ECHO Events
Presented by: ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture
Location: Carrer d’Espronceda 326, Nave 4-5, 08027 Barcelona
Co-Arising: Wednesday, May 21 at 5:00 PM
Lower the heat, plant the change: Friday, May 23 at 6:00 PM
Mares del Mañana: Friday, May 23 at 7:30 PM
Admission: Free
After the success of the intensive campaign design sprint week in March and the subsequent weeks of collaborative production, we are pleased to announce that we are ready to present the results of this creative and transformative process.
As part of the European project ECHO (Empower Change-makers for a HarmOnious Europe), these initiatives have involved young artists, creatives, and researchers in developing campaigns focused on climate change, promoting a deeper connection between citizenship, art, and democracy. This project is also part of ESPRONCEDA´s NEB (NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS) inititative.
We invite you to participate in the ECHO Events: a series of artistic experiences that address the future of our cities, the climate, and the ways we inhabit the world.
Coming soon! Save the date! On Friday, May 30, ESPRONCEDA will host REVERB, the closing event of the Barcelona ECHO Academy. REVERB is an invitation to reflect, debate, and experience the intersection of art, activism, and climate politics. The event will feature a debate session, a music moment for enjoyment, and a participatory space designed for audience interaction. More details coming soon!
ECHO Events program:
Wednesday, May 21, 17:00 – Co-Arising
A trembling invitation to return: to the heart, to the Earth, and to the truth of our belonging.
Co-Arising is a story-exhibition, a space of reweaving and radical memory. It arises amidst ecological, cultural, and systemic collapse, refusing to look away. It listens, feels, composts, and dreams. Through sound, image, reclaimed materials, sculptural installation, and ritual, this exhibition challenges dominant narratives of separation and control, offering instead a space of reconnection, reverence, and co-emergence.
COMPOSTING EMPIRE, the first installation in this series, revolves around Both Are True, a four-wall audiovisual work enveloped in a reclaimed structure and a sea of rubble. With visual poetry, salvaged materials, and a haunting sound atmosphere, it poses: What becomes possible if we compost the myths about our place in the web of life?
Created by:
Mara Adina: An internationally recognized filmmaker with works on Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max, screened at festivals such as Sundance, London Film Festival, and Hot Docs. Originally trained in visual arts, her film career focuses on documentaries committed to the political realities of our time.
Puck Ast: A master’s student in Political Philosophy at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Her journey combines studies on climate justice with creative practices in photography and poetry.
Krista Stoynova: An audiovisual studies student interested in how art, technology, and nature intertwine. Her work is inspired by the universe and the everyday.
Denise Thiemke: A designer and visual artist based in Berlin. Her practice focuses on multisensory experiences based on research to imagine new narratives.
Friday, May 23, 18:00 – Lower the Temperature, Plant the Change
An immersive experience about Barcelona’s climate future.
Barcelona could become the European city with the most heatwave-related deaths by the end of the century. What can we do today to transform that future?
HOPE LAB arises as a response. The installation transforms a space into a living garden inspired by Janus—the god of beginnings—where the public traverses extreme heat, drought, and urban noise, and then co-creates a transformation.
HOPE LAB is also the beginning of a Green Network that will connect people and collectives committed to sustainability, urban gardening, and community action. A moment to pause, become aware, look ahead, and choose what future we want to plant.
Created by:
Bertille Gamichon: A sociologist and cultural manager focusing on the social impact of art and culture as a driver of change.
Danna Montenegro: A Colombian cultural manager and producer specializing in creative industries, with a strong belief in culture as a transformative tool.
Belén Blasco: A Uruguayan educator and cultural manager with a passion for collective projects and cultural mediation.
Césarine Lafontant: An architect and artist working from photography and writing, seeking to slow down to observe and care for what is about to disappear.
Prior registration required: Registration Form
Friday, May 23, 19:30 – Mares del Mañana
A sensory installation about food, climate, and care.
Seas of Tomorrow investigates algae as a symbol and material to imagine resilient futures. Through soundscapes, sculptures, speculative texts, and edible elements, this work invites us to touch, taste, and think about other models of life.
Algae—adaptable, silent, powerful—offer us a new narrative for care and sustainability. This installation is a provocation, an offering, and a space to imagine possible food futures from ecological resilience.
Created by:
Alanna Wilson: An artist, actress, and filmmaker who combines comedy, clowning, and movement to explore social issues from a political perspective.
David Feroce: An artist working from sculpture and installation with organic materials, dialoguing with the earth as part of the process.
Lucy Broomfield: A Scottish artist and designer inspired by nature’s regenerative capacity and her passion for sustainability.
Sandy Davis: A multidisciplinary artist researching sound, immersive media, and interaction, creating participatory sensory experiences with a political focus.
