La Ministry of Culture of the Andalusian Government, through the Andalusian Agency of Cultural Institutionsand the cultural platform Google Arts & Culture They have strengthened their collaboration to offer users worldwide the most comprehensive and specialized content on flamenco Currently available online, the platform incorporates over 340 images and videos distributed across 15 digital exhibitions that cover everything from the fundamentals of cante, the dance and the playing up to the trajectory of Ballet Flamenco Andalusia.
This digital presence is articulated in the profile of the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco on Google Arts & Culture, a “unique and specialized space where the flamenco "It is displayed in all its historical and artistic richness," as its director emphasizes, Christopher Ortega“It is the best showcase of flamenco in the world, a milestone of enormous importance for its dissemination and knowledge, as recorded in the Andalusian Law of Flamenco. Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the declaration of flamenco “As an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, we have significantly expanded the available content with the technical collaboration of Google Arts & Culture,” Ortega points out.
The collaboration between the two entities began in 2014 with the first digital exhibition dedicated to this anniversary, and was expanded in 2016 with a tour of the guitarist's work. Paco de LucíaWith the addition of these new resources, the offering takes a significant leap forward. There will be a total of 15 digital exhibitions accessible to users worldwide, one for each year the UNESCO recognition has been in effect.
"Google Arts & Culture is a unique and specialized space where the flamenco It is displayed in all its historical and artistic richness. Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the declaration of flamenco Heritage, we have significantly expanded the available content."
The new content of the profile of the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco They include specific reports on the cante, dance and guitar, as well as four proposals dedicated to the history, aesthetics, set design and posters of the Ballet Flamenco from Andalusia, accompanied musically by the work Blessed LandDigital exhibitions focusing on key figures of the flamenco , the Pastora Pavón 'La Niña de los Peines', whose sound recordings are declared an Asset of Cultural Interest by the Junta de Andalucía, as well as the history of the Golden Key of the Cante.
The platform also includes content on manifestations and styles protected by the Junta de Andalucía as Cultural Heritage Assets, among them the Escuela Bolera, the Sevillian School of Dance, the Verdiales or the Zambomba of Jerez and Arcos de la Frontera.
The exhibitions have been prepared in collaboration with the Andalusian Agency of Cultural Institutions and the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco, the Andalusian Documentation Centre of Flamenco and the Andalusian Centre for Research and Resources in the Performing Arts, as well as artists and professionals in the sector such as Rocío Coral, Manuel Cerrejón, Mariana Ovalle, Antonio Cruz, Manuel Curao and Dani de Morón.
Google Arts & Culture is Google's digital platform that brings together Content from more than 3.000 museums and cultural institutions in 95 countriesThese include the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MoMA) in New York, the Uffizi Gallery, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the British Museum in London. Through this tool, Any user from anywhere in the world can virtually explore art collections, exhibitions, and landmark cultural experiences.From today, the flamenco Andalusian culture now plays a prominent role in this global environment, further boosting its international reach and visibility. This action is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Andalusian Law on... Flamenco, which establishes among its fundamental principles the promotion and external presence of this art as cultural heritage of Andalusia.
