Arquea Col·lectiu IN RESiDENCE at the School La Ribera
Arquea Col·lectiu
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Arquea Col·lectiu operates at the intersection of sound creation, visual arts and biology. It is an assemblage made up of microorganisms inhabiting speculative territories; soundscapes connecting other spatiotemporal dimensions; the vocal apparatus of a modular synthesiser; the retina of a microscope camera; and two human beings, Marzia Matarese and Patricia Usero, who interact with these agents on different levels. Drawing on formats rooted in audiovisual performance and expanded cinema, Arquea Col·lectiu proposes a video-sound exploration of territories and becomings suspended between the physical dimension of decomposing matter and speculative landscapes shaped through dialogue and tension with the places where the piece originated.
Marzia Matarese is a visual artist and mycophile. She draws on undisciplined methodologies and speculative fiction to create works across a range of media, including video, photography, installation, performance and culture media. Her work explores the intricate relationships between the biotic, abiotic and artificial realms through speculative cosmotechnics and embodied strategies aimed at destabilising human exceptionalism and creating spaces for post-natural queer ecologies.
Patricia Usero is a sound artist immersed in the world of modular synthesisers, DIY/DIWO instrument building and field recordings. Her work focuses on deep listening and dialogue between natural sound recordings and modular synthesis systems, through which geophonies, biophonies and anthrophonies are filtered. She creates soundscapes that emphasise the importance of sound in multispecies communication and survival, exploring the emotions evoked by our relationship with the environment.
Arquea Col·lectiu's performances have been presented at various national and international festivals and cultural venues, including Festival Digit (Pratdip, 2026), Festival Rizomes (La Cellera de Ter, 2026), Einxs Pro at Hangar (Barcelona, 2025), Festival International d’Art Video de Casablanca (Morocco, 2024), CaixaForum Barcelona (Barcelona, 2023), Ecoss Festival: Ecosistemes de l’Inesperat at Fabra i Coats (Barcelona, 2023), Lo Mon Contemporáneo (Hecho, 2023), La Caldera (Barcelona, 2023) and Festival L’Alternativa at CCCB (Barcelona, 2022). Their earlier work includes performances at Rarefacció, Hangar (Barcelona, 2022), a collaboration with Kyoka during the Cicle Entropia at Etopia (Zaragoza, 2022), and performances at La Cinètika (Barcelona, 2022), Modular Day 8 (Barcelona, 2021) and Festival Eufònic (Ebro Delta, 2021).
Profile updated in September 2026.
Institute La Ribera
L’Institut La Ribera (La Ribera, Montcada i Reixac) participa per quarta vegada consecutiva a EN RESiDÈNCiA. En la 15a edició (2023-2024), Rodrigo Laviña hi va desenvolupar, el procés de creació de Drac, Barra, Emprempta, presentat a Montcada i Reixac i, posteriorment, a la biennal Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana. En la 16a edició, Natalia Domínguez va crear Un so que no se sent, una pols que no es veu, presentat públicament a La Capella (juny 2025). En la 17ª edició, Laura Ginés va crear El que un gat blau ens pot dir de la ciutat que volem. En totes tres casos comissariats per l’Afluent. Enguany, l’Institut La Ribera torna a participar amb un grup d’alumnes de 3t d’ESO.
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The area surrounding the Institut La Ribera, located very close to the Besòs River, is going through a process of transformation, driven by the La Ribera River Park project and the Neighborhood Plan initiatives. It also has a partnership with the University of Barcelona, as part of the MAGNET programme and with the support of the Montcada i Reixac Town Council.
Information updated as of September 2025
Participants
Alumnes de 3r d’ESO
Docents
Vanessa Sanz i Angel García
Comissariat i coordinació
A Bao A Qu
Direcció
Consorci del Besòs i Institut de Cultura de Barcelona