Mirlo, magazine

Mirlo
FrequencyMonthly
FounderAsís G. Ayerbe and Óscar Esquivias
FoundedDecember 2022
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Websitewww.revistamirlo.com
ISSN2952-444X

Mirlo, subtitled la revista que trina (the magazine that twitters), is a Spanish monthly publication founded in 2022, specializing in photography, literature, and music.[1] Characterized by experimentation, each issue develops a monographic theme and features a different design.[2] It was founded by photographer and designer Asís G. Ayerbe and writer Óscar Esquivias, both of whom had previously created other publications during their university years in Burgos.[3][4][5] [6]

Title

According to its editors, the name comes from the bird with one of the most beautiful and recognizable songs, the photogenic blackbird (turdus merula), the bird that announces the end of winter, that grows drunk on its own trilling and "goes mad with love", as Juan Ramón Jiménez once wrote.[7]

Characteristics

Printing process of issue no. 0 of Mirlo

Mirlo publishes thematic issues in which a creative concept is explored visually, literarily, and — from issue no. 20 onward — musically. It is known for its literary and visual variety and for producing experimental issues. Its issue no. 0, Autorretrato (Self-portrait), published in December 2022, consisted of a collection of navel self-portraits by fiction writers and poets.[8][9] Other examples of experimental issues include no. 10, Brumario, printed in white ink on black paper; Armas de luz (no. 14, February 2024), printed in reflective ink on white paper and readable only in darkness; and no. 25, Viaje de estudios, shaped like a postcard book: the volume can be disassembled so that the cards can actually be mailed.[10]

Photographic contributors to various issues include Jorge Otero (who designed the "Cámara Mirlo" for issue no. 23),[11] Ángel Herraiz, Lola García Garrido, Nuria Mendoza, Carmen Ballvé, Chiara Boccardi, [12] and Iosune de Goñi. [13]

In addition to literary texts and photographs, Mirlo has also published illustrations by Alfonso Zapico and Luis Eguílaz.

Photo shoot for issue no. 29 Harold! (Teatro Alcázar, Madrid, 2025)

Music

Sheet music by Rafael Eguílaz has been published in the magazine, along with links to musical works composed specifically for the publication by Rafael Eguílaz, Carlos Hernández Sánchez, Adrián Graumann, and José Manrique.[14]

Exhibitions

Partial view of the exhibition El vuelo del Mirlo (The Flight of the Blackbird) in the Hospital of San Agustín in El Burgo de Osma (2025)

In 2024, the Instituto de la Lengua de Castilla y León organized El vuelo del mirlo, los primeros años de una revista que trina ("The blackbird's flight: the early years of a tweeting magazine"), a retrospective exhibition on Mirlo. It opened at the Palacio de la Isla (Burgos) and featured photographs, texts, scores, drawings, manuscripts, cameras, and other technical elements illustrating the creative and printing process behind the magazine's various issues.[15][16] The exhibition subsequently toured other locations in the region, including El Burgo de Osma[17] and Aranda de Duero.[18]

In September 2025, the exhibition ''Turba'' opened in Madrid, featuring photographs by Asís G. Ayerbe published in the magazine's eponymous issue (no. 33, September 2025).

References

  1. ↑ Venzon (2024)
  2. ↑ Alberto Marroquín (September 27, 2024). "Revista Mirlo, un lugar de encuentro, sueños y mucha experimentación". El Correo de Burgos. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ José Manuel Oca (2005). "Dos revistas literarias burgalesas: Calamar y Luzdegás". In José María Balcells (ed.). Literatura actual en Castilla y León. Actas del II Congreso de Literatura Contemporánea. Ámbito. p. 692.
  4. ↑ Fernando Ortega Barriuso (2001). Diccionario de la Cultura en Burgos: siglo XX. Dossoles.
  5. ↑ "Asís G. Ayerbe, fotógrafo, diseñador gráfico, editor". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB). September 9, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ "El gozo de crear una revista". Diario de Burgos. December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Nace 'Mirlo', la revista más bonita del mundo". Archiletras. January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Contributors included Vicente Molina Foix, José Gutiérrez Román, María Sánchez-Saorín, Care Santos, Marta Sanz, Luisgé Martín, Elvira Navarro, and Pilar Adón, among others.
  9. ↑ I.L.H. (December 24, 2022). "El gozo de crear una revista". Diario de Burgos. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  10. ↑ Raquel Garzón (June 30, 2025). "Postales de un viaje de estudios". Clarín. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Escenografías". Mirlo. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  12. ↑ "n.º 23 · 11/24 · Escenografías". Revista Mirlo. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  13. ↑ "Llega el número 7 de Mirlo, la revista que trina". Zona de Obras. September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Burgos acoge la muestra 'Vuelo del mirlo', retrospectiva de la publicación poética de Óscar Esquivias y Asís Ayerbe". La Razón. 2024-09-28. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  15. ↑ Javier Prieto (September 28, 2024). "Burgos acoge la muestra 'El vuelo del mirlo', retrospectiva de la publicación poética de Óscar Esquivias y Asís G. Ayerbe". La Razón. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Una exposición irrepetible". Cadena SER. 2026-01-16. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  17. ↑ "La Junta programa en mayo medio centenar de propuestas culturales en Soria". El mirón de Soria. May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
  18. ↑ Herrero, Vicente (2026-01-16). "Una exposición irrepetible". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-17.
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