The Jameos del Agua Auditorium hosted yesterday, Wednesday the 21st, the presentation of "Palabras Mayores", the new audiovisual material from the Tourist Centers, a compilation of stories, anecdotes and experiences of some of the people who accompanied César Manrique in the process of creating the Centers.
"Palabras Mayores" consists of nine videos that reveal each of these spaces, by the hand of people linked to the entity such as the workers Marcial Martín, José Manuel Onieva, Jesús Fontes, Ildefonso Aguilar, Gregorio de León, Federico Padrón, Esteban Armas, Antonio Ramos and Ana Pérez.
This project is based on an idea presented by three students from the San Patricio school in Madrid to the 'Audi Creativity Challenge', a technological innovation contest organized by this automobile firm, the prize consisting of a three-week trip to Lanzarote to develop a project that explores the work of César Manrique through workers and former collaborators of the author.
A tribute to the builders of "seven unique wonders"
The journalist Techy Acosta was in charge of conducting the presentation of this audiovisual work, which was attended by the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, the CEO of the Tourist Centers, Benjamín Perdomo, the mayor of Haría, María Evelia García, and other political figures from the island.
Corujo highlighted that Palabras Mayores “is a tribute to those who have built the history of the Tourist Centers, seven unique wonders in the world that make Lanzarote a unique island in the world”.
The president evoked the figures of “César Manrique and Pepín Ramírez, two men with a great vision of the future and strongly committed to the island and its people”, and thanked the workers of the entity, “thanks to whom the magic of these places is possible”.
Likewise, the island representative pledged to “continue to keep Manrique's legacy alive”.
For his part, Perdomo endorsed the gratitude to “those who have contributed to making "Palabras Mayores" a reality”, and defined the work as “a tailor-made suit for the Tourist Centers”.
Finally, Xavier Verdaguer, representative of Audi, of the team of students from the San Patricio school in Madrid and of Imagine, -company promoting the meeting of projects in Lanzarote, highlighted three “key and coincident” elements in the protagonists of "Palabras Mayores": “The culture of effort of all based on leadership, the affection and respect transmitted by the figure of César Manrique; the importance of Nature in everything that was done and the love for work well done”.
For their part, the protagonists of "Palabras Mayores" were also present at this meeting, who expressed their "gratitude for the past and hope for the future", through Marcial Martín, who acted as representative of the group.
