ALÇAR EL VOL JUNTS. PEDRO MECINAS

Description

RAISE VOLUME TOGETHER. PEDRO MECINAS

Exhibition duration: February 21 to December 31, 2025

Venue: Centre del Carme. Gothic cloister

Artist: Pedro Mecinas

Organized by: Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community

Produced by: Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community

The Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community, in its line of work supporting artistic creation affected by the consequences of the October 2024 flood, invites Catarroja-based artist Pedro Mecinas to develop a mural installation specifically for the Gothic cloister of the Centre del Carme. His motto, "Raise Volumn Together," serves as a message of support for the sector and an invitation to the public to join this initiative.

Pedro Mecinas began his career in graffiti, trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia, and combines art and nature in his work. This project originated in the Albufera (water lagoon) of Valencia, where for several years Mecinas dedicated himself to painting the huts attached to rice fields with different species of native birds, with the aim of raising awareness of them and discovering the space they inhabit.

In the artist's words: "Of all the virtues that birds possess, without a doubt the ability to take flight in unison is the one that fascinates me the most. That ability to become one to achieve a common purpose. So many years of human "evolution," and we haven't even been able to agree on that. Being able to put aside what separates us to focus in the same direction."

This work is a metaphor for that idea. Each species of bird represented is different—like humans—but they all take flight at the same time and in the same direction."