0:00:09.306,0:00:15.124 La Fábrica Cultural is a project with[br]different areas, with training areas for 0:00:15.134,0:00:20.386 all types of dance, music, theater,[br]and other workshops; 0:00:21.236,0:00:28.819 another part has shows with [br]live music, theater, puppets, movies, 0:00:28.835,0:00:32.221 the programming is very diverse [br]and we also have a restaurant. 0:00:32.318,0:00:34.492 But we don't work there. 0:00:36.328,0:00:39.827 There are two of us, we both studied[br]film, we opened in July of 2009. 0:00:40.121,0:00:49.108 It started from a get together, as[br]well as the dream of, or more like 0:00:49.214,0:00:52.776 the intention of starting a[br]cultural center, a cultural center 0:00:53.000,0:00:57.821 with workshops and small[br]shows , we decided to do 0:00:58.176,0:01:00.648 all of this in two months. 0:01:01.109,0:01:06.763 This place used to be a pharmacy,[br]it went bankrupt one day and since then 0:01:06.792,0:01:08.330 we’ve been renting the space. 0:01:09.890,0:01:11.280 Attendees from[br]all of Córdoba, 0:01:11.299,0:01:17.999 are between 18 and 35 years old, 0:01:18.107,0:01:22.507 depending on the type of[br]show that we're having. 0:01:23.094,0:01:27.772 What we’re looking for is social diversity[br]to be a meeting point in our space. 0:01:27.978,0:01:30.452 that is what we are looking for. 0:01:33.024,0:01:38.453 We are a non-profit organization. [br]Being just the two of us, 0:01:38.665,0:01:45.909 Meetings aren't tedious, they are[br]lengthy discussions. It’s really good 0:01:46.035,0:01:52.137 because we compliment each[br]other's potential. I'm in charge 0:01:52.267,0:01:57.917 the artistic side of things. I coordinate [br]the shows and day to day activities 0:01:58.109,0:02:02.006 that happen. We are open from Wednesday[br]to Saturday, and for all workshops. 0:02:02.547,0:02:08.108 My partner Matías takes care of all [br]of the parts that I find boring, which 0:02:08.264,0:02:13.757 I don't understand, all of the [br]structural and financial aspects… 0:02:14.760,0:02:19.953 We work with a lot of independent [br]producers, many from Córdoba and at 0:02:20.145,0:02:25.510 national level as well. I believe[br]that it’s really interesting because 0:02:25.646,0:02:31.267 novel ideas came from that. [br]Today we work with around, I don’t know, 0:02:31.707,0:02:37.997 10 to 15 producers on a monthly basis[br]who are developing their own space. 0:02:38.192,0:02:45.389 A percentage of ticker sales, or publicity 0:02:45.519,0:02:52.108 agreements is divided – [br]we try and divide the income equally. 0:02:54.360,0:02:59.725 We work with, well, with a website[br]that controls everything 0:02:59.918,0:03:06.562 because once the information[br]is finalized it goes to 0:03:06.783,0:03:11.479 the page, from the page it goes to a [br]a printer that works with us. 0:03:11.797,0:03:12.792 It works very well. 0:03:13.594,0:03:16.099 There is a girl dedicated [br]to internet marketing with 0:03:16.544,0:03:18.487 social networks like 0:03:18.499,0:03:22.177 Facebook, Twitter, and also email[br]marketing, we have a big data base 0:03:22.299,0:03:27.253 with 25,000 people more or less, [br]that does a lot for us. 0:03:27.638,0:03:33.568 And this year we’ve started a magazine[br]that will be printed in the daily paper 0:03:33.568,0:03:38.711 with the monthly programming[br]schedule, we were printing 5,000 0:03:38.902,0:03:43.498 copies, we distributed them all over[br]town, from the university, to all 0:03:43.661,0:03:49.502 of the cultural and social hubs, that [br]basically work from the center, in 0:03:49.674,0:03:53.371 books stores, and later with flyers. 0:03:54.106,0:03:57.662 Because there were only a few people it[br]cost us a lot to coordinate it all. 0:04:00.469,0:04:07.126 Yeah, I think you can say so, after [br]3 years I believe it cost us a lot, it’s 0:04:07.283,0:04:12.422 a long process to maintain it, it [br]takes a lot of effort, 0:04:13.522,0:04:21.618 it took us a long time and many hours,[br]to get where we are, to think about how, 0:04:21.777,0:04:30.931 it’s always the most difficult, when[br]you talk about sustainability, but we 0:04:31.288,0:04:40.311 worked, and worked, and searched, and [br]I believe that now, we found 0:04:40.571,0:04:46.812 a middle ground where, [br]we are satisfied with the 0:04:46.842,0:04:48.231 work that we are doing. 0:04:48.854,0:04:50.845 At all our artistic events 0:04:51.104,0:04:59.070 we always have a bar, that's[br]like the income, basically 0:04:59.325,0:05:05.819 our only income. Income also[br]comes from our workshops, 0:05:05.979,0:05:11.281 this year we will have between[br]25 and 30 workshops, 0:05:11.568,0:05:19.557 we also work with the teachers,[br]70% goes to the teacher and 0:05:19.720,0:05:23.229 30% stays here. The agreement[br]that we have today 0:05:23.229,0:05:30.804 for productions is varied, not really an [br]agreement, and a lot is in the middle of 0:05:30.962,0:05:36.094 the press, designs, but they are [br]all productions of our shows. 0:05:36.388,0:05:43.749 The producer or the artists take 0:05:43.940,0:05:48.543 one hundred percent of the[br]tickets, and we keep 0:05:48.543,0:05:49.896 the money from the bar. 0:05:51.109,0:05:53.061 Until today we were[br]not against it at all 0:05:53.512,0:05:59.974 but we don’t take external funding,[br]it is a short term goal, but 0:06:00.333,0:06:10.280 we don't want the space to depend on[br]that, because of, well, nothing, 0:06:10.513,0:06:16.518 we know the day that that doesn't exist [br]we must continue working. 