List of activities of the Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom 2015
Date
Activity
Book launch “Cornwall, England & Hidalgo, Mexico: An Enduring Connection”, Heartlands and
Instituto Cervantes
Place
Redruth (Cornwall) and
London, England
1.
8-10 September 2014
2.
22 September 2014
“Two Ambassadors Event” 2014, with the British- Mexican Society, Residence of the Ambassador
London, England
3.
28 October 2014
Event at the British Parliament hosted by the Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, PM's Trade
Envoy to Mexico
London, England
4.
30 October-2
November 2014
2014 Day of the Dead Festival, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower
London, England
5.
5 November 2014
Mexican Party, in the framework of World Travel Market 2014, Natural History Museum
London, England
6.
6 November 2014
Mexican gastronomy lunch, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
7.
20 November 2015
Book launch “Mexico: The Cookbook” by Margarita Carrillo, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
8.
22 November 2015
Tequila & Mezcal Fest, Grange Tower Bridge Hotel
London, England
Exhibition “Daniel Guzmán: Chromosome Damage", Drawing Room
London, England
Artistic residence of Álvaro Ugarte “Performance as Progress”, Delfina Foundation
London, England
Launch of the Dual Year Mexico-United Kingdom 2015, City Hall
London, England
9.
10.
13 December 2014-21
February 2015
6 January-16 March
2015
11.
15 January 2015
12.
15-30 January 2015
15 January-6 April
2015
24 January-15 March
2015
29 January-1 February
2015
Photo exhibition “Invisible Mexico, Images through the senses” by the “Sight of Emotion
Foundation”, City Hall
Collective exhibition “Adventures of the Black Square – Abstract Art and Society 1915-2015”,
includes Gabriel Orozco and Melanie Smith, Whitechapel Gallery
Collective exhibition “Rights of Nature: Art & Ecology in the Americas”, includes Eduardo Abaroa,
Minerva Cuevas and Fernando Palma, Nottingham Contemporary
Mexican pavilion at Fair "Destinations 2015: The Holiday and travel show", Olympia Exhibition
Centre
16.
February-August 2015
Special Scholarship Programme “Residences for Musical Creation” for British artists
17.
3 February 2015
18.
February-November
2015
13.
14.
15.
Launch of the special edition of Alba Magazine featuring Mexican writers, Official Residence of
Mexico
Concerts of guitar player Morgan Szymanski and flautist Alejandro Escuer in various cities of the
United Kingdom
London, England
London, England
Nottingham, England
Londres and Manchester,
England
London, England
Gloucestershire, Kent,
Chichester, Beaminster,
1
Lake District, England; and
Wales
19.
10 February 2015
Lunch, workshop and gastronomic seminars with Mexican chefs, Launch of the gastronomic
programme of the Dual Year Mexico-UK, Hotel The Savoy
London, England
20.
12-15 February 2015
Mexican pavilion in London International Dive Show
London, England
21.
12-15 February 2015
Mexican pavilion in London Triathlon Show
London, England
22.
12 February-25 May
2015
Collective exhibition “Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector”, includes Dr. Lakra, Barbican
Art Gallery
London, England
23.
16-19 February 2015
Seminar and screenings “Mexico @ LFS”, London Film School
London, England
24.
25 February-11
March 2015
Tourist pavilion "Meet Mexico", Potters Field Park
London, England
25.
2 March 2015
Signing of agreement MOU ceremony in educational and turistic matter between Mexico and the
UK, with President Enrique Peña Nieto as Honor witness, Intercontinental Hotel
London, England
26.
2-3 March 2015
Mexican creative industries promotion roadshow/Creative Week
London, Cardiff, England
27.
2-3 March 2015
Opening of the UNAM Centre for Mexican Studies in the United Kingdom, King's College
London, England
28.
3-5 March 2015
State visit of President Entrique Peña Nieto to the UK
London, England and
Aberdeen, Scotland
29.
4 March 2015
Settlement of the Senior Business Group Mexico-UK (GANE), Buckingham Palace
London, England
30.
