Solaridades, the work of Solar Narratives, opens in Barcelona
Photo by PSAAPthe inauguration will take place on Saturday 20 September in Villavente y lugar de Valdearenas
On Saturday 20 September, in Villavente y lugar de Valdearenas, the concomitance Solar Narratives will inaugurate Solarities, the work commissioned by its principals to architect María Auxiliadora Gálvez.
To attend, simply go to this meeting point (where it is easy to park) at 11:00h.
The event will be interpreted in sign language.
Programme of the day
Presentation
11:00h Arrival at Villavente.
11:30h Presentation in the Town Square.
12:00h Departure on foot from the village square. Interpretation of the landscape by the participants.Activation and celebration
12:45h Inauguration of the piece with a “forum or offer”.
13:30h Performativised activation by the artist, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, together with the group of commissioners and guests.
14:30h Popular lunch.
An open council with the sun
Solar Narratives was born in the face of the threat of the installation of a macro-infrastructure of solar panels in the region of La Sobarriba. The work Solarities responds to the desire of neighbours to have places of participation from which they can be taken into account in the decisions that affect the territory they inhabit.
In the era of green extractivism, Solarities generates a space where neighbours can come together to celebrate and dialogue, and at the same time, it puts the relationship of the territory with the sun at the centre, as the Solaridades structure functions as a solar observatory from which it will be possible to enjoy the equinoxes and solstices every year.
Part of the structure of Solarities has been built by the comitentes with living grass to provide shade. The group has been meeting for almost two years to build this structure little by little, adapting to the natural cycles. Thus, it is a living structure that will mutate over time.