0:06:19.246,0:06:26.893 We work with a lot of[br]projects that are, well, 0:06:27.245,0:06:31.866 ideological exchange most of all, we[br]work with other spaces and organizations, 0:06:32.035,0:06:36.845 also with the university, there’s [br]a program in particular 0:06:37.219,0:06:41.570 with an exchange that [br]interested both of us. 0:06:42.279,0:06:47.996 We work with a lot of work groups [br]for different activities and 0:06:48.217,0:06:51.332 we communicate a lot with[br]other spaces in our city, 0:06:51.556,0:06:55.724 or we make productions together [br]as well, that also lets us know what 0:06:55.916,0:07:00.578 is happening on the other side, so[br]we have a good relationship with the other 0:07:00.681,0:07:03.052 spaces, but for now they are informal. 0:07:05.661,0:07:11.340 The talent in Córdoba is incredible,[br]I study film so from that point of view 0:07:11.665,0:07:16.512 I was already fascinated by [br]the production that was in 0:07:16.644,0:07:22.523 Córdoba that seemed very interesting, the[br]knowledge of, from visual artists 0:07:22.744,0:07:31.902 music, theater, film, I don't [br]know the organizations that exist 0:07:32.063,0:07:38.772 that work in the neighborhoods, the puppet[br]show networks, there are a lot of them, 0:07:39.063,0:07:44.877 so many shows, so many[br]artists, in fact we have 0:07:45.069,0:07:49.192 a lot of shows from Buenos Aires [br]and they do very well here. 0:07:52.116,0:07:57.726 The legal part, well, all the different [br]parts of the association cost us a lot, 0:07:57.929,0:08:04.958 everything to do with authorization,[br]but nothing, there’s nothing, when you 0:08:05.092,0:08:12.126 know nothing about this side of things,[br]there’s nothing to do but look into it, 0:08:12.448,0:08:20.616 and there are things that they[br]don't tell you and you have 0:08:20.902,0:08:25.330 to just do them, with the schedule too, it[br]happened on the artistic side at first, 0:08:25.498,0:08:33.812 finding a line of work that you don’t know 0:08:34.006,0:08:39.975 it’s the hardest, but[br]there was never a time 0:08:40.197,0:08:45.917 when we had to close [br]because of difficulty. 0:08:47.372,0:08:51.025 We spoke to the neighbors a lot,[br]and since then we still do. 0:08:51.281,0:08:54.619 We had meetings with the[br]building occupants, we went and 0:08:54.876,0:08:58.577 told them about the project, it’s not[br]like talking to just anyone, it’s like 0:08:58.799,0:08:59.987 another neighbor. 0:09:00.240,0:09:06.053 "Tercer lugar" has the goal of[br]working with people with disabilities. 0:09:06.471,0:09:11.834 They formed this group and [br]started working twice a week 0:09:11.998,0:09:20.589 to create workshops and[br]a monthly event, called 0:09:20.771,0:09:26.232 "La Matiné" which happens on Saturday[br]evenings, it’s a party, with live bands 0:09:26.458,0:09:34.171 it’s really beautiful. Something[br]that we always talk about, 0:09:34.456,0:09:43.800 is that the bar at the [br]shows, that it’s like 0:09:44.184,0:09:51.416 our Bible or at least until[br]now we always did things 0:09:51.673,0:09:57.107 that way, from communication, and[br]printing, the show is always the 0:09:57.154,0:09:58.888 center of attention here. 0:09:58.898,0:10:00.705 Culture, identity and work. 0:10:03.496,0:10:09.886 Now the idea is to start registering [br]all of the shows, and installing a 0:10:10.227,0:10:14.599 radio here inside the space, ideally[br]each organization has their space 0:10:14.791,0:10:15.818 to do as they please. 0:10:16.168,0:10:19.123 We would like to develop[br]more in the online film area. 0:10:19.842,0:10:25.002 Now this year we are working with[br]a newspaper, named 0:10:25.160,0:10:32.689 El Comunal that we got, which[br]came out in 2013, 0:10:32.915,0:10:40.125 and works with social organizations, about[br]political, cultural and social matters. 0:10:40.308,0:10:46.845 We were looking for a new [br]space that’s social, political, 0:10:47.037,0:10:52.785 a space within society where[br]we’re not, this interests us a lot 0:10:52.816,0:10:54.946 going forward as a future objective. 0:10:55.534,0:10:57.797 And La Fábrica doesn't belong to any 0:10:58.157,0:11:05.303 network, this year I believe we're going [br]to think about changing that, 0:11:05.443,0:11:11.156 working with networks, working with[br]organizations, doing activities outside of 0:11:11.156,0:11:14.583 our space, this is something[br]that also interests us. 0:11:17.262,0:11:26.547 Advice, we let them chat, like, I don’t[br]know, the space is a way of communicating, 0:11:26.754,0:11:30.253 it’s just an experience, I don't know[br]if it’s something we could teach 0:11:30.509,0:11:32.129 I don't know if it’s like that. 0:11:33.014,0:11:37.461 It seems like the conversation[br]always occurs with everyone, 0:11:37.685,0:11:42.018 and many things come out of that, this is [br]something we’ve learned a lot. 0:11:42.058,0:11:44.605 Subtitles: Jamaal Taylor.[br]Proof-reading: Victoria Price. 0:11:44.623,0:11:48.870 Coordinated by the initiative PerMondo (Mondo Agit).