Open Call Logroño

Cities Ahead has launched an open call for international creatives to propose participatory actions for the transformation of the public space, integrating aspects of urban innovation and sustainable/ecological development. This call aims to put the citizens of Logroño at the centre of the city's future. By implementing a participatory artistic, activist or any other creative action in Logroño, the city will become a vivid marketplace for new ideas, tools and formats. The project puts the initiatives of artists, designers, activists and other creatives in dialogue with the citizens of Logroño. The current challenges of insufficient investments, deterioration of shared values and shrinking public spaces are prevalent in many cities and will be tackled in Logroño through participatory practices that support ecological, economic and social sustainability. Being engaged in the development, production and adoption of public spaces will lead to a greater sense of responsibility and belonging among the citizens.

The deadline for submission was 10 January 2023. The selected practices will be presented during the 9th edition of the Concéntrico Festival from 27 April to 2 May 2023.

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Selected practices for Logroño

The members of the jury met on 25 January 2023 to decide on the Cities Ahead calls for proposals:
Antonia Blau, Director of Goethe-Institut Madrid
Carmen Urquia, councillor of Logroño City Council
Silvia Lindner, director of Museo Würth La Rioja
Charles Landry, creative urban planner
Javier Peña, director of Concéntrico

The jury determined that the three selected practices are:

Catalystas collective (Germany)

The mobile library of women’s local knowledge

The mobile library of women’s local knowledge is a humble process of valuing and putting in focus the local knowledge of the citizens of Logroño. Starting from site-specific explorations of habits, rituals and rules, the mobile library will be traveling through Logroño and activating temporarily different open spaces in the city. Bringing together different knowledge, catalystas collective cares for a process of learning, sharing and empowering while opening for women a platform to gather and express their thoughts and expertise about the city.
 

Vanesa Pena Alarcón & Carlos Herraiz (Spanien)

Logomaquias

Logomaquias is a processual work of art that proposes new ways of connecting beyond the voice, despite the voice. The collective employs chewing gum stuck in the city's pavement as an aesthetic and symbolic material aiming to start a reflection on the communicative disfluencies in contemporary societies. Through a series of participatory workshops and installations, they pursue to co-create new vehicles of conversation with associations, collectives, and people with communication, language, speech, and/or voice disorders. The aim is to examine the degrees of communication difficulties from the perspective of experience and art rather than pathology and shame, opening alternatives to the normative forms of verbal communication.
 

Frantoio Sociale + Hypereden (Italy)

Cantiere Aperto: a collective practice

The project Cantiere Aperto: a collective practice consists of a set of coordinated activities carried out together with local organizations and volunteers to build urban artifacts through the demolition and the transformation of waste materials. The practice aims to promote urban transformation as a collective and collaborative activity and give to the local communities the chance to take action on public space, expressing their needs and dreams.