| FRIDAY
MAY 23, 2008 |
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| Pop-up
shops have come some way since Target put that first container
ship-store onto the Hudson River back in 2002 and
Rei Kawakubo took Comme
des Garçons to Barcelona in 2004. |
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Now,
of course, they're used to peddle anything from mineral
water to cars. Or shopping malls, like the Fashion
Pop Up at Maremagnum, where bypassers look curiously
at the designer threads and the artistic EX-Studio
installation - before popping into H&M to actually
buy something.
If shooting for something a bit more alternative then
head for El Vestidor, where twelve designers, most of
them emerging, show all weekend in the private confines
of the home of Carlitos and Patricia. Alright, it's
more of a work-living space, but still, this is Barcelona,
where you can live for decades without being invited
in to someone's house.
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No
telling whether it'll be any easier to haggle
in such a friends & family setting, but if
not, then at least you can ask to use the loo
- a rarity in our fair city that has shops a plenty,
but a serious shortage of public washrooms.
El
Vestidor, Portaferrisa 25, 1-1, Barrio
Gótico
Friday 11-20h - ask for an invite by email.
Saturday & Sunday 11-20h - free entry
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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS |
Morcheeba
get help from French vocalist Manda on new
folk electronica album Dive Deep. Hear for
yourself at Espacio Movistar, Pascual i
Vila s/n. 22h. EUR 25. |
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Drop
by Vinçon and see just what marvellous
stuff you can do with your garbage : Diseño
para el reciclaje. 10-20:30h. Pg de
Gràcia 96. Free entry. |
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| Warm
up for the Eurovision at the last of the Centre
d'Art Produeix Música Pop sessions
at Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, La Rambla
7. 21h. Free entry. |
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Boogie with the latest in the line of über
cool Parisian DJ/producers: Joakim
on the decks at Sala BeCool from 01h. Pl.
Joan Llongueras 5, C/ Beethoven. EUR 12.
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