| Arts Santa Mònica, housed in an exceptional building on the Rambla in Barcelona, is a space of convergence and crossover between the different disciplines of contemporary artistic creation and science, thought and communication.
Attentive to the cultural mutations and social changes accompanying the transition to the knowledge society, and working in conjunction with universities and academic institutions, research institutes and centres for the production and presentation of art, science and communication, Arts Santa Mònica generates ideas, projects, research and materials that stimulate dialogue between | the local and all it has to offer and the global dimension of society today. The programme, which follows the rhythm of the seasons, unfolds in a venue of venues: the kiosk (cross-border space between contents and network), the balcony on the Rambla (polyvalent space of actions and debates), the archive (room for the exhibition of memory), the cloister (large space for thesis, collective and discipline-focused exhibitions), the ring (hall of exhibition itineraries) and the laboratory (room for exhibitions and the creation of projects that relate art, science and technology). | And also by way of interventions in the public space. Art as an engaging of aesthetic enjoyment, knowledge and experimentation on the plane of critical and emotional communication. Science as culture, conceived as one of the nuclei of creativity. Communication, as an object of attention and reflection in its interrelations with the arts and society, and as a platform of existence and expression of the centre itself. Vicenç Altaió, Director of Arts Santa Mònica |