The main entrance hall of the Historic Building hosts a wool Mediterranean wood until 26 July

It has been created by a group of knitters who selflessly joined the project.
It has been created by a group of knitters who selflessly joined the project.
Culture
(27/06/2013)

From 27 June to 26 July, everyone that gets into the main entrance hall of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona will be able to see a Mediterranean wood made up of wool. The exhibition, which is part of the project Science and Knit, developed by the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the UB, aims at bringing general public closer to biology and at showing the funniest and most aesthetic side of science. The work carried out by La Guerrilla del Ganxet, a movement that decorates urban areas with knitting, inspired this initiative.

It has been created by a group of knitters who selflessly joined the project.
It has been created by a group of knitters who selflessly joined the project.
Culture
27/06/2013

From 27 June to 26 July, everyone that gets into the main entrance hall of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona will be able to see a Mediterranean wood made up of wool. The exhibition, which is part of the project Science and Knit, developed by the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the UB, aims at bringing general public closer to biology and at showing the funniest and most aesthetic side of science. The work carried out by La Guerrilla del Ganxet, a movement that decorates urban areas with knitting, inspired this initiative.

The exhibition reproduces a wool holm-oak wood, a common Mediterranean ecosystem. It has been created by a group of knitters who selflessly joined the project, individually or in group (Las niñas antiguas, Urban Knitting Castellar, La Guerrilla del Gilda, Lʼart de fer, El Grupet de les Arts, Urban Knitting Osona and La rebel·lió de les llanes). The exhibition includes different animal and plant species which are common in this type of wood, such as acorns, butterflies, ladybirds or birds, and a display panel that describes all the species.

The presence of Kiki Smith's sculpture Seer (Alice I) in the exhibion, on one hand, humanises the wood and, on the other hand, allow us to set the character on its own narrative scenery. The exhibition provides a new reading of the relationship between this work of the exhibition "Contemporary Art at the UB. Sorigué Foundation" and the Historic Building.

The project is funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) - Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Secretary for Universities and Research from the Ministry of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia. Wool was provided by Coats.