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Starting next weekend, the book "Músicas en un cartel" will be on sale. Image of the San Javier Jazz Festival, a pioneering book in Spain that gathers the history of the 20 years of existence of the Jazz Festival through Of the analysis of its image in the posters that have announced each of its editions.
Their authors, Julián Díaz and Pilar Escanero, professors of History of Art at the University of Castilla-La Mancha and Universidad Miguel Hernández, respectively, make an approximation to the theory of the poster and its contextualization in the artistic avant-garde in this work that implies the The first bibliographic contribution to the Festival, as noted by the Mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo during the presentation of the book with the authors, the director of the festival Alberto Nieto and the Councilor for Culture, David Martinez.
The book, edited by the City Council of San Javier also offers a graphic history of the festival through the detailed study of the posters, which in the first six editions signed Jorge Martinez de "Germinal", and later and until now Ramón Torres Of "Grafyco" that "managed to find the image of the festival," said Nieto.
Alberto Nieto highlighted the importance that Jazz San Javier has given the cartel.
"There are only three Jazz festivals that give so much importance to its image, New Orleans, in the United States, Vienne in France and San Javier."
Nieto stressed the importance of this book for the Festival of San Javier and stressed the fact that its authors are "faithful followers" of it.
It was precisely during a concert in the auditorium of the Almansa Park, when looking at the poster of the Festival, it occurred to the authors, lovers of jazz, the idea of ​​studying how this image is constructed through the poster, an art little studied at present Become a fetish, an object of collection, explained Julian Diaz.
Both the director Alberto Nieto and Councilor of Culture David Martinez were enthusiastic about the proposal that includes an approach to the history of the Festival and is already a reality in the form of a book designed by José Sánchez.
His co-author Pilar Escanero said that after the research work done for the writing of the book "there is no similar work on a Festival through its posters at the national level, and I would say international."
A work that will be added to the application file of National Tourist Interest for the San Javier Festival that is already underway, announced Mayor Jose Miguel Luengo.
In line with the affordable prices that the San Javier Jazz Festival has maintained since its inception, the book will be sold at a price of 5 euros starting on Friday, July 21 at the auditorium of Parque Almansa, the venue of the Festival.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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