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From the 8th of September to the 24th of November, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana presented a comprehensive programme featuring installations, archives and performances by the participants of the edition.
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Memory of the Smoke. Eco-social conflicts in sacrifice zones
- TypeExhibition
- VenueThe Three Chimneys
Memory of the Smoke exhibition view, 2024. Foto © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Ivan Erofeev
Inhabited areas whose population and surroundings suffer severe, sustained damage caused by industrial activity are known as sacrifice zones.
The industrial landscape in Sant Adrià de Besòs has generated belonging, identity and roots for over a century, but all of this has come at a huge environmental cost. The chimneys, the hulking masses of iron and concrete as well as the electricity pylons have provided continued sustenance while all the time posing a threat.
A green thread of grassroots protest can be traced with a common purpose: to defy destiny. It can be traced from the first demonstration in Badalona against the “damned soot” to the current struggle of the Platform for the Conservation of The Three Chimneys against the urban speculation that threatens this stretch of the Sant Adrià coastline.
Memory of the Smoke exhibition view, 2024. Photo © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Ivan Erofeev
All these environmental struggles are linked to broader cycles of protest, demands and conflict; the green thread is entangled with red and black threads, without which it is impossible to understand the area’s social and urban transformation. Street by street and hand to hand, residents have fought against Francoism, for greater access to education and for improved labour rights, women’s rights, public infrastructure and housing.
As with rights and spaces, popular memory must also be fought for. That is why, together with the residents of Sant Adrià and surrounding areas as well as local entities, Manifesta 15 has organised a place of meeting and engagement at the Three Chimneys. Our collective work has resulted in the creation of this memory room, as well as a programme of activities that will be rolled out by a network of neighbours. Both initiatives – the room and the programme – are intertwined and based on a shared desire to call upon residents to join forces in contemplating the past and constructing the future.
Neighbourhood Network: This is a collaborative project that would not exist without the involvement of the residents of the Sant Joan Baptista and La Mina neighbourhoods (Sant Adrià de Besòs) and Besòs i Maresme (Barcelona).
Curatorial Team: Fernando Paniagua de Paz, Francisca Casas-Cordero, Lluís Vecina, Observatori de la Vida Quotidiana (OVQ), Thamyres VM
Exhibition Design: Majka Tkáčiková
Video: Francisca Casas-Cordero (Production), Jose González Morandi (Direction)
This exhibition is supported by Fundación Daniel & Nina Carasso.
As part of the exhibition, the following activities will take place:
- 19.09.2024 Conversations at the Factory I
- 10.10.2024 Conversations at the Factory II
- 17.10.2024 Conversations at the Factory III
- 21.11.2024 Conversations at the Factory IV
23.11.2024 Conversations at the Factory V
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