4 March 2015
Canning Lecture conference from President Enrique Peña Nieto, Lancaster House
London, England
31.
4 March 2015
Tech Mex
London, England
32.
4 March 2015
Business Forum “Mexico Day”, Mansion House
London, England
33.
5 March 2015
Seminar of investment opportunities in the Oil and Gas sectors in Mexico and about energy and
climate Change, Douglas Hotel and City Hall
Aberdeen, Scotland
34.
5-9 March 2015
Latin-American film festival VIVA! “The Weekender”, HOME
Manchester, England
35.
6 March-31 May 2015
Exhibition “Leonora Carrington”, Tate Liverpool
Liverpool, England
36.
March-May 2015
Gastronomic Festival "A Taste of Modern Mexico", Selfridges
London, England
37.
12 March 2015
Conference “The Future of Housing season Talks” by Tatiana Bilbao, Royal Academy of Arts
London, England
2
38.
19-21 March 2015
Conference "Democracy and participation in Latin America", Sussex University
Sussex, England
39.
13 March-6
September 2015
Installation “We Will See How Everything Reverberates” by Carlos Amorales, Turner Contemporary
Margate, Kent, England
40.
27 March 2015
Lecture "Fashion in Mexican films and telenovelas: New approaches to deconstructing Mexico’s
national identity", Chelsea College of Arts
London, England
Exhibition "Upward Mobility" by Deborah Delmar Corp., Modern Art Oxford
Oxford, England
“Me llamo Shaun” by Edgar Orlaineta, Shaun the Sheep Trail, The City London trail, British Council
London and Bristol,
England
41.
42.
43.
27 March-17 May
2015
28 March-25 May
2015
1 March-29 MAY
2015
Special Scholarships Programme for British citizens “2015 Language and Mexican Culture Summer
Course”
Itinerant exhibition “The Wall” by Amador Montes at universities’ galleries from University of
Birmingham, University of Exeter, London School of Economics, University of Southampton and
Cardiff Assembly
Birmingham, Cardiff,
Exeter, London and
Southampton, England
Birmingham, Cardiff,
London and Oxford,
England
44.
March-December
2015
45.
March-December
2015
Itinerant exhibition form Mexican Artist Edurne Esponda “Own Code II” at universities’ galleries
from University of Birmingham, University of Exeter, Kings College and Cardiff Assembly
46.
10 April 2015
Reception on the occasion of Isaac Hernández’s entry to the English National Ballet, Official
Residence of Mexico
London, England
47.
10-25 April 2015
“Rough Fish” by TRES Art Collective, in AND Festival, Manchester canals
Manchester, England
48.
13 April 2015
Conference "An afternoon with Enrique Krauze" in conversation with Gaby Wood, British Library
London, England
49.
13 April 2015
“Seminar on Octavio Paz and the United Kingdom”, British Library
London, England
50.
14 April 2015
Book launch "An Angel Speaks" by Homero Aridjis, Swedenborg Society
London, England
51.
14-16 April 2015
London Book Fair, Mexico market focus country, Olympia London
London, England
52.
16 April 2015
Launch of the special issue on Mexico by the literary “Litro Magazine”, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
53.
16-27 April 2015
Mexican focus at La Línea Festival: Mextronica at Village Underground; Morgan Szymanski and
Alejandro Escuer at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre; Mexrrissey at Barbican Hall; and Mexacoustico
at Rich Mix
London, England
54.
18 April 2015
Conference and book launch by Elena Poniatowska, Liverpool Town Hall
Liverpool, England
55.
22-25 April 2015
Mexican pavilion at London Marathon Expo
London, England
3
56.
23 April-31 May 2015
Exhibition "HEARTLAND" by Antonia Bruce, Art Jericho
Oxford, England
57.
24 April 2015
Seminar "Mexico Noir: Rethinking the Dark in Contemporary Narrative and Photography", Oxford
University (Trinity college)
Cambridge, England
58.
April, June, August,
September, October
2015
Restaurants’ Festival "Pop Up": Dinner with various Mexican chefs at different restaurants in the UK
London, Bristol,
Warwickshire, England
59.
