The University of Valencia has opened Monday 3 From March to noon in the newly opened Vives Space, the exhibition 'Enable the Vives. Memory of a university space ', a sample that raises the recovery of the history and memory of the building of Javier Goerlich, Currently Vives Space, an icon of Valencian rationalist architecture, that is recognized as a good of local interest; The lives of their residents and cultural activities from audiovisual documents rescued from institutional archives and family albums. The sample is divided into three sections, in which a large number of posters are displayed, invitations, Photographs and videos of poetry recitals, cinema screenings or concerts of classical music, rock, octopus or electronics held in the precinct. It also includes a selection of architectural projects plans, original historical documentation, Design objects and the mockup of the building.
In the first section, Dedicated to L’Adrui ‘Rationalist Icona’, Its architectural value is addressed in the historical context of the city of Valencia. The buildings, projected by Javier Goerlich, was part of a top -notch urban development project in the first half of the 20th century: the university city, which helped to extend the urbanization of the Valencian capital to the east, Following the Valencia promenade to the sea, and contributed to shaping a neighborhood of managerial functions without which it is difficult to understand the current functional structure of the city. In this section, It includes the original watercolor of 1945 along with the plans, where is the division project of 1953 To house the major schools Alejandro Salazar and Lluís Vives. Also on display the glass plates of the first photo report made in the building towards the year 1954, along with a selection of photographs by Luis Vidal, Juan Peiró o Mayte Piera.
In the second section, ‘Inhabit the Vives’, Collegiate stories are collected, workers and people who lived in this unique space, 'The university community'. There are hundreds of photographs from family albums and personal memories, like silver and gold buttons granted the school, Together with its first democratic statutes or the first issue of the magazine 'Vivir el Vives'. Finally, The third section focuses on highlighting the commitment to the culture and society that this institution always had. Since the arrival of democracy, in the years 80 There is an opening of the College in society with the organization of thematic days and cultural activities within the framework of the transition, And the school involved personalities such as José Luis Aranguren, Manuel Boix, Joan Lerma ... with the opening of the Auditorium in the old chapel in 1999, A period of great activity focused on music programming and film cycles begins, thing that made it become a benchmark in the Valencian field, with international performances such as Antony and the Johnsons or independent groups of the Spanish scene such as the red room.
The exhibition brings together four audiovisuals, where the results of the investigation are addressed thematically. Noteworthy is the documentary that includes 27 Testimonials of Collegial Center, Notable are the art critic and aesthetic professor Román de la Calle; Professor Emeritus and Medal for UV, Manuel Costa; o José María Yutrende (National Award of Plastic Arts 2020), Artist and personal friend of the then director José María López Piñero, which frequented the school in the 1960's and for which he performed two large -scale works, one of his first professional orders recovering for the exhibition.
