The traces of the DANA are transformed into art and invite the public to reflect on adaptation and material memory.
After passing through the campus of Valencia, the exhibition arrives in Gandia. DANA: Designing Adaptation – Experiences for a Resilient Future (DANAda). The exhibition transforms the traces of the DANA into a creative impulse and invites the viewer to reflect on climate resilience.
Curated by Chele Esteve and Salvador Mascarell, professors at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the exhibition brings together works of art, craftsmanship and design damaged by the DANA together with new creations exploring resilience to climate change. “The proposal seeks to generate an interdisciplinary dialogue between art, design, craftsmanship and sustainability”, Esteve points out, “and the Gandia campus is an ideal place to activate this reflection with the university and local community”.
The initiative is part of the GLOCAL 2025 program, which promotes solidarity and social participation projects, and the European framework The HuT (The Human-Tech Nexus, Horizon Europe), which connects science, art and sustainability. Thus, through collaboration between artists, designers, researchers and students, DANAda “celebrates the human capacity to rebuild from the remains, transforming destruction into hope and collective learning”.
In addition to the exhibition, this interdisciplinary project includes an immersive installation, a series of lectures and a documentary, and has the collaboration of the Mainel Foundation and the Art and Environment Research Center, the Chair of Crafts and the Chair of Digital Divide and Disability of the UPV.
The exhibition DANA: Designing Adaptation – Experiences for a Resilient Future (DANAda) will be open to the public from October 30 to November 14 in the Exhibition Hall of the CRAI of the Gandia campus.