ferrés
Exactly one decade ago, just before winning the Vila Casas Foundation Painting Prize (2013), the artist Lídia Masllorens, proving to be light years away from any form of shrill egocentrism, defined herself as follows: "I was born in Caldes de Malavella in 1967. I currently live in Cassà de la Selva and work as an art teacher at the high school in Llagostera. I earned a Fine Arts Degree in 199... |
12 Hidden Coves to Enjoy the Costa Brava!EXPLORING THE SHORES OF BAIX AND ALT EMPORDÀBecause you'll see the sunrise, because you'll watch the sun set, because it's sheltered from the wind, because of its breathtaking views, because of the colors of its seabed... We give you a thousand reasons to explore this treasure map. |
Paratge de TudelaTHE SECOND AWAKENING
By Emma Aixalà
Photo Andrea Ferrés
It’s an inhospitable, wild, energetic, and inspiring place. Salvador Dalí himself captured shadows, shapes, and volumes here and presented them in some of his most iconic works. In the 1960s a tourist complex deformed the site and ripped its essence apart until, a few decades later, an environmental restoration project returned the purity that should never have been taken away... |
