Rosa Tharrats & Gabriel Ventura, El riu era verd i blau i groc

As part of the Special: Garden of Hyenas, Rosa Tharrats and Gabriel Ventura present El riu era verd i blau i groc (2024), a film-performance created for Manifesta 15. The work explores the history of pollution and recovery of the Besòs River. 

The project brings together communities and residents connected to the river, blending voices, songs, poetry, and textile sculptures in a mix of documentary and dreamlike scenes. The river becomes a place of memory and change, where people and community practices create new ways to connect with the landscape and its history. After the screening, the artists will present a special performance made just for this event.

Rosa Tharrats works across sculpture, installation and performance. She likes to think of matter as a living, vibrant entity, understanding natural and industrial objects as beings with an unexplored subjectivity. In her work, Tharrats emphasises processes of alchemy and material transformation, treating materials as living elements.

Gabriel Ventura is a writer and artist whose work is grounded in poetry. He explores many forms, including essays, performances, research, and film. His recent books are W (2017), La nit portuguesa (2021), El mejor de los mundos imposibles (Anagrama, 2025), and Apuntes para un incendio de los ojos (La Bella Varsovia, 2026).

Duration: 60 minutes.

Capacity: 144 people.

Audience: General audience. Children aged 7 and over must be accompanied by an adult.

Garden of Hyenas

Special Ticket for all activities (except children's workshops and the tasting): €30 / Individual Ticket: €10