Connecting cultural partners
Díptic és un gabinet de projectes culturals fundat als
Països Baixos.
A Díptic desenvolupem projectes i impulsem la
col.laboració entre organitzacions culturals. Estem
especialitzats en exposicions i activitats relacionades amb temes de
llengua, escriptura i art.
Díptic estimula les aportacions locals en projectes
internacionals.
Díptic's face 
Díptic is run by Ferran Bach, who brings together
cultural partners for each project. Before founding his own bureau for
cultural projects, he combined work as a language teacher, a translator
and a cultural event manager.
-You have worked as a language teacher in several countries.
'Yes, I taught Spanish to American college students in Bloomington
(IN), business English to unemployed people in the greater Barcelona
area, Catalan to university language students in Sheffield and business
Spanish to Dutch pupils at the Arnhem business school.
I enjoyed teaching students with very different backgrounds. You have
to try to bridge the gap between the students's culture and your own'.
-You have also translated: fiction, poetry and technical texts.
'I've translated from English and Dutch into Catalan and Spanish.
Translating is hard work. You have to negotiate meaning from one
language into the other, and try to make a text, which is full of
cultural references and assumptions, understandable for a new reader
from a different background.'
-Before moving to the Netherlands, you worked in Barcelona for a
literary foundation as an event manager.
'In 1987 I was involved for the first time in the organisation of an
exhibition. Organising an exhibition can take years. A great deal more
effort goes into developing and producing it than most visitors would
ever imagine.'
-And at present...
'All this experience, and surviving several private and professional
culture shocks, has turned me into a life long learner. Now I'm even
more fascinated by the opportunity to create cultural projects in a
multicultural and multilingual environment where local communities can
be involved.'
Notícies
Un retrat en blanc i negre. Les fotografies de Cas Oorthuys
Del 5 de març al 18 de maig de 2003
Exposició itinerant
Fundació "la Caixa", Palma
col.laboradors
Alguns dels nostres col.laboradors són:
Adri Boon, traductor a Amsterdam
Mariëlle Brands, dissenyadora gràfica a Tilburg
Sarah McCartney,
assessora de màrqueting a Londres
Harrie Dona, assessor en desenvolupament de productes a Tilburg
Enric Gomà, guionista a Barcelona
Frank Mutsaers, webmaster a Utrecht
Carine van Vugt, dissenyadora gràfica i d’exposicions a Tilburg
Norman Yap, assessor de management a Londres