This workshop proposes a situated approach to the stony matter of the soil as an active materiality, a carrier of memory, and an agent within creative processes. Drawing on the context of the Collserola Natural Park, these materials will be explored through both a scientific-technical perspective and an experimental artistic practice linked to the collection, processing, and material transformation of sediments into mineral pigments.
Petric Pigments offers an attentive and responsible engagement with the territory, centered on the use of local materials and understanding process-based methodology as a space for learning.
Artists, illustrators, designers, architects, geologists, educators, cultural mediators, students of art, design, architecture, geology and biology, as well as individuals engaged in territorial practices.
No prior technical knowledge is required. The workshop is designed for participants open to experimentation, with an interest in exploring new relationships between material, environment, and creative practice.
Block 1. Scientific-technical introduction
27.05 / 17:00–17:45h
Gemma Alías
Block 2. Situated drift and collection
27.05 / 17:45–18:30h
Lucía Rivero & Gemma Alías
Block 3. Studio practice: from sediment to material
27.05 / 18:30–20:45h
Lucía Rivero
Block 4. Closing and group reflection
27.05 / 20:45–21:00h
Lucía Rivero
27/05/2026
17–21h
— Lucía Rivero is a visual artist. Her research explores materialities and scientific illustration, expanding her practice across disciplines. Her current project emerges from a material exploration centered on calcium carbonate, using pigments derived from eggshells and local soils, which she applies within her pictorial practice.
— Gemma Alías is a geologist and university lecturer specialized in petrology and geochemistry. She works at the University of Barcelona, where she is part of the Institute of Archaeology and the GEOXIS research group. Her teaching includes metamorphic petrology, interpretation of igneous and metamorphic terrains, cartography, and introductory geology courses. She also serves as vice-dean for quality.
104 € (10% discount for the Eina community).