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Town Ciné renovation ‘bites the dust’ 1€

The News/views Magazine ABOUT and FOR Jávea - you can hold in your hand F

Nº 32

Dec 2015/Jan 2016

Initial sketches of what you might see of the auditorium at street level

Jávea government have made a 180º turn in the politics of cultural infrastructure and decided, after consultation with various specialists, Jávea needs a new auditorium. It seems it will happen this time, because this is what the Mayor, José Chulvi, described as draft legislature. A project that should be operational by the end of the current legislature. The radical change was communicated during the meeting of the Culture Committee, when Culture Councillor Quico Moragues and the Mayor, José Chulvi, both explained that developments regarding the

project of the Central Cinema and the decision taken by the government, needed to be amended in the light of citizen preference and maximising opportunity. Since the project was approved by Jávea councillors, it seems there had been no progress or application made to the Provincial body, and it became obvious that the Mayor was among others who had a ‘gut feeling’ that they had not made the wisest choice. The Mayor announced wide ranging changes including building a central cinema on land behind the Social and Music Centres, that had parking close by, under plaza Constitución, that had originally been suggested many years earlier by Quica Gil, former Councillor for Culture. Culture Councillor Quico Moragues, has explained that once a revised draft for the Central Cinema was received after consultation with technical experts, it was agreed to look at an alternative

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where the building would be constructed so as to meet the changes caused by an industry that had moved from projecting huge reels of 35mm film, to one which was geared around the latest high (and future) technology. Industry experts had visited the site of the Central Cinema and reported that it was unsuitable for its new intended purpose and itemised: Complicated access. No storage space. Stage box has insufficient height. Background and shoulders (the side of the stage where actors exit) are unsuitable for theatrical performances. Dressing rooms are not ideal and there is no other usable space in the building. Lack of space for the location of rooms and technical spaces. Graphically, the specialist commented, “auditoriumstheatres are spaces that transform every week.” In one part of the report it was anticipated that people Continued on page 27

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