28 April 2015
Seminar “Energy, Materials and Technology: Human and Social Aspects”, Cranfield University
Cranfield, England
60.
29 April 2015
Seminar on the integration of medical equipment supply chains, Ricoh
Coventry, England
61.
29 April 2015
Conference on Leonora Carrington, Edge Hill University
Lancashire, England
62.
1-14 May 2015
Mexican Golden Age film series and photographic exhibition of María Félix, Barbican Centre
London, England
63.
8-30 May 2015
Exhibition “The Landscape of Murder” by Antonio Olmos, RichMix
London, England
64.
11 May 2015
BritMex: Idea Booster, Two Temple Place
London, England
65.
12 May 2015
Book Launch “Move up” by Andrés Roemer and Clotaire Rapaille, The RSA and Second Home
London, England
66.
12 May 2015
Conference "Spaces and Networking: The Creativity of Youth", City University London
London, England
67.
12-13 May 2015
Spring Fair and Food Festival, Kensington Town Hall
London, England
68.
13 May 2015
Mexican Food Festival, Lancaster Hotel
London, England
69.
13 May-12 July 2015
Exhibition "Frida" by Ishiuchi Miyako, Michael Hoppen Gallery
London, England
70.
14 May-20 July 2015
First Food Residency, collaboration between Mexican and British artists, including the exhibition
“Fields and Tables ", The Tallet, Calmsden
Oxford, England
71.
18 May 2015
Seminar on advanced manufacturing (automotive industry), Jaguar Experience Castle Bromwich
Birmingham, England
72.
19-23 May, 29-31
May, 30-5 June 2015
Mexican garden "Surreal Pillars of Mexico" at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, RHS Gardening Scotland,
RHS Hampton Court Palace
London, England,
Edinburgh, Scotland
73.
20 May 2015
National Manufacturing Debate: UK Reshoring Capability
Cranfield, Bedfordshire
74.
21-31 May 2015
Mexican presence at Hay Festival
Hay-on-Wye, Wales
4
75.
22 May-27 June 2015
Exhibition “South Searching” by Alinka Echeverría, in the context of Photo London, Gazelli Art House
76.
22 May-5 July 2015
Competition Mexican Poetry and the Art of Translation
77.
26 May-3 October
2015
Installation "You Know, You Cannot See Yourself So Well as by Reflection" by Frida Escobedo, in
collaboration with the London Design Festival, Victoria and Albert Museum
London, England
78.
27 May 2015
Business Development Opportunities in the Mexican Aerospace Sector, Holiday Inn
Bristol, England
79.
28-30 May 2015
Conference “Reform and Change in Mexico”, Ditchley Foundation
Oxfordshire, England
80.
29 May 2015
Round Table "México20: New Voices, Old Traditions", English PEN
London, England
81.
31 May 2015
Mexican gastronomy Lunch, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
82.
1 June 2015
Reception on the occasion of the”50 Best Restaurants” Awards Ceremony, Guildhall
London, England
83.
3 June 2015
Mexico -UK Rectors’ Summit, in the framework of Going Global 2015, British Council
London, England
84.
4 June 2015
85.
4-14 June 2015
86.
5-10 June 2015
87.
15 June 2015
88.
16 June 2015
89.
16 June 2015
Opening of the Honorary Consulate in Manchester
Manchester, England
90.
17-28 June 2015
Edinburgh Film Festival, Mexico as a guest country
Edinburgh, Scotland
91.
18-22 June 2015
¡Viva! Presents New Mexican Cinema,Home
Manchester, England
92.
19 June 2015
“A Threat to written Culture” with Ana Clavel”, The Guardian Media Group
London, England
“Mayas: Revelation of an Endless Time”, World Museum
Liverpool, England
The Dance of the Flyers (Voladores de Papantla), Rich Mix, Emslie Hornimans and Glastonbury
Festival
London and Somerset,
England
93.
94.
