Semillas de Respeto

Project.

The Ventosa City Council believes in art and has demonstrated it since 2012, the year in which it began with 1 Km of Art, a project that seeks to enrich Ventosa and the people of Ventosa at a cultural and artistic level by placing in their streets and in their hands, at least , a work of art every year and, what is better, the participation in its creation process. This year 1 Km of Art turns 10 and with it came a series of activities and events that due to the pandemic have had to be cancelled. But thanks to the fact that everything is progressing for the better, Ventosa gets back on track with a participatory work led by the Valencian sculptor Beatriz Ferrer.

The first part of this work will be done this Saturday 26 at 6:00 p.m. in a workshop where the people of the town and everyone who comes close will mold containers together with the artist that together will form a piece that will contain soil and seeds.

The idea of ​​the artist is to create a sculpture between all of us that stands at the entrance to the town hall and that tells us about the pillars on which every society must grow: respect and love.

This work is created within the framework of interventions against gender violence promoted by the Government of La Rioja. Ventosa and its kilometer of art add up and for this they sow, metaphorically and literally, seeds of respect, dialogue and love, through art.

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Process.

The project has developed as planned. To activate the participation of the population, an informative poster was designed. The first session took place on Saturday June 26, with the participation of more than 70 people from Ventosa, including two pilgrims, for two hours. In the practical workshop, Beatriz explained the content and meaning of the work, as well as some notions about the technique of handling ceramics.

Each one made a bowl-like container to plant “seeds of respect.” Fingerprints and some words such as love, respect, solidarity, etc… and proper names were marked on the outer face.

The second part of the intervention consisted in the creation of two pieces, like large ceramic seedbeds, made up of pieces and sections of all the pieces created by the residents, showing the textures, words and names, so that everyone can recognize their contribution and recognize themselves in the work.

On Saturday, September 4, the population was summoned again to install the final two pieces on the columns of the town hall and their participation, we filled it with earth and planted seeds of different types of flowers, as diverse as people are.

Now, these ceramic seedbeds belong to everyone and are a means of communication between the population and the institution.
The proposal continues, since everyone is responsible for the seeds to grow and the flowers to stay alive. The step between the pieces to access the municipal council must be the commitment to continue working to build a respectful society, moving away from abuse and physical and psychological violence from our day to day.

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Obras de arte

  1. “Semillas de respeto”.Vive.Piensa.Actúa.Ama. Año 2021

  2. Mirando con tus ojos. Año 2022