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€ 10.000
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  • Contributing € 5

    BIG THANKS!

    With this donation you will be on our THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website. A real friend of Volverás A Casa.

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 00 Backers
  • Contributing € 15

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture that we call ´ENTE´ (being) will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).

    On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!


    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 06 Backers
  • Contributing € 20

    SIGNED PHOTO

    Signed photo of the ´ENTE´ on the sea

    • signed
    • 10 x 10 cm, color printed
    • unframed

    Keep a little memory of the project Volverás a Casa, and also a bit of the sea inside your home.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 06 Backers
  • Contributing € 35

    MINIATURE ARTWORK ´SKIN´



    Piece of rubber ´skin´ on wood. It is the skin of the sculpture that we have been calling ´ENTE´.
    These small works are made of material that has been generated in the artistic workshop of Guillermo Basagoiti.

    • Each piece unique and will reach you signed by the artist
    • The rubber is mounted on wood. Sizes are 16 cm x 12 cm x 2 cm
    • Each piece is slightly different due to the lines on the rubber. You will be surprised!
    • Artwork belonging to the project ´En Expansión´ by Guillermo Basagoiti.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 11 Backers
  • Contributing € 40

    T-SHIRT

    ´Fruit of the Loom´ T-SHIRT with a print of the ´ENTE´.

    The curious shape of the sculpture will remind you that you were part of a special adventure!

    • We have shirts in black, bright blue, red and navy blue
    • Before sending the rewards we will contact you to know your favorite color
    • Sizes available are S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 05 Backers
  • Contributing € 50

    TOTE PACK ´ENTE´

    In this donation you will be delighted with:
    A heavy quality cotton Tote-bag with an ink print of the sculpture on it.

    Keep a practical memory of the project ´Volverás a Casa´ with this bag, ideal to take to the beach!

    • The bag is available in the following colors: black, blue, red, lime
    • Before sending the rewards we will contact you to know your favorite color

    +

    Signed photo of the ´ENTE´ on the sea

    • signed
    • 10 x 10 cm, color printed
    • unframed

    Keep a little memory of the project Volverás a Casa, and also a bit of the sea inside your home.

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD
    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).

    On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!


    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 04 Backers
  • Contributing € 50

    EVENT

    With this contribution we send you an Invitation to the Project Presentation Event (online & offline).
    You will be part of the group of pioneers of Volverás a Casa!

    • When the sculpture has made its test trip to the Balearic Islands, we will present its experience and ours in a live meeting
    • The meeting place will be in Empordà, Catalonia
    • We will organize an afternoon accompanied by a drink, a little snack and a fun presentation of what has been experienced by the sculpture and by us too !
    • For those of you who are far away: we will have a live streaming of the event so that you can also take part
    • There will be an opportunity to ask us all these things that have caught your attention!

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    UNIQUE WORK ´SKIN´

    Piece of rubber ´skin´ on wood. It is the skin of the sculpture that we have been calling ´ENTE´.
    These small works are made of material that has been generated in the artistic workshop of Guillermo Basagoiti.

    • Each piece unique and will reach you signed
    • The rubber is mounted on wood. Sizes are 16 cm x 12 cm x 2 cm
    • Each piece is slightly different due to the lines on the rubber. You will be surprised!
    • Artwork belonging to the project ´En Expansión´ by Guillermo Basagoiti.