Round table
PRESS CONFERENCE
Monday, April 27th, 11:00
Fnac Triangle
Plaça Catalunya, 4.
08002, Barcelona
Web: www.fnac.es
Presentation of the third edition of Musiclip, the international Music, Audiovisual Arts & Music Videos Festival of Barcelona.
ROUND TABLE: “New challenges in the videoclip industry at the new digital era and label crisis”
Monday, April 27th, 11:30
Fnac Triangle
Plaça Catalunya, 4.
08002, Barcelona
Web: www.fnac.es
Musiclip’09 started its activities with great impetus. Six experts of the sector, all from different disciplines, participated in this panel discussion, where they exchanged opinions and ideas of which is the current situation of music videos and what the future has in store for them.
One of the conclusions of this round table was really clear: despite the current economical context, the music videos live one of their best moments: never before have been produced as many music videos than at present time. It has been said by the Director of Musiclip Festival, Carmen Sanfrancisco, that nowadays we are testimonies of a revolution, because the audio-visual culture is implemented in our society, and despite the fact that producers have lower budgets, Spain counts on works created in high quality. However, it is necessary that the whole agents of the sector work together.
The discussion panel also highlighted the precarious situations that suffer producers, and the sector’s necessity of a strong organized movement to defend its interests. But the participants also stressed that music is not only a product to be listened, but to be visually consumed. Thus, music videos must be potentiated, using also new technologies such as the digital television or the Internet 2.0.
The participants of the round table were:
Benet Román:
Graduate for UAB with a Bachelor in Communication Sciences has directed music videos and live performances for bands like Manta Ray, Australian Blonde, Niños Mutantes, Miguel Bosé, Ana Torroja o Victoria Abril, etc. Teamed up with Ignacio Julià, he has directed music TV spaces such as República 2230 & Pop Lab for BTV channel. At present he runs together with Alicia Reginat, La Chula Productions specialized in music videos, TV shows, documentary features, advertising and audiovisuals for exhibitions.
Josep Coll:
Founder partner of Asesoría Jurídica de las Artes. (ESADE) Postgraduate course Intelectual/Industrial Property, Auto-Editors Committee (P.A.E.) co-founder and coordinator, lawyer of Taller de Músics, Sindicat de Músics de Girona, Associació de Cantants i intèrprets Professionals en Llengua Catalana (ACIC), ARC Associació Professional de Representants Promotors i Managers de Catalunya, Associació de Professionals de la Dansa de Catalunya, Associació de Sales de Concerts de Catalunya (ASSAC), Associació Cultural Coordinadora Estatal de Sales Privades de Música (ACCES), Associació Musical de Mestres Directors, Associació de Figurants de Catalunya; writer, composer and performer with five works edited. He is also the Sin Papeles Record deputy president.
Ramón Faura:
Musician and architect. Founder member of Le Petit Raemon band, that has released three albums since 2002. He has played with bands such as Los Interrogantes & Azucarillo Kings. At present he is preparing his fourth album and working on the next Petrushka’s record, as well as composing the soundtrack for the latest Ferrán Calvo’s film. He is also Art History professor at Rovira i Virgil University and “Historia, Art, Arquitectura i Ciutat” Master at ETSAB. He has published several articles about Dovlatov, Claude Chabrol, Enric Miralles & Robert Rauschenberg, among other things. At the moment he is commissioner, together with Santi Ibarra and Antonio Pizza the future exhibition “Arquitectures sense lloc” that will take place at Centre d’Art Santa Mònica.
Arnau Gifreu:
UPF Social Communication PhD and graduated for UAB with a Bachelor of Media Communication. He has worked as director for Tasmania FILMS and 25 Television. Specialized in interactive formats and web content, he has worked for Formats Disseny, navegación y programación digital magazine and Observatori de Audiovisual (UPF). He has studied different postgraduated courses about TV genres and digital media, stressing the Master en Artes Digitales during 2004. At present he is about to defend his doctoral thesis in UPF centred on the interactive media and the rising convergence with other media. He is also professor at University of Vic with the Media Communication and Direction and Multimedia Production subjects; supervises Undergraduate Thesis and also is professor of Technique and Theory of the music video. Collaborates and produced reports and documentaries of many audiovisual projects.
Mamen Romero:
Graduated for UAB with a Bachelor of Media Communication, she had been contributor for the music and trend magazine called Suite and also for Radio 4 alternative music TV program Loops. She has worked also as responsible for communication and concert management for Gong Discos. Since 2007 she is Pacha TV content director, with presence in Spanish TV platforms such as ONO and Orange where they V.O.D. (Video On Demand) is launched in Spain. At the moment, she is also contributing in Mondosonoro musical magazine.
Xavier Riembau:
Graduated with a Bachelor of History of Art and one of the four Bankrobber’s fosters, a record label which has edited 20 records and works together with 8 artists: Tarannà, Guillamino, Le Petit Ramon, El Petit de Cal Eril, Mazoni, Sanjosex, El Chico con la Espina en el Costado and Espaldamaceta. He is also a vocational DJ, directs a redio program in ScannerFM, Morsambxilòfons and collaborates with Cabaret Elèctric of Icat Fm.