Background
Programmatical trajectory of Francisco Rabanne Cuervo’s activities in Trintxerpe-Pasaia together with the Illumbe Music Association.
1996
The 25th anniversary of the Illumbe Music Association is celebrated, and Francisco Rabanne is elected Honorary President of the event program. This is the first time he returns to his hometown, after almost sixty years.
On this visit, the local Rowing Association launches a rowing boat named Paco Rabanne as a tribute.
2002
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Illumbe Music Association, it is proposed to produce an opera called El Acomodador; music and musical direction by Javier Jacinto, script and staging by Enrique Santiago, clothing by Paco Rabanne and production by Juan Jesús Neira. All of them born in Trintxerpe. The premier is celebrated in December 2003, at the Barañáin Auditorium (Navarre).
2005
Pasaia proclaims the Center for Culture and Innovation, the Rabanne Space. The citizens of Trintxerpe-Pasaia start to proclaim such a space.
“A space must be created, a place to work, learn and communicate, where the fundamental role is played by the creators”.
“The space is not going to be big and it will be constituted by other elements, but it needs to be something alive, regenerating, in which there is always something going on”.
2007
Paco Rabanne at the Higher School of Architecture of the Basque Country.
The sixth-grade students of the Higher School of Architecture of the Basque Country work on proposals for the future creation of the Center for Culture and Innovation, the Rabanne Space. They use an emblematic industrial building in Trintxerpe as a model.
Francisco Rabanne examines the proposals in a personalized way with each person involved and ends the day with a master class.
2015
Showcase contest.
On the occasion of the sixteenth edition of Ikuska, the International Short Film Festival of the Bay of Pasaia, the Trintxer Cultural Association, the organizer of the festival, established a showcase contest in honor of Francisco Rabanne, in collaboration with the Pasaia Merchant Association, Laurak Bat and Kunsthal Design School.
The contest was open to students of design, architecture and plastic arts, as well as to anyone who wanted to participate with their ideas, turning the shop windows of Pasaia into a playful tribute to Francisco Rabanne.
The winner of the contest was a dress impossible to wear, like Paco’s mythical collection, Made entirely of glass.
2017
Pasaia-Rabanne, Imaginary Reasons.
It was inaugurated on July 28, 2017, in the former industrial building Casa Ciriza, in the eleven facilities that make up the exhibition Pasaia-Rabanne, Imaginary Reasons was created by the Illumbe Music Association with the collaboration of the Pasaia City Council, Laurak Bat Pasaia Merchant Association, Trintxer Cultural Association and La Caixa.
During the tour amidst the eleven facilities, which occupied an area of 1,600 square meters, visitors were able to learn about the origins of Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, his evolution into Paco Rabanne and his relationship with the people from Pasaia.
The installation of the facilities involved people in social exclusion from different countries, cultures and languages, coordinated by the International Red Cross and under the direction of the exhibition commissioner, Enrique Santiago.
2017
Exhibition “Haria Galtzen” (Losing the thread).
Within the exhibition Pasaia-Rabanne, Imaginary Reasons, a collective exhibition is held in September showing the works of 14 creators, with two main objectives: to claim fiber as a means of artistic expression and to claim the importance and presence of our past and heritage in our present days.
The exhibition is the result of a dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity.
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Wool dye workshop by Carmen Esnaola.
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Corn leaf carpet workshop by Lola Altolagirre.
2017
On December 30th, the first fashion show of Iraia Oiartzabal, an haute couture designer born in Pasaia, was held with the collaboration of the Donostiarra painter Juan Luis Goenaga.
2021
The cultural, sports, educational, gastronomic and commercial associations of Pasaia work on and propose the restructuring of the unused industrial building, Casa Ciriza and its surroundings, into the Paco Rabanne Cultural and Innovation Center, an area of creativity, coexistence and prosperity.
1996
The 25th anniversary of the Illumbe Music Association is celebrated, and Francisco Rabanne is elected Honorary President of the event program. This is the first time he returns to his hometown, after almost sixty years.
On this visit, the local Rowing Association launches a rowing boat named Paco Rabanne as a tribute.
2002
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Illumbe Music Association, it is proposed to produce an opera called El Acomodador; music and musical direction by Javier Jacinto, script and staging by Enrique Santiago, clothing by Paco Rabanne and production by Juan Jesús Neira. All of them born in Trintxerpe. The premier is celebrated in December 2003, at the Barañáin Auditorium (Navarre).
2005
Pasaia proclaims the Center for Culture and Innovation, the Rabanne Space. The citizens of Trintxerpe-Pasaia start to proclaim such a space.
“A space must be created, a place to work, learn and communicate, where the fundamental role is played by the creators”.
“The space is not going to be big and it will be constituted by other elements, but it needs to be something alive, regenerating, in which there is always something going on”.
2007
Paco Rabanne at the Higher School of Architecture of the Basque Country.
The sixth-grade students of the Higher School of Architecture of the Basque Country work on proposals for the future creation of the Center for Culture and Innovation, the Rabanne Space. They use an emblematic industrial building in Trintxerpe as a model.
Francisco Rabanne examines the proposals in a personalized way with each person involved and ends the day with a master class.
2015
Showcase contest.
On the occasion of the sixteenth edition of Ikuska, the International Short Film Festival of the Bay of Pasaia, the Trintxer Cultural Association, the organizer of the festival, established a showcase contest in honor of Francisco Rabanne, in collaboration with the Pasaia Merchant Association, Laurak Bat and Kunsthal Design School.
The contest was open to students of design, architecture and plastic arts, as well as to anyone who wanted to participate with their ideas, turning the shop windows of Pasaia into a playful tribute to Francisco Rabanne.
The winner of the contest was a dress impossible to wear, like Paco’s mythical collection, Made entirely of glass.
2017
Pasaia-Rabanne, Imaginary Reasons.
It was inaugurated on July 28, 2017, in the former industrial building Casa Ciriza, in the eleven facilities that make up the exhibition Pasaia-Rabanne, Imaginary Reasons was created by the Illumbe Music Association with the collaboration of the Pasaia City Council, Laurak Bat Pasaia Merchant Association, Trintxer Cultural Association and La Caixa.
During the tour amidst the eleven facilities, which occupied an area of 1,600 square meters, visitors were able to learn about the origins of Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, his evolution into Paco Rabanne and his relationship with the people from Pasaia.
The installation of the facilities involved people in social exclusion from different countries, cultures and languages, coordinated by the International Red Cross and under the direction of the exhibition commissioner, Enrique Santiago.
2017
Exhibition “Haria Galtzen” (Losing the thread).
Within the exhibition Pasaia-Rabanne, Imaginary Reasons, a collective exhibition is held in September showing the works of 14 creators, with two main objectives: to claim fiber as a means of artistic expression and to claim the importance and presence of our past and heritage in our present days.
The exhibition is the result of a dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity.
-
Wool dye workshop by Carmen Esnaola.
-
Corn leaf carpet workshop by Lola Altolagirre.
2017
On December 30th, the first fashion show of Iraia Oiartzabal, an haute couture designer born in Pasaia, was held with the collaboration of the Donostiarra painter Juan Luis Goenaga.
2021
The cultural, sports, educational, gastronomic and commercial associations of Pasaia work on and propose the restructuring of the unused industrial building, Casa Ciriza and its surroundings, into the Paco Rabanne Cultural and Innovation Center, an area of creativity, coexistence and prosperity.