19 June-18 October
2015
20,21,24-28 June
2015
Conference "Mexico Business Outlook: Half Time Reflections and Expectations", Mayer Brown
Auditorium
UK-Mexico Print Exchange in the framework of VAMOS Festival, University of Newcastle y Northernt
Print
Mexican presence at Sheffield Doc/Fest and academic programme with the collaboration of IMCINE,
British Council Film, iDOCS, Ambulante, and DocsDF
Seminar "Getenergy: Conference & Exhibition for the Education in Oil and Gas", Business Design
Centre
Seminar “The Advanced Manufacturing Industry in Mexico: Business Opportunities", Old Trafford
Stadium
London, England
London, England
Newcastle, England
Sheffield, England
Manchester, England
Manchester, England
5
95.
20 June 2015
British Polo Day, Mexico and the UK friendly match, River Field-Black Bears
Henley on Thames, England
96.
22 June 2015
Screening of “Crossing that Bridge” by Rogelio Nevares, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
97.
23-27 june 2015
Exhibition "Marcheur" by Roberto Cortázar, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
London, England
98.
25 June 2015
"Agrupación Cariño" at Festival Glastonbury
Somerset, England
99.
26-29 June 2015
Visit of Buque Escuela Cuauhtémoc , H M Naval Base
Portsmouth, England
100.
27 June-24 July 2015
Exhibition “People You May Know” by Deborah Delmar, Bosse & Baum
London, England
101.
30 June 2015
Concert “Mexico in London” by Orion Orchestra with Federico González Orduña, Queen Elizabeth
Hall, Southbank Centre
London, England
102.
1-5 July 2015
The Four Fridas in Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
London, England
103.
1-10 July 2015
Jorge Tellaeche Mural, The wahaca southbank experiments and Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
104.
1 July-31 December
2015
“Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The Vision of Four Artistss”, Trafalgar Square, Grosvernor
Gardens, Canary Wharf
London, England
105.
3 July 2015
Seminar "Earth , Sky and Sea: Two Thousand Years on the Maya Trail", World Museum
Liverpool, England
106.
6-7 July 2015
Symposium "Tiles of Knowledge", organized by University of Manchester, Mexican National Council
for Science and Technology CONACYT and the Mexican Academy of Science
Manchester, England
107.
7-9 July 2015
Concerts of Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM "OFUNAM"
Cambridge, Guildford,
Basingstoke, and London,
England
108.
8 July 2015
Opening of the Mexican Honorary Consulate in Cardiff
Cardiff, Wales
109.
8 July 2015
Folkloric Ballet of Universidad de Guadalajara, St David's Hall
Cardiff, Wales
110.
9-18 July 2015
Concert and music workshop, CCOMPAZ, Rich Mix
London, England
111.
11 July 2015
Lucha libre, Royal Albert Hall
London, England
112.
15-20 July 2015
Exhibition “Sincretism” by Héctor Sandoval, Debut Contemporary
London, England
113.
17 July 2015
3rd Award Ceremony of the MexSoc-Carlos Fuentes Diploma to Outstanding Mexican Students,
Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
6
114.
22-25 de July 2015
115.
23-25 July 2015
116.
24 July-1 August, 24
September 2015
Symposium of Mexican students “Connecting Ideas-Buliding the future MexSoc, University College
London
Concerts "Aeon Duo" by Eduardo Andrade at Aberdeen International Youth Festival (AIYF) and St.
Johns the Evangelist Church
117.
25-26 July 2015
Fiesta Mexico, World Museum
Liverpool, England
118.
28 July
Mexican Academy of Engineering (AI) and the Royal Academy of Engineering, signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
London, England
Installation "Holoturian" by Ariel Guzik, Edinburg Arts Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
Play "The Heresy of Love" based on the life of Sor Juana Ines, The Shakespeare’s Globe
London, England
Exhibition "Cholombianos", Richmix
London, England
Tequila & Mezcal Fest 2015, Maritime Museum and Old Spitafields Market
Liverpool and London,
England
“Triciclo Rojo” at Fringe Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mexican presence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
119.
120.
121.
122.
123.
