Audiovisuals

Excerpt from the videomapping created for the Uriach Gallery corporate museum (2017–2022), produced by the Uriach Foundation. The audiovisual recreates Uriach’s drugstore in the early 19th century, located on Barcelona’s Passeig del Born, where the company’s founder, Juan Uriach Feliu, began his work.

With the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020 came fear and uncertainty. To shed some light, the Uriach Foundation created this video with the aim of raising awareness about the Royal Philanthropic Vaccine Expedition (1803–1814), whose purpose was to bring the smallpox vaccine around the world to reduce the high mortality caused by this virus, especially among children. To illustrate the video, excerpts from the film 22 Ángeles by Four Luck Banana, Sunrise Picture, and Televisión Española were used.

Round table entitled “History Has a Remedy. Medicines and Pharmacists in the History of Catalonia”, organized by the Uriach Foundation and the magazine Temps d’Ahir. The event was held in the Pau Gil Hall of the Modernist Complex of the Hospital de Sant Pau, presented by journalist Toni Soler and featuring Albert Figueras and Joaquim Uriach i Torelló. During the event, the article on the fascinating history of Biodramina, published in the magazine, was also presented.

Corporate video of the Uriach Foundation explaining some of its main activities related to the services it provides to the Uriach company, such as access to databases, physical and digital archiving, exhibition services, and the interpretation center “Uriach Gallery”.

Video about the Historical Library of the Uriach Foundation, produced by the TV3 News Service, offering an overview of the library’s origins and highlighting some of the main works it preserves on its shelves, such as the Articella (1492) or the Concordia farmacéutica de Barcelona (1535), of which only two copies are preserved worldwide.

News report on TV3’s Telenotícies about the book Santa Maria del Mar. A work published by the Uriach Foundation that provides a precise yet accessible account of the historical context, as well as the technical and artistic features of the church of Santa Maria del Mar, thanks to the research of its authors, Joan Domenge and Jacobo Vidal. The book is further enriched with beautiful and detailed photographs by Aleix Bagué.

Report on Dr. Josep Danón Bretos, former director of the Uriach Foundation and one of the most prominent figures in the history of health sciences in our country, thanks to his extensive academic and professional career. The video features the participation of Dr. Joan Uriach i Marsal, with whom he created and consolidated our foundation over more than forty years.

Summary of the exhibition organized by the Uriach Foundation on the history and evolution of Uriach’s advertising. Held at the Can Framis Museum of the Vila Casas Foundation in Barcelona, this exhibition showcases the development of pharmaceutical advertising and artistic techniques through the company’s collections. The exhibition is complemented by several round tables featuring some of the most important graphic artists, advertisers, and specialists, such as Josep Pla-Narbona.

Corporate video of the Uriach Foundation presenting some of its most important activities, collections, and holdings. The video highlights images of the historical library, with more than twelve thousand volumes, and the archival collection. It also includes an interview with Dr. Joan Uriach i Marsal, president of our institution, about the present and future of the Uriach Foundation.

News report on Telecinco about the exhibition held at the University of Barcelona to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Uriach company. This extensive and detailed exhibition, made up of 130 advertising posters, was later successfully taken to different cities such as Mallorca, A Coruña, Seville, and Zaragoza, among others.