Very much looking forward to co-creating walking bundles with students from three schools along the River Ebro.
With an emphasis on our connection with and in nature, we will explore our local environment by foot with an aim to collect found and waste materials to use for our sculptural interventions.
This project is a collaboration between associations Arte Sostenible and Riba Rocks and has the support of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Diputacion de Tarragona.
Project Fardells.
Art, Sustainability and Poetic Denunciation in the Ebro.
A pioneering project that fuses art, education and environmental activism in the heart of the Terres de l’Ebre.
The FARDELLS project (bundles), which has the support of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Diputación de Tarragona, is the creative response of the visual artist Sarah Misselbrook of the Riba Rocks Association and the Sustainable Art Association to the plastic pollution crisis. Aimed at students of artistic expression from secondary schools in rural environments, the project transforms the Ebro river basin into a “creative laboratory” where the global environmental problem becomes a palpable and personal reality.
The Methodology: From Forensics to Artists
Through an innovative Local Base Pedagogy methodology, young people become “forensic artists”. They carry out “bundle walks” to collect waste (plastic, glass, metal) from the local environment.
The creative process is based on the co-creation of the “bundles”, striking symbolic sculptures that turn a worthless waste into a powerful poetic denunciation against excessive consumption and environmental neglect.
The final phase of the Fardells project will consist of the public display of the parcels in their municipalities of origin. Accompanied by reflective texts prepared by the students themselves, these creations will act as a catalyst for citizen dialogue and collective awareness.
Objectives and Impact:
The project achieves a triple essential goal:
Critical Awareness: Foster critical thinking and climate responsibility in youth, with a special focus on the circular economy model (7R’s) that seeks to minimize the environmental impact by managing material waste in a more sustainable way.
Creative Development: Promoting creativity through sustainable artistic practice through the reuse of waste materials.
Training for teachers: Provide advanced methodological resources on the use of sustainable materials, guaranteeing that sustainable artistic practices can be replicated in future formative actions.