PROFESSIONAL:
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CONSULTANCY
Beneplácito,
S.L.
Before Office of Beneplácito, S.L.
From 1985:
CEO of Beneplácito, S.L.,
Consultancy in International Cultural Relations,
organizing international intercultural events and performances,
coordinating the production of publications,
editing them and contributing to their texts and contents.
From 1991:
Consultant to the Japanese Media and Promotion firm
Octagon Ltd.
on international cultural projects and events.
1995-2001:
Consultant in Program Development for
Suffolk University Madrid Campus
planning and coordinating the institution
of joint degrees to be granted by
Suffolk University, U.S.A.,
with
Universidad de
Salamanca, Cursos Internacionales
and
San Pablo, Centro de
Estudios Universitarios
Madrid, Spain.
1997:
Consultant to the Japanese Media and Promotion firm
Octagon Ltd.,
in preparing a Fair
called Feria de Madrid,
held in Autumn 1998 at the Japanese theme park,
Parque España.
1995:
Consultant to the Japanese Media and Promotion firm
Octagon Ltd.
in preparing a Fair
called Feria de Galicia,
held in Spring 1996 at the Japanese theme park,
Parque España.
1995:
Consultant to the Japanese Publisher
Kodansha International
in the selection of candidates for a prize
to be given to Spanish translators of Japanese literature.
1995:
Held seminar on
The Spanish Business Culture
for
Bennett Associates, Inc.,
a leading American corporate relocation firm,
now owned by
1994:
Consultant to the Japanese Magazine
Kateigaho
on the production, photography and text
of an article in their issue 1994 Nº 6 , p. 231,
on Spanish Patios.
1993:
Provided
text for article on the contemporary
Japanese architect Kikoo
Mozuna
in
the Canadian architecture magazine
Insite.
The Mystical Architecture of Kikoo Mozuna
Insite, 1993,Toronto, Canada.
1991:
Coordinated the production of a photographic book:
The Andalusian Patio
published in Tokyo by the Japanese publisher
Kenchiku Shiryou Kenkyusha,
organizing photography and related travel in Spain,
editing texts of several contributors,
and writing a leading essay and introductory texts.
1988:
Coordinated the production of a photographic article on Japanese interior design,
writing its principal text, and editing those of other contributors,
for the Spanish architecture and interior decoration magazine
Nuevo Estilo
1987:
Organized and introduced a Concert of Japanese Classical Music
at Fundación
Ponce de León, Madrid.
1985-7:
Coordinated the production of issue Nº 6 of the Spanish cultural review
El Paseante
published by
Ediciones Siruela
Madrid, Spain,
dedicated monographically to Japanese culture,
organizing photography in Japan,
commissioning articles by several contributors and editing them,
and also contributing an article on Buto.
