Grigri Pixel is a programme promoted by Grigri Cultural Projects whose purpose is to explore the practices of cultural cooperation and citizenship between Africa and Europe through the manufacture of grigris or magic objects intended to re-enchant urban spaces through artistic and digital production practices of a collaborative and experimental nature, from both continents. The programme started in 2016 and its aim is to connect and link experiences of creating cities, between Africa and Europe.
The fourth edition of Grigri Pixel took place in 2019 with a programme that revolves around the theme of hospitality and has two main objectives: on the one hand, to reflect on the power that arises in a territory when it is capable of opening itself up, facilitating encounters and giving rise to that which is apparently different, foreign and strange; and on the other hand, to highlight how these processes are able to mutually enrich the people who participate in them, broadening their horizons and common imaginaries.
Credits
Design, Coordination and General Production: Grigri Projects
Collaborator Institutions: Medialab Prado AECID Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Programa ACERCA, Sercade.ong – Programme Afrique, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Coordination and communication: Susana Moliner
Mentoring: Yago Torroja, Blanca Callén and David Pérez
Mediation: Iris Hernández, Yannick Tresor Dzuouko and Adrián de Miguel
Medialab Prado Team: Sonia Díez, Laura Fernández and Daniel Pietrosemoli
Graphic design: David Pérez
Photos: Álvaro López, Óscar Parasiego, Lucasz Michalak @estudioperplejo
Video: Raúl González
