Underground Writing for Peace

Mural Art: BesArt The River Museum
Curatorial Storytelling: Oana Maroti

At Parque Fluvial del Besós, there is peace. The ecosystem that was destroyed by industrialization is recuperating, and it is changing the lives of all the people here. For the moment, the environmental project is more successful than the social one, even if it´s based on the same principles: life matters, diversity, and inclusion. However, what is logic for environmental science, oddly, is not the same for the social system.

In all languages, we have expressions associated with peace, such as "peace of mind," which have evolved slightly depending on the speaker and are now widely understood as tranquility.

With all its power and its accumulation of painful details about the many conflicts that have divided and broken hearts throughout human culture, language compares and identifies the idea of ​​peace with a cerebral reaction that makes us feel comfortable, gives peace of mind, and tranquility.

Non-verbal languages in arts and crafts, along with the signed and written ones in songs and literature, are passed down from generation to generation, detailing what makes us happy and unhappy as a group. Conflicts breed unhappiness in large groups, and the dynamic is immense, affecting subsequent generations for long periods of time. To be happy, we also need those around us to feel content. We influence each other, and today, with online media, this effect is even clearer and faster.

If large groups could avoid propaganda and disinformation—in other words, propagandistic information that goes beyond the social framework and, at first glance, is intended to inform—peace would be easier to achieve.

In a peaceful environment, we can thrive. Tranquility is the foundation of development. However, when the environment is conflictive or polluted, what we experience is pure survival, internal struggles, and immense suffering.

From the Underground to the Surface,
We want Peace!

Make the Fair Negotiation possible!