About Casa Planas
FOUNDATION
The Fundació Casa Planas is a creative center located in Mallorca. Specializing in the interpretation of the tourist imaginary, it is a vibrant space that promotes interdisciplinary creation, with more than 2,000 m² of studios for professionals in the cultural sector and multifunctional spaces for activities.
The center engages with society by using culture as a tool for connection and participation, linking the local territory with the international contemporary cultural scene. Fundació Casa Planas preserves and activates the documentary collection of the Archivo Planas.
A unique archive containing more than 3 million images documenting the development of the tourism boom in the Islands, along with an important collection of image technology and representations of tourist desire dating back to the late 19th century. This valuable heritage collection is shared and interpreted through the experimentation, creation, and research grant program, Uncovering Archive, as well as its public program featuring guided visits known as Architours.
Matronage
- Marina Planas Antich – Presidency
- NIAL ART LAW, SL – Secretary
- Imma Prieto Carrillo – Member
- Joan Boadas Raset – Member
- Catalina Antich Cruellas – Member
- Maria Ramis Planas – Member
- Fundació Privada Photographic Social Vision – Member
- Fundació Art Serra – Member
- Universitat Illes Balears – Member
- Ministerio de Cultura – Member
Advisory Team
- Joan Foncuberta
- María Santoyo – PhotoEspaña
- Alejandra Uslenghi
- Frances Morris – Former Director of Tate Modern.
- Carmelo Vega
- Jorge Blasco
- Macià Blázquez e Ivan Murray – CRIGUST UIB
Mission
The mission of Casa Planas is:
The mission of Casa Planas is to consolidate and promote a Centre for Relational Contemporary Creation. It is a cultural space dedicated to the interpretation of tourism, based on its documentary collection which houses more than 3 million photographs depicting the beginnings of mass tourism.
Objectives
- Build a diverse and international community that enriches conversations around art, creativity, and critical thinking.
- Organise talks, workshops, exhibitions, labs, and gatherings for professionals in culture and knowledge.
- Manage a scholarship programme for artistic research linked to the Planas Archive.
- Promote creation and study related to tourism and contemporary thought.
- Publicise the Casa Planas project as a social and collective sculpture.
Team
Marina Planas
Presidency and Artistic Direction
Education
Holds an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York and a degree in Audiovisual Communication from Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona. She currently serves as President and Artistic Director of Fundación Casa Planas, a contemporary creation and research center, where she leads the Uncovering Archive program, focused on contemporary photography and artistic creation through archive-based residencies.
Her photographic and conceptual projects expand the conventional boundaries of the visual arts, understanding the figure of the creator also as a curator, collector, and generator of contexts.
Since 2015, she has curated and developed her artistic practice from one of the world’s largest photographic archives dedicated to tourism, comprising more than 3,000,000 images. This collection, located in the Balearic Islands—a key territory in the development of the tourism industry and a model later replicated internationally in regions such as the Caribbean and Asia—forms the basis of a research project focused on the construction of fiction and desire through the tourist utopia.
Her work also proposes a contemporary reading of these images to address the consequences and crises arising from the exploitation of touristified territories.
Alelí Mirelman
Project Director
Education
Master’s in Analysis and Management of Contemporary Art from the Universitat de Barcelona, training in Cultural Events at the Massachusetts School of Arts in Boston, and a degree in Fine Arts from the Universitat de Barcelona. She specializes in cultural dynamics and transdisciplinary processes aimed at social transformation and improvement.
She currently directs projects related to the genealogy of transversal art, the third wave of feminism, environmental sustainability, research, archival theory, and critical thinking.
Begoña Márquez
Residency Coordination
Education
Begoña holds a degree in Anglo-Germanic Philology from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She has lived and worked in the United States and China. Accustomed to navigating international environments and adept in administrative and team management, she enjoys the multicultural and multidisciplinary atmosphere of Casa Planas.
Sofia Borrás
Artistic Coordination of Marina Planas Studio
Education
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona; Economics degree from Nottingham Trent University. She has found her passion in artistic and cultural management with a focus on forging links between the creative community and the general public. After years of working in the management of various exhibition spaces, she joined the Casa Planas project in mid-2025 as artistic coordinator of Marina Planas Studio.
Lucía Camacho
Head of Communications
Education
Communication professional specialized in graphic design, cultural management, and event production. She holds a degree in Advertising and Public Relations and a Master’s in Event Management in the Cultural Industry. She has developed her career through projects related to culture, music, and corporate communication, combining creativity, strategy, and visual sensitivity. Throughout her experience, she has worked in content creation, web design, digital communication, and cultural project development, establishing herself as a versatile professional in constant evolution.
Ana Aranda
Communication and design
Education
Artistic Baccalaureate at the School of Arts in Ibiza between 2018 and 2020, a period in which she discovered and developed her interest in design. She is currently studying a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design at the School of Art and Higher Design of Palma, a program she combines with her work as a graphic designer at Fundación Casa Planas. This experience has allowed her to apply her knowledge to real projects and continue growing both creatively and professionally.
Inés Rakosnik
Archive management
Education
Archivist specialized in the conservation and preservation of audiovisual heritage. Her practice combines the care of analog and digital materials in cultural archives, workflow optimization, and the application of curatorial criteria for the presentation of collections.
Support
Structural support
support for creation
Collective knowledge and memory
Sponsors
Members of
PARTNERSHIPS
Observatorio COSTA / La fiesta de la fotografía
MEDIA PARTNERS
