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Friday · All day
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Saturday · All day10 EUR
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Sunday · All day10 EUR
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Monday · All day10 EUR
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Tuesday · All day10 EUR
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Wednesday · All day10 EUR
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Thursday · All day10 EUR
Usue Arrieta + Ainara Elgoibar: ‘Baltzune’ + ‘P-003687’
Friday · All day10 EUR
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Why go
- Newly produced works feature in Tabakalera’s contemporary art exhibitions.
Opening hours
Today09:00 – 21:00Show all
Don't miss
- UbikExplore arts, technology, audiovisual media, sound and video games at Ubik, the public creative library named after a Philip K. Dick novel.
- HirikilabsHirikilabs explores social, critical, creative and collaborative uses of technology.
What's inside
- Exhibition halls, a plaza and a multi-purpose hall accommodate the centre’s programme.
- The building houses the Basque Film Archive, the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola film school and the Etxepare Institute.
- Artists have workspaces, technical and human support, and an international residency programme.
- Other facilities include a cinema and audiovisual lab, cafeteria, shop and the four-star One Shot Tabakalera House hotel.
With kids
- The children and families programme includes Kameleoiak gara! and KOOPERATIBA art activities, the Txiri-txiri workshop and Medialab.
- KAMELEOIAK GARA! also includes family cinema screenings.
Interesting facts3
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The building occupies a 13,277-square-metre plot, one of the urban area’s largest.
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26,000 square
The former factory had 26,000 square metres; the converted building has 37,000 square metres and four large courtyards.
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The festival’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera award for best film takes its name from the centre.
Tabakalera - Wikipedia
History
- 1913Opened as a state tobacco factory, designed by architect and politician Mauro Serret Mirete.
- 1913–2003Operated for 90 years, employing mainly women and becoming a social landmark.
- 2001City, provincial and Basque institutions agreed to convert the factory into a contemporary culture centre.
- 2003–2004Tobacco production ended in 2003; three public authorities bought the building in 2004 for cultural use.
- From 2007Tabakalera organised exhibitions and experimental short-film screenings before the renovated centre opened.
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- 11 September 2015Reopened as the International Centre for Contemporary Culture after renovation that preserved its factory character and adapted it for varied uses and public access.
How to get there
- On footTabakalera stands on Paseo del Duque de Mandas in Egia, beside Cristina Enea Park and the bus and railway stations.
- On footThe nearby transport hub connects with the city centre via Puente de María Cristina.
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- Website
- tabakalera.eus/
- Phone
- +34943475050
Questions and answers
What subjects does Tabakalera’s programme cover beyond exhibitions and cinema?
It also covers photography, music, live arts, technology, education and thought.
What was LABO at Tabakalera?
Tabakalera hosted experimental short-film screenings through LABO, in collaboration with the Clermont-Ferrand Festival.
Which exhibitions has Tabakalera hosted?
Past exhibitions include Julian Schnabel’s Summer, No es Neutral, Egiatik and Look Again.
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