A Cartagena-based cultural transformation project selected by Spain's Ministry of Culture: "We haven't come to explain the landscape, but to listen to it"
MURCIA (EP). Spain's Ministry of Culture has selected "Humedales en Resonancia" (Wetlands in Resonance) as the only project from the Región de Murcia in its national call for culture projects with special social impact.
The project, driven from Cartagena by La Pecera, builds on the experience of Festival Utópolis and weaves together art, citizenship and ecological memory across three key wetlands: Mar Menor, Doñana and the Tablas de Daimiel.
The grant is part of the Ministry of Culture's national programme funding cultural projects with significant social impact, a strategic line supporting initiatives that spark participation, critical thinking and collective transformation.
"Humedales en Resonancia" proposes artistic residencies, community archives and public actions across three territories facing ecological crisis — Mar Menor, Doñana and the Tablas de Daimiel — exploring the relationship between culture, ecology and citizenship.
Against a backdrop where the climate crisis is reshaping how we inhabit landscapes, the project asks an urgent question: what can culture do when the land itself is unwell? The initiative combines artistic creation, citizen labs, documentary archives and cultural mediation to stand alongside communities living this environmental emergency as their daily reality.
The project rests on one core idea: wetlands are spaces of memory — natural, emotional, social and political. Where the water recedes, stories, conflicts and questions emerge about who gets to decide a territory's future.
Selected from nearly a thousand applications nationwide, the programme champions culture as a civic, transformative space. It will unfold through the final quarter of 2025 and throughout 2026, testing new forms of care, listening and collective action on the ground.
"We haven't come to explain the landscape, but to listen to it. Culture can help us think about what we share: water, land, memory, and the right to imagine liveable futures," says Cristina Roca of La Pecera.
Based in Cartagena, La Pecera Actividades Culturales develops projects connecting art, territory and community. Its work spans mediation, programming, creation and cultural networks. Among its flagship initiatives is Festival Utópolis, a regional benchmark for community-based cultural practice and citizen-participation projects tied to place — the very experience that inspires and underpins Humedales en Resonancia. La Pecera also manages Teatro Circo Apolo in El Algar, strengthening local cultural ecosystems connected to national and international networks.
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The project, driven from Cartagena by La Pecera, builds on the experience of Festival Utópolis and weaves together art, citizenship and ecological memory across three key wetlands: Mar Menor, Doñana and the Tablas de Daimiel.
The grant is part of the Ministry of Culture's national programme funding cultural projects with significant social impact, a strategic line supporting initiatives that spark participation, critical thinking and collective transformation.
"Humedales en Resonancia" proposes artistic residencies, community archives and public actions across three territories facing ecological crisis — Mar Menor, Doñana and the Tablas de Daimiel — exploring the relationship between culture, ecology and citizenship.
Against a backdrop where the climate crisis is reshaping how we inhabit landscapes, the project asks an urgent question: what can culture do when the land itself is unwell? The initiative combines artistic creation, citizen labs, documentary archives and cultural mediation to stand alongside communities living this environmental emergency as their daily reality.
The project rests on one core idea: wetlands are spaces of memory — natural, emotional, social and political. Where the water recedes, stories, conflicts and questions emerge about who gets to decide a territory's future.
Selected from nearly a thousand applications nationwide, the programme champions culture as a civic, transformative space. It will unfold through the final quarter of 2025 and throughout 2026, testing new forms of care, listening and collective action on the ground.
"We haven't come to explain the landscape, but to listen to it. Culture can help us think about what we share: water, land, memory, and the right to imagine liveable futures," says Cristina Roca of La Pecera.
Based in Cartagena, La Pecera Actividades Culturales develops projects connecting art, territory and community. Its work spans mediation, programming, creation and cultural networks. Among its flagship initiatives is Festival Utópolis, a regional benchmark for community-based cultural practice and citizen-participation projects tied to place — the very experience that inspires and underpins Humedales en Resonancia. La Pecera also manages Teatro Circo Apolo in El Algar, strengthening local cultural ecosystems connected to national and international networks.