Water Parliaments: Ebro Lands

**”Laboratories of Futures: Lo Pati”** is a free and open working day for the general public that will bring together people from various fields (farmers, scientists, activists, artists, and architects) at the Lo Pati Art Center in Amposta. Participants will share their insights on the challenges, solutions, and hopes related to water in the Ebro Lands.

This event is part of **”Water Parliaments,”** the winning project of the selection process organized by the Institut Ramon Llull for the participation of Catalan culture in the “Eventi Collaterali” at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. Chosen by an international jury, the project uses architecture to explore the interdependent relationships between humans, non-humans, and the water systems that sustain these relationships, aiming to propose more hopeful future scenarios. This is the second of several **”Laboratories of Futures”** to be held in Catalonia, with the aim of learning directly from local people and experiences.

The **Laboratories of Futures** aim to generate and inform content that will be curated by Eva Franch i Gilabert, Mireia Luzárraga, and Alex Muiño and presented at the Venice Biennale exhibition in May 2025.

**Participants include:**

– Susanna Abella (activist with the Platform for the Defense of the Ebro)
– Núria Arias (artist, professor, and activist with the Platform for the Defense of the Ebro)
– Ferran Bartomeu (climate change researcher at the Eurecat Climate Resilience Center)
– Gerardo Bonet (manager of the Federation of Mollusk Producers of the Delta)
– Margarita Fernández (technician at the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology)
– Nati Franch (biologist at the Ebro Delta Natural Park)
– Jesús Gómez (director of Territorial Services of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food in the Ebro Lands)
– Carles Ibáñez (scientific director of the Eurecat Climate Resilience Center)
– Imma Juan (technician at the Ebro Delta Natural Park)
– Miquel Àngel Marín (musician and artist)
– Josep Polet (founder of Delta Polet)
– Alfred Porres (artist and curator of the Aula al Pati program at the Lo Pati Art Center)
– Antònia Ripoll (artist, activist, and professor at the Amposta School of Art and Design)
– Elena Rosales (dean of the College of Architects of Catalonia)
– Josep Sabaté (activist with the Platform for the Defense of the Ebro and the Ebro Diaspora, energy manager, and associate professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
– Marc Viñas (head of the Riet Vell Ornithological Reserve)

**Curators of “Water Parliaments”:** Eva Franch i Gilabert, Mireia Luzárraga, Alejandro Muiño

**Coordination of “Laboratories of Futures: Lo Pati”:** Aida Boix, Edgar de Ramon, Esther Fernández, Eva Franch i Gilabert, Mireia Luzárraga, and Alejandro Muiño

With the collaboration of the Lo Pati Art Center.