Catalonia in Venice

Following the Fish

  • Client

    Institut Ramón Llull

  • Categories

    • Awarded
    • Campaign
    • Cultural
    • Institutional
    • Poster
    • Social dessign
    • Space

Art direccion and design for the communication campaign for the participation of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands in the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, as part of the Eventi Collaterali.

The project of this edition called Following the Fish, was carried out by the productora Leve and Top Manta. Through the vision of the manters, the project addressed issues such as migratory flows, the privatization of public space, the plunder suffered by Africa and the fight against racism, among others. While looking for anti-racist activism connected to architecture.

In the design and art direction of the graphic campaign, we sought the prominence and voice of the Top Manta collective. In the design and art direction of the graphic campaign, we sought the prominence and collective voice of Top Manta. A frame was designed with the information of the event leaving a large central blank, occupied for the drawings created for the members of the collective manter during a co-creation workshop where the concepts discussed in the throughout the exhibition, (spoliation, migration or diaspora) and that talk about the reality of the African collective that migrated to Catalonia with a vision of the past, present and future.

Project designed by Font&Pont
Illustrations: Top Manta
Director of the co-creation workshop: Marta Joan