Natalia Domínguez IN RESiDENCE at the School La Ribera

A sound that is unheard, a dust that is unseen

At less than three hundred metres from Montcada i Reixac, the Holcim cement factory is also one of the thirty-six waste incinerators currently found in Spain. Tyres, pharmaceuticals, meat meal, grey water and heavy metals are burned to produce the energy needed to make cement. ‘A sound that is unheard, a dust that is unseen’ explores some of the ‘invisible’ materialities emitted by the factory in order to reflect on the ways in which industrialisation affects the lives of its closest inhabitants.

With students Salar Ahmad, Faris Bougrain, Ibrahim Chtioui, Hugo López, Xaviera Manzo, Aleix Notario, Lydia Santos, Ainhoa Umbert, Hugo Villar, Marwa Zitouni, Valeria Cuba and teachers Magnòlia Martínez and David Hidalgo.

Produced as part of the 16th edition of Artists IN RESiDENCE in Schools, a programme of the Barcelona Institute of Culture, Barcelona Education Consortium and Besòs Consortium, conceived in cooperation with the A Bao A Qu association and in collaboration with the Town Councils of Badalona, Montcada i Reixac, Sant Adrià de Besòs and Santa Coloma de Gramenet.

Coordinated and curated by L’Afluent.