Selected Europe 2011

On March 25 and 26 past a whole series of events took place in the Agbar tower of Barcelona. European professionals arranged to meet in order to share, debate and increase each other’s knowledge. During the afternoons of both days conferences took place at which brilliant European studios showed the backstage of their most representative works and ideas. Bruce Duckworth, Musa WorkLab, Stereoplastika, Isidro Ferrer, Ruska&Martin Associates, Sergio del Puerto of Serial CutTM, Ignore, Andreas Müller of Nanika, and Marc van der Heijde of Studio Dumbar were the artists participating this year.



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