The Center of the Carme Culture Contemporary (CCCC) joins the celebration of the Great Night of the Fira de Julio de Valencia on 18 July with the extension of its hours until midnight and a program of activities that includes family workshops, night visits to the exhibitions and the musical session of the DJ Fonki Cheff (And that one). At 22.00 hours, The Gothic cloister of the Center del Carme will host the performance of the Castellón artist, recognized for building sessions from genres as diverse as rumba, flamenco, el ‘funk’, el ‘boogaloo’, the cumbia, reggae, hiphop or soul, combining classic and contemporary references. Born in Benicarló, He has taken his music to London, USA, Latin America, Japan and North Africa. With a refined 'scratching' technique, based on the rhythmic manipulation of vinyl on the turntable, Fonki Chef has more than 135.000 subscribers on the social network YouTube and has participated in festivals such as Vida Festival (2023), Crossroads Festival (2024) o Amua Festival.
Family activities
The Center del Carme Mediation team has designed the family activity 'Anti-sickness strategies', which will begin at 12.00 hours in the bedroom. The proposal is part of the exhibition 'Magnetic Theatre', by Pablo Helguera, which is inspired by the sessions of Dr. Mesmer, precursor of hypnosis in the 18th century. The workshop proposes a space for intergenerational coexistence that invites participants to abstract themselves from the hyperstimulation of everyday life to recover attention to the details that usually go unnoticed and enhance the connection between the beings that surround us.. At 18.00 hours the recreational activity 'Nanas that hypnotize' will take place, aimed at babies 0 a 3 years and their families. This initiative is also part of the 'Magnetic Theater' exhibition, that invites you to immerse yourself in the popular wisdom of lullabies.
Night visits to exhibitions
On the occasion of the Great Night of July, the Center del Carme will open its rooms until midnight, offering the opportunity for evening visits to recently opened exhibitions. Among them is 'Memories of the soil', an exhibition that analyzes the influence of the Alicante artist Juana Francés on contemporary creation. The exhibition, which can be seen until 4 October, offers a dialogue between the informalism of Francés and the works of contemporary artists Esther Gatón, Elena Lavelles, Menhirs, Daniel Ortega, Miguel Sbastida, Julia Varela and Laia Ventayol.
