Barcelona

"Subantarctica" is an outdoor photography exhibition showcasing the work of Under The Pole’s scientific underwater expeditions. From Antarctica’s marine ecosystems to the makeshift laboratories set up on board, it tells the story of an adventure where the exploration of the most extreme oceans meets the beauty of the world it reveals.

In *The Starry Sand Beach* by Nina Barbier and Hsin-Chien Huang, set to original music by Armand Amar, discover the story of foraminifera—the microscopic organisms used to measure ocean acidification.​

Embark on a journey to the Golden Age of Alexandria, Athens, and Venice! This brand-new experience, developed exclusively for the Art Explora Festival by Ubisoft, allows you to dive into the past at the heart of 3 iconic cities at the height of their splendor.

In *Noir de Carbone* by Jérôme Waeselynck, follow the kite-ski expedition led by adventurer Matthieu Tordeur and glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre across 1,500 kilometers of the Greenland ice sheet.​

Enrico Gracias and his orchestra Los Fissa Papa, this is "La Fafara": the joyously infectious cumbia-rock-caliente street quartet that relaxes your cheek muscles, loosens up your legs, and sets crowds wild, turning any street corner into a supercharged dance floor! Come join the fan club of this great star singer, unfairly overlooked outside the many tax havens scattered across the globe (where he's nicknamed "El cantante del paraíso")!

Based in Le Havre and the surrounding area, the KoolCast Brass Gang marching band brings together volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, professions and age groups. Tasked with opening the festival, the band will parade in a loop around the site, passing through key points to draw in as many spectators as possible and lead the crowd to the heart of the event. Starting from Hangar Zéro, the parade will end at Quai de Marseille, on the festival site itself, giving way to the official opening and speeches.

The proposal is entitled In the Depths and takes the form of a performative lecture. It begins with the real history of the Atlantic as a space of violence and memory: the slave trade, ports with a Black presence in Spain (Barcelona, Seville, Cadiz), and how this past has been silenced or fragmented. From there, it takes a creative leap into the realm of the imaginary: how artists such as Drexciya have paved the way for thinking about the ocean not only as a tomb, but also as an archive, as a place of possibilities and future.

Inspired by Nkisi’s ongoing research into the ethnographic music archives (1893 till present), ‘Serpent Songs’ invokes the serpentine movements of sound and the migratory paths of its vibrations. The musical composition delves into the psycho-acoustics inherited from ancient musical traditions. Here, music emerges as an enchanted consciousness; a vessel for its mythopoetic remembrance. Inspired by the primordial snake ancestors of these ancient traditions who shaped landscapes, rivers, and hills, ‘Serpent Songs' traces the trails of music they left behind.