Conference on Enredades. Deciding the sea

design by Camila Viéitez.

What does it mean that the sea has a view? How is living things legislated? What role do art and political imagination play in the regeneration of our ecologies? Check out the full programme.

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We are at a time when we need new ways of caring for and listening to nature. In this first edition of the Jornades Enredades we propose to generate a space of confluence between science, art and citizen participation to rebalance our relationship with the sea. The 7 de novembre, a'Aula 1 of the CCCB (Barcelona), we will seek to imagine and assimilate new ways of relating to the sea: as a subject of law, as a collective memory and as a shared future.

Deciding the sea is an invitation to become entangled: to weave unlikely alliances between neighbours, researchers, artists and activists. We come together to think about how to talk to the sea, to open up processes of deep listening that transcend disciplinary languages and to explore how it is possible to give sight to non-human beings.

The conference will be in Spanish and will include translation into Catalan sign language.

The conference is divided into three acts:

In the first, we look at the struggle for the recognition of the rights of marine ecosystems. From the legal and political experience around the Mar Menor to the academic and social debates taking place in other latitudes, we ask how we can translate the link between community and environment into rights.

In the second, we move on to ecosocial parliaments: spaces of political and cultural imagination that assert new forms of collective decision-making. Here, artistic, social and community practices come together to think about the future of shared territories.

Finally, the tancament invites us to a sensorial drift. Through a performative action by Ferran Lega, the river plants are activated as a sonorous cosmos, reminding us that listening can also be a form of knowledge and eco-social care.

This meeting, promoted by Concomitentes with the collaboration of the CCCB and the support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, does not aim to offer closed answers, but rather to open up questions around the following questions: What does it mean that the sea has a view? How is living things legislated? What role do art and political imagination have in the regeneration of our ecologies?

PROGRAMME

16:30 Opening of the portes

17:00 - 17:30 Inauguració. How to get involved?

Lucia Casani (Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation in Spain)

is the General Director for Spain of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation. With a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, she began her career in film and advertising projects before joining La Casa Encendida in 2002, where she was coordinator of Audiovisuals, director of Culture and, since 2014, general director. Under her leadership, La Casa Encendida established itself as a benchmark space for contemporary culture and social and environmental thought, promoting a multidisciplinary, accessible and international programme. Its incorporation into the Foundation coincides with the new global strategy 2024-2028, contributing to a period of institutional maturity and renewal.

Fran Quiroga (Concomitant)

is a transdisciplinary researcher and Director of Concomitents. He has conducted experimental research such as Montenoso, Rare Parties o Ruraldecolonised in art centres such as Matadero Madrid, CGAC and MUSAC. He is also coordinator of the project Art Living Lab for Sustainability, financed by the European Commission. He has co-edited, among others, Mutations in public space o The party, the weird and the public space, all two published by Bartlebooth.

Judit Carrera (CCCB)

is the Director of the CCCB. She holds a degree in Political Science (UAB) and a Diploma of Advanced Studies at Sciences Po Paris. She has worked at UNESCO's Analysis and Foresight Office and has directed thought and debate programmes at the CCCB. With more than 25 years of experience in culture and international relations, she has collaborated with European institutions and universities, given international conferences and participated in juries and media. In 2022 she received the Difusió award and was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
CCCB website: https://www.cccb.org/

17:30 - 18:30 Els drets del mar. Els drets del mar. From the Mar Menor to the Mediterranean Sea

Teresa Vicente  (University of Murcia)

is Professor of Philosophy of Law and Director of the Chair of Human Rights and the Rights of Nature at the University of Murcia. After practising law, she has specialised in ecological justice, social rights and legal feminism. She has led pioneering initiatives in Spain, such as the Popular Legislative Initiative that gave legal personality to the Mar Menor (2019). Her work in defence of the environment and collective rights won her the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2024. In addition, he has participated in numerous research projects and academic publications on natural rights and sustainability, combining legal research with social and community action.

Isabel Pont Castejón (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

holds a PhD in Law and is a lecturer in Administrative Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with a background in environmental law since 1985. She has been a reinforcement magistrate in administrative litigation and has practised as a lawyer, advising public entities such as the Port Authority of Barcelona. She has directed European projects on environmental impact assessment and participates in scientific and advisory committees on sustainability and coastal zone management. Her work combines teaching, research and legal advice, contributing to the development of environmental policies in Spain. In the period 2022-2025 she has served as director of the Centre of Excellence in Research, three times accredited as Maria de Maeztu. It is the ICTA-UAB.