29 July-30 August
2015
August-September
(various)2015
6-29 August 2015
8-9 August, 19-20
September 2015
13-19,19-30 August
2015
Ballet Folklórico de Amalia Hernández, London Coliseum
London, England
London, England
Aberdeen, Scotland and
London, England
124.
15-31 August 2015
125.
27 August 2015
126.
2 September 2015
127.
1-5 September 2015
Mexican students at Young Diplomats Forum
London, England
128.
3-12 September 2015
Shaped in Mexico, Oxo Tower
London, England
Mexican gastronomy festival "Flavours of Mexico", InterContinental Hotel
London, England
Mexican design showroom “Di.Me”, TANK Magazine
London, England
129.
130.
12-19 September
2015
15-18 September
2015
Conversation "Adjudicating with Gender, Perspective" with Mexican Supreme Court Justice Olga
Sánchez Cordero, Official Residence of Mexico
Book launch “British Lions and Mexican Eagles Business, Politics and Empire in the Career of
Weetman Pearson in Mexico 1889 – 1919” by Paul Garner, London Business School
London, England
London, England
131.
15 September 2015
Mexico Fashion and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum
London, England
132.
21 September 2015
“Two Ambassadors Event” 2015 with British Mexican Society, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
7
133.
21 September 2015
Conference “Predicting thermodynamic properties of biodiesel blends using the SAFT-VR approach”,
University of Manchester
Manchester, England
134.
21 septiembre 2015
SSE Women’s Invitational, Women’s Golf Tournament and conference, Stoke Park Country Club
Slough, Buckinghamshire
135.
21 septiembre 2015
Sign of the Memorandum of Understanding about Academic-Diplomatic Collaboration between the
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs in Mexico (SRE) the FCO in the UK and the Commonwealth of UK and
Northern Ireland
London, England
136.
23 September 2015
Book launch "Path of Knowledge" by Alejandro Pintado, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
Mexican presence at Raindance Film Festival and co-production forum
London, England
Exhibition “The Clearest Skies” by Alejandro Pintado, Post Box Gallery
London, England
137.
138.
23 September-4
October 2015
24 September-30
October 2015
139.
28 September 2015
Conference by Mexican Supreme Court Justice Fernando Franco, Embassy of Mexico
London, England
140.
29 September 2015
LexMex, The Law Society
London, England
141.
29 September-9
October 2015
Exhibition [gone] MEXICO, TANK.TV
London, England
142.
1 October 2015
Brit Mex-Hackaton Global Lab
London, England
143.
1-3 October 2015
Regional Meeting of the Mexican Global Talent Network, Park Plaza City Hall
London, England
144.
2-4 October 2015
Mexican presence at FlipSide Festival 2015, Snape Maltings
Snape, England
145.
2-11 October 2015
Mexican presence at CASA Latin American Theatre Festival, Richmix and Barbican Centre
London, England
146.
5 October 2015
MexCC Gala Dinner, The In & Out Naval and Military Club
London, England
147.
7-18 October 2015
Mexican presence at BFI London Film Festival
London, England
148.
7 October 2015
Seminar: The Advanced Manufacturing Industry in Mexico: Business Opportunities, Hilton Hotel
Belfast, North Ireland
149.
8 October 2015
Mexico Business Outlook: Focus Energy, Bain & Company
London, England
150.
8-9 October 2015
151.
9 October 2015
Seminar "Carlos Fuentes: coloquio y celebración", University of Cambridge (Emmanuelle College)
and unveiling of commemorative plaque
Conference "Mexican Visualities: Critical Approaches to Identity, Images and Violence", King’s
College
Cambridge, England
London, England
8
152.
12-16 October 2015
Seminar “Star Formation at the Extreme”, Durham University, University college London and
University of Oxford
London, Oxford and
Durham, England
153.
13-16 October 2015
Mexican presence “Power to the Pixel: Cross-media Forum”, Hatton Garden
London, England
154.
14 October 2015
Talk with Hernan Lara, University of East Anglia
Norwich, England
155.
14,20 October 2015
Concert by marimba player Eusebio Sanchez winner of the "City Music Foundation Scholarship”,
Residence of the Ambassador and St Edmund the King and Martyr
London, England
156.
