Five shortlisted projects advance to Micelio's second phase
Those shortlisted will have until 6 April to further develop their initial idea, after which a presentation will be made to the jury from which the winning proposal will emerge.
Those shortlisted will have until 6 April to further develop their initial idea, after which a presentation will be made to the jury from which the winning proposal will emerge.
Five projects have moved on to «Phase 2: Proposal» of Micelio, Concomitentes' fourth Call for Participatory Art, aimed at citizen groups under the age of 35 who want to address an environmental challenge in their environment through a new participatory art project.
The five shortlisted proposals will have until Friday, 6 April at 23:59hrs to further develop their initial idea. In addition, this second phase will be remunerated with 200 euros (taxable base) and will include a mentoring session by the Concomitentes team and the possibility of presenting the project to the jury that will select the winner.
The five projects are:
AHUMA (Barcelona):
From an intersectional and anti-racist perspective, AHUMA is a project that is framed in the context of the eco-social crisis that violates fundamental rights related to migration, food and cultural rights in Spain. Through a collective recipe book, it seeks to build a space that promotes the horizontal transfer of knowledge, the promotion of critical pedagogies and the incorporation of non-academic (or hegemonic) knowledge in communities linked to food spaces.
Citizen Collective: Activists of Knowledge and Flavours (Sindillar)
Mediated by: Mariana Alva (Las Jamaiconas)
Co-creant la Marjal (Almardà - Almenara, Valencia):
A project focused on the recovery and management of wetlands, actively involving citizens in the design of sustainable strategies. It combines traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge to restore the ecological balance, generate environmental awareness and strengthen community participation in the defence of the territory through art.
Citizen's collective: Agró Morvedre
Mediated by: Pere Bodí Pérez
Metabolic connections. Climate and community agriculture (Valencia):
A project that addresses the climate crisis from the perspective of food sovereignty and sustainable agricultural practices. Promoting community networks for responsible production and consumption, fostering a more conscious relationship with the territory or making visible how local collaboration can be an effective response to climate change - especially after the DANA - are some of the objectives of this proposal.
Citizen's collective: Per L'Horta
Mediated by: Estela de Frutos, Miriam del Saz and Chiara Sgaramella (Cueropoterritorio)
This is a bank! (Villarrubia, Guadalquivir valley, Cordoba):
A proposal that promotes the creation of a seed bank to preserve biodiversity, promote creative research and disseminate other forms of agriculture. Through an agro-feminist approach, it encourages collaboration with scientists, artists and the local community. In the face of desertification and land exploitation, it claims local varieties and peasant knowledge as alternatives to strengthen food security.
Citizen's collective: SUQ
Mediated by: Javier Orcaray Vélez
Structures of affection (Barrio Orba/Parque Alcosa, Alfafar):
A project that proposes to reactivate public space after the DANA, moving from emergency to desire through processes of artistic mediation, social participation and community co-creation. The initiative seeks to reconfigure common spaces - many of them destroyed or disabled - and provide them with new uses and meanings, fostering collective identity, sustainability and equitable access to meeting spaces that promote cultural leisure.
Citizen's collective: Kolectivo Jóvenes Parke
Mediated by: Alba Oller (Massa Salvatge)
To the 76 projects that have been submitted thinking about having a positive impact on their environment: many thank you for counting on Concomitentes to continue branching this mycelium! The quality of the proposals indicates that citizens everywhere want to exercise their cultural rights in order to live a better present and think of other futures.