Juan Manuel Zaragoza (University of Murcia)

holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the Autonomous University of Madrid and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Murcia. He has been a Marie Curie and Leonardo-Fundación BBVA fellow, and has taught Bioethics and Philosophy at several universities. Between 2018 and 2020 he directed the Master in Cultural Management at the University of Murcia and, since 2021, he has been editor in chief of the journal Thinking on the sidelines. His work combines academic research, cultural management and public communication of philosophy through articles and contributions to the press and local newspapers.
Personal website: www.jmzaragoza.net

Moderator: Fran Quiroga (Concomitant)

is a transdisciplinary researcher and Director of Concomitents. He has conducted experimental research such as Montenoso, Rare Parties o Ruraldecolonised in art centres such as Matadero Madrid, CGAC and MUSAC. He is also coordinator of the project Art Living Lab for Sustainability, financed by the European Commission. He has co-edited, among others, Mutations in public space o The party, the weird and the public space, all two published by Bartlebooth.

18:30 - 19:30 Parlaments ecosocials

Christian Alonso (Ecologies Híbrides del Delta del Llobregat)

is a lecturer in contemporary art history at the University of Lleida and director of the project Hybrid Ecologies of the Llobregat Delta. She works in the fields of critical posthumanities and environmental humanities. Her research has focused on multi-species relations, queer ecologies and natural and cultural extractivism. She has extensive experience in research, teaching, management, coordination, production and communication of commissioning, mediation and artistic production projects.
Personal website: https://christianalonso.net/
Website of Hybrid Ecologies of the Llobregat Delta: https://ecodeltallobregat.org/

Anna Moreno (Marfantes)

is a visual artist and researcher, and her practice explores the relationship between history, fiction and speculative futures, revisiting how the utopias of the past influence the present. He has held residencies at Pivô (São Paulo), Jan Van Eyck Academie (Maastricht) and HIAP (Helsinki), and has presented his work at the Fundació Miró, La Casa Encendida (Madrid) and the Fundación Botín (Santander), among others. He is currently developing the video installation Marfantes on the future of the Ebro Delta, with the support of the Carasso Foundation.
Personal website: https://annamoreno.net/

Eva Franch i Gilabert (Parliaments of Water: Projective Ecosocial Architectures, Venice Biennale 2025)

is an architect, commissioner and researcher, Franch is co-founder of FAST, a platform for spatial creation, environmental imagination and the production of technologies and strategies for civic engagement. She is a professor at UMPRUM (Prague), Columbia University (New York) and professor emeritus at the Academy of Fine Arts in Shanghai. She has directed the Architectural Association a London i Storefront for Art and Architecture a Nova York. El seu darrer llibre, 100 Words for Water: A Projective Ecosocial Vocabulary (2025), brings together global views with optimistic imaginings.
https://waterparliaments.org

Moderator: Veronica Valentini (Concomitant)

is a commissioner, educator and researcher. Her practice addresses issues and methodologies related to the creation of the public sphere and the production of social knowledge through informal, distributed and situated exchange between art and society. She is founding director of E.M.M.A. i founding co-director of BAR project, two self-managed curatorial organisations that it considers as tools for thought, imagination and action. Through them, it develops an annual public programme of research, production and presentation that moves to the south of the art system, a residency programme for international artists and curators, and the transdisciplinary training programme BAR TOOL, of which she is the tutor, both in Barcelona.

19:30 - 20:00 - Performative action Ferran Lega

Sound activation of river plants

Ferran Lega

holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, where he was awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize. He combines artistic practice, linking art, science and technology, with teaching digital design at the University of Lleida. He has exhibited at the Fundació Tàpies, Arts Santa Mònica, Fundación Botín, Lo Pati, La Panera, CCCB and Sonar+D, among others. Member of the groups GRIHO and Hybrid Ecologies, collaborates with Elisava, UPV and Warsaw University, and participates in international congresses and publications such as Artnodes, BRAC i Ausart.
Personal website: https://www.ferranlega.com/

20:00 - 20:15 - Conclusions and closing

A càrrec de Concomitentes.

Entangled Days. Deciding the sea
What does it mean for the sea to have a voice? How does the living legislate? What role do art and political imagination play in the regeneration of our ecologies?

We are going through a time when we need new ways of caring for and listening to nature. In this first edition of the Jornadas Enredadas we propose to generate a space of confluence between science, art and citizen participation to rebalance our relationship with the sea. The 7 November, in Room 1 of the CCCB (Barcelona), we will seek to imagine and test new ways of relating to the sea, as a subject of law, as a collective memory and as a common future.

«Deciding the Sea» is an invitation to entangle ourselves: to weave unlikely alliances between neighbours, researchers, artists and activists. We come together to think about how to talk about with the sea, to open up processes of deep listening that transcend disciplinary languages and to think about how it is possible to bring in non-human voices.

*The conference will be in Spanish and will be translated into Catalan sign language.

The day is divided into three acts:

In the first, we look at the struggle for the recognition of the rights of marine ecosystems. From the legal and political experience of the Mar Menor to the academic and social debates taking place in other parts of the world, we ask ourselves the following questions how to translate the link between community and environment into rights.

In the second, we give way to the ecosocial parliaments: spaces of political and cultural imagination that rehearse new forms of collective decision-making. Here, artistic, social and community practices come together to think about the future of shared territories.

Finally, the closing invites us to a sensory drift. Through a performative action by Ferran Lega, river plants are activated as a sound body, reminding us that listening can also be a form of knowledge and eco-social care.

This meeting, promoted by Concomitentes with the collaboration of the CCCB and the support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, does not seek to provide closed answers, but rather to open up questions such as: What does it mean for the sea to have a voice? How can the living be legislated? What role do art and the political imagination play in the regeneration of our ecologies?

PROGRAMME

16:30 Opening of doors

17:00-17:30 Inauguration How to entangle us?

Lucia Casani (Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation in Spain)

is the General Director for Spain of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation. With a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, she began her career in film and advertising projects before joining La Casa Encendida in 2002, where she was Audiovisual Coordinator, Director of Culture and, since 2014, General Director. Under her leadership, she consolidated La Casa Encendida as a space of reference for contemporary culture and social and environmental thought, promoting a multidisciplinary, accessible and international programme. Her incorporation to the Foundation coincides with the new global strategy 2024-2028, contributing to its stage of maturity and institutional renewal.

Fran Quiroga (Concomitant)

is a transdisciplinary researcher and Director of Concomitentes. He has directed experimental research such as ‘Montenoso’, ‘Fiestas Raras’ or ‘Ruraldecolonizado’ in art centres such as Matadero Madrid, CGAC or MUSAC. He is also coordinator of the project ‘Art Living Lab for Sustainability’ funded by the European Commission. He has co-edited, among others, ‘Mutaciones en el espacio público’ or ‘La fiesta, lo raro y el espacio público’, both published by Bartlebooth.

Judit Carrera (CCCB)

is the Director of the CCCB. She holds a degree in Political Science (UAB) and a Diploma of Advanced Studies from Sciences Po Paris. She worked at the
UNESCO's Office of Analysis and Foresight and directed programmes of thought and debate at the CCCB. With more than 25 years of experience
in culture and international relations, she has collaborated with European institutions and universities, given international lectures and participated in juries and media. In 2022 she received the Diffusion Prize and was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
CCCB website: https://www.cccb.org/

17:30 -18:30 The rights of the sea. From the Lesser Sea to the Mediterranean Sea 

Teresa Vicente  (University of Murcia)

is Professor of Philosophy of Law and Director of the Chair of Human Rights and Rights of Nature at the University of Murcia. After practicing law, she has specialised in ecological justice, social rights and legal feminism. She has led pioneering initiatives in Spain, such as the Popular Legislative Initiative that granted legal personality to the Mar Menor (2019). His work in defence of the environment and collective rights earned him the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2024. She has also participated in numerous research projects and academic publications on rights of nature and sustainability, combining legal research with social and community action.

Isabel Pont Castejón (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

holds a PhD in Law and is a lecturer in Administrative Law at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with a background in environmental law since 1985. She has been a judge in administrative litigation and has worked as a lawyer, advising public bodies such as the Barcelona Port Authority. She has led European projects on environmental impact assessment and participates in scientific and advisory committees on sustainability and coastal zone management. His work combines teaching, research and legal advice, contributing to the development of environmental policies in Spain. In the period 2022-2025 she has served as director of the Centre of Excellence in Research, accredited three times as Maria de Maeztu: ICTA-UAB.

Juan Manuel Zaragoza (University of Murcia)

holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the Autonomous University of Madrid and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Murcia. He has been a Marie Curie and Leonardo-Fundación BBVA fellow, and has taught Bioethics and Philosophy at different universities. Between 2018 and 2020 he directed the Master's Degree in Cultural Management at the University of Murcia and since 2021 he has been editor-in-chief of the journal Thinking on the sidelines. His work combines academic research, cultural management and public communication of philosophy through articles and collaborations in local press and radio.
Personal website: www.jmzaragoza.net

Moderator: Fran Quiroga (Concomitant)

is a transdisciplinary researcher and Director of Concomitentes. He has directed experimental research such as ‘Montenoso’, ‘Fiestas Raras’ or ‘Ruraldecolonizado’ in art centres such as Matadero Madrid, CGAC or MUSAC. He is also coordinator of the project ‘Art Living Lab for Sustainability’ funded by the European Commission. He has co-edited, among others, ‘Mutaciones en el espacio público’ or ‘La fiesta, lo raro y el espacio público’, both published by Bartlebooth.

18:30-19:30 Eco-social parliaments

Christian Alonso (Ecologies Híbrides del Delta del Llobregat)

is a lecturer in contemporary art history at the University of Lleida and director of the project Hybrid Ecologies of the Llobregat Delta. She works within the frameworks of critical posthumanities and environmental humanities. Her research has focused on multi-species relations, queer ecologies and naturcultural extractivisms. She has extensive experience in research, teaching, management, coordination, production and communication of curatorial projects, mediation and artistic production.
Personal website: https://christianalonso.net/
Website of Hybrid Ecologies of the Llobregat Delta: https://ecodeltallobregat.org/

Anna Moreno (Marfantes)

is a visual artist and researcher whose practice explores the relationship between history, fiction and speculative futures, revisiting how the utopias of the past influence the present. She has held residencies at Pivô (São Paulo), Jan Van Eyck Academie (Maastricht) and HIAP (Helsinki), and has presented her work at the Fundació Miró, La Casa Encendida (Madrid), and the Fundación Botín (Santander), among others. He is currently developing the video installation Marfantes on the future of the Ebro Delta, supported by the Carasso Foundation.
Personal website: https://annamoreno.net/ 

Eva Franch i Gilabert (Parliaments of Water: Projective Ecosocial Architectures, Venice Biennale 2025)

is an architect, curator, researcher and co-founder of FAST, a platform for spatial creation, environmental imagination and the production of technologies and strategies for civic engagement. Franch is a professor at UMPRUM/Prague, Columbia University/New York and professor emeritus at the Academy of Fine Arts/Shanghai. Franch has directed the Architectural Association in London and Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. Her latest book, 100 Words for Water: A Projective Ecosocial Vocabulary (2025), brings together global voices with optimistic imaginaries.
https://waterparliaments.org

Moderator: Veronica Valentini (Concomitant)

is a curator, educator and researcher. Her practice addresses issues and methodologies related to the creation of the public sphere and the production of social knowledge through informal, distributed and situated exchange between art and society. She is founding director of E.M.M.A. and co-founding director of BAR project, two self-organised curatorial organisations that she considers as tools for thought, imagination and action. Through them she develops respectively an annual public programme of research, production and presentation that moves in the south of the art system, a residency programme for international artists and curators, and the transdisciplinary training programme BAR TOOL, of which she is the tutor, both in Barcelona. 

19:30-20:00 - Performance action Ferran Lega

Sound activation of river plants

Ferran Lega

holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, where he was awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize. He combines artistic practice, linking art, science and technology, with teaching digital design at the University of Lleida. He has exhibited at the Tàpies Foundation, Arts Santa Mònica, Botín Foundation, Lo Pati, La Panera, CCCB and Sonar+D, among others. Member of the groups GRIHO and Ecologies Híbrides, he collaborates with Elisava, UPV and Warsaw University, and participates in international congresses and publications such as Artnodes, BRAC and Ausart.
Personal website: https://www.ferranlega.com/

20:00-20:15 - Conclusions and closure

By Concomitentes.