{"id":826,"date":"2015-04-02T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ub.mmkt.dev\/kowasa-un-tancament-anunciat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:16:42","slug":"kowasa-un-tancament-anunciat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fima.ub.edu\/edl\/kowasa-un-tancament-anunciat\/","title":{"rendered":"Kowasa, un tancament anunciat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span lang=\"CA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kowasabooks\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"drupal-import-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fima.ub.edu\/edl\/wp-content\/inici_blog_EdL\/2015\/kowasa_tancament\/logo.png\" style=\"width: 240px; height: 52px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; float: left;\" \/><\/a>Al maig de 2014 es va fer public que <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kowasabooks\" target=\"_blank\">Kowasa<\/a>, la llibreria especialitzada en fotografia, tenia previst tancar a finals de 2014. Finalment les previsions s&#8217;ha complert, el passat divendres 27 de mar\u00e7, a la mateixa llibreria es va celebrar la festa de comiat i el dimarts 31 ha estat <a href=\"http:\/\/marcelalbet.blogspot.com.es\/2015\/03\/kowasa-el-darrer-dia.html\" target=\"_blank\">el darrer dia<\/a>&nbsp;de funcionament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span lang=\"CA\">Kowasa va ser fundada el 1986 pel seu actual propietari i director, Hubert de Wangen (nascut el 1938). Al principi es trobava a la Diagonal, era un laboratori fotogr\u00e0fic, per\u00f2 aviat es va convertir en llibreria especialitzada en fotografia. El fons anava creixent i calia m\u00e9s espai. Kowasa es va traslladar a l&#8217;actual ubicaci\u00f3 del carrer de Mallorca, 235 de Barcelona. Va arribar a tenir un fons de 12.000 t\u00edtols. El 1992 va editar el primer cat\u00e0leg en format paper, m\u00e9s endavant la seva p\u00e0gina web va ser una excel\u00b7lent font d&#8217;informaci\u00f3 bibliogr\u00e0fica. El 1997 va ampliar l&#8217;oferta cultural amb la creaci\u00f3 de Kowasa Gallery, una sala d&#8217;art especialitzada en fotografia situada al primer pis de la mateixa llibreria.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span lang=\"CA\">Kowasa es va convertir en un referent nacional i internacional, el 2013 la revista <i>Aperture <\/i>la va considerar com la llibreria m\u00e9s important en la seva especialitat d&#8217;Europa i en una de les principals del m\u00f3n. L&#8217;inventari d&#8217;activitats ha estat important: 168 exposicions, un munt de presentacions de fotollibres, xerrades i altres activitats relacionades amb la fotografia. Cal destacar els <font color=\"#000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marcelalbet.blogspot.com.es\/2013\/06\/5e-mercat-fotografic-kowasa.html\" target=\"_blank\">mercats fotogr\u00e0fics<\/a>.<\/font>&nbsp;Durant cinc anys, col\u00b7leccionistes, fot\u00f2grafs i amants dels llibres i de la fotografia es citaven a Kowasa, que amablement cedia els seus espais, la llibreria, el pati i la sala d&#8217;exposicions per facilitar la trobada i l&#8217;intercanvi d&#8217;un p\u00fablic fidel. Ha rebut diversos guardons, entre d&#8217;altres, el 2005 Photo Espa\u00f1a li va atorgar el premi a la seva traject\u00f2ria al servei de l&#8217;art fotogr\u00e0fic, el 2015 el premi GAC (Gremi de Galeristes d&#8217;Art de Catalunya) a la seva traject\u00f2ria com a galeria. Ha estat present en diferents fires com Arco, Paris Photo, Les Recontres d&#8217;Arles o Arts Libris de Barcelona.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span lang=\"CA\">Les causes del tancament? Diverses, la crisi que, com arreu, ha fet minvar les vendes; un altre, com anunci\u00e0vem en aquest mateix blog, <a href=\"\/edl\/ca\/kowasa-lluitant-contra-les-males-practiques\" target=\"_blank\">la compet\u00e8ncia deslleial d&#8217;Internet<\/a>. Tamb\u00e9 que Hubert de Wangen t\u00e9 una edat i ja no est\u00e0 disposat a seguir lluitant contra el desinter\u00e8s per la cultura que mostren les diferents administracions p\u00fabliques. Sigui com sigui, el tancament de Kowasa representa una greu p\u00e8rdua per a Barcelona, deixa un buit que dif\u00edcilment ser\u00e0 omplert. Personalment, com a col\u00b7leccionista i amant dels fotollibres, la trobar\u00e9, i molt, a faltar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"drupal-import-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fima.ub.edu\/edl\/wp-content\/inici_blog_EdL\/2015\/kowasa_tancament\/entrada_kowasa.JPG\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 225px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span lang=\"CA\"><o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Text i fotografies: Marcel Albet Guinart<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al maig de 2014 es va fer public que Kowasa, la llibreria especialitzada en 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