16 October-1
November 2015
Mexican presence at Belfast Art Festival
Belfast, Ireland
157.
18-23 October 2015
“Mexican Week”, West Dean College
Chichester, England
158.
20 October-9
November 2015
159.
23-25 October 2015
Conference “Molecular Thermodynamics of Adsorption of Fluids”, Bristol University and University
of Surrey
Conference “Mexico and the United Kingdom: Past and present perspectives”, St Andrew’s
University
160.
24 October-27
December 2015
MXProyecta in the framework of! VAMOS! festival, Central Library St. George’s Hall
Liverpool, England
161.
26-29 October 2015
Mexican cinema screenings, Sheffield University
Sheffield, England
162.
27 October 2015
Week of Mexico, University of Southampton
Southampton, England
163.
29 October 2015
Opening of the Mexican Honorary Consulate in Belfast
Belfast, North Ireland
164.
28-29 October 2015
Seminar “Ancient Mexican Books in UK Collections”, Queen’s University
Belfast, North Ireland
165.
30 October-2
November 2015
Day of the Dead Festival, British Museum
London, England
166.
1 November 2015
Seminar “Day of the Dead”, University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England
167.
1-28 November 2015
Grand Union and SOMA exchange
Birmingham, England
168.
2-5 November 2015
Mexico as a guest country at World Travel Market 2015
London, England
169.
4 November 2015
Conversation “Undercurrents in Contemporary Mexican Poetry” with Pedro Serrano, Taylor Institute
Oxford, England
170.
4 November 2015
Day of the Dead, Sussex University
Sussex, England
171.
6 November 2015
Concert "Mexican Magic" by London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martin and with
tenor Arturo Chacón the, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
London, England
Bristol and Surrey, England
St Andrews, Scotland
9
172.
7 November 2015
Wahaca's Day of the Dead Festival 2015, Tobacco Dock
London, England
173.
9 November 2015
Fundraising dinner “Icon of Freedom”, Official Residence of Mexico
London, England
174.
11 November 2015
Conference “Mexico Airport: A celebration of flight and structural innovation” Norman Foster and
Fernando Romero, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
London, England
175.
12 November 2015
Latin American composers Recital, Meeting House, University of Sussex
Sussex, England
176.
14-15 November
2015
“Sor Juana: An Icon of Freedom”, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower
London, England
177.
14 November 2015
Parade and exhibition “Lord Mayor's Show”, Streets of London
London, England
178.
16 November 2015
Visual Arts Contest “Camaradas” 2015
London, England
179.
17 November-6
December 2015
Play “Faustaff or the mockery of the soul”, The Cockpit Theatre
London, England
180.
18 November 2015
Colloquium: Realities and Challenges of Mexican Contemporary Indigenous People, Kings College
London
London, England
Gran Salon Mexico – Contemporary Illustration’s Fair, Yellow Back Books and DF/MEXICO Diner
Cardiff and London,
England
Concert CEPROMUSIC at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Huddersfield, England
181.
182.
18-27 November
2015
20-29 November
2015
183.
20 November 2015
Conference "Mexico in a Globalised World", British Academy
London, England
184.
24 November 2015
Street Art “Máscaras”, Shoreditch
London, England
185.
26 November 2015
186.
29 November 2015
187.
December 2015
Launch of “Meet Mexico” new edition in print publication
Londres, Inglaterra
188.
3 December 2015
Seminar “Mexico Insurance Day”, Gallery 11-Lloyd’s Building
London, England
189.
14-20 December 2015
New video “The Juicers” by Laura Eldret, The Mall
London, England
190.
18 December 2015
Recital Rolando Villazón, Barbican Centre
London, England
Conference: “Predicting phase diagrams of fluids combining thermodynamic perturbation theory
and Monte Carlo Path-Integral computer simulations”, Thomas Young Centre
Sign of the Memorandum of agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United
Mexican States and the Mexican and British consortium of Higher Education Institutions, which form
part of the “Cátedra Itinerante México-Reino Unido”
London, England
Guadalajara, Jalisco
10