{"id":243987,"date":"2020-05-15T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T10:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/?p=243987"},"modified":"2020-05-15T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:59:35","slug":"the-world-renowned-artist-joan-fontcuberta-promotes-a-participatory-work-of-art-to-pay-homage-to-peoples-solidarity-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/en\/the-world-renowned-artist-joan-fontcuberta-promotes-a-participatory-work-of-art-to-pay-homage-to-peoples-solidarity-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"The world-renowned artist Joan Fontcuberta promotes a participatory work of art to pay homage to people’s solidarity during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cGlimpses of the Lockdown<\/a>\u201d is a joint project of \u00d2mnium Cultural, Joan Fonctuberta and the Cru\u00eflla music festival that invites people from all over the world to take part in a gigantic photomosaic by answering this call: “Tell us your lockdown in a Picture\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Fontcuberta has been awarded prestigious international prizes and honours: from winning the Hasselblad Award or Spain\u2019s National Prize of Photography to being given the title of \u201cChevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Lettres\u201d in France<\/em><\/p>\n Read full BIOGRAPHY here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Barcelona, 15 May 2020<\/em> – \u00d2mnium Cultural, the Cru\u00eflla Festival and the internationally renowned artist Joan Fontcuberta have launched \u201cGlimpses of the Lockdown\u201d<\/a>, a participatory work of art – in the format of a massive Photomosaic – to pay homage to collective solidarity during the Covid-19 crisis.<\/strong> This project seeks to depict how, through thousands of photographs of the confinement, people and civil society have self-organised to endure and overcome these difficult times.<\/p>\n The artist Joan Fontcuberta will be in charge of turning this collective resilience to manage difficulties into an artistic and cultural project of international repercussion: a great Photomosaic made up of hundreds of thousands of photographs.<\/strong> The artist will create a final image with all these pictures, an image that will be unknown and kept secret until the last moment.<\/p>\n Omnium Cultural,<\/strong><\/a> the main cultural and human rights NGO in Catalonia with more than 180.000 members; and the Cru\u00eflla Festival<\/strong><\/a>, one of the most important music festivals in Barcelona; will help with the communication and dissemination of this project.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the commitment of Joan Fontcuberta, we save for posterity the struggle for a dignified life through culture and empowerment. A brave culture that reaffirms the strength of collective power “, said the president of \u00d2mnium Cultural, Jordi Cuixart<\/strong>, imprisoned now for 940 nights for defending fundamental rights. The organisation\u2019s vice-president, Marcel Mauri, also emphasised the ability of citizens to overcome difficulties: \u201cThis confinement has changed our daily lives. We saw the balconies full of life; we have discovered other ways to be with our family, friends or neighbours, and we have applauded the medical staff, the supermarket cashiers, and the volunteers, who have worked against the clock to save lives and leave no one behind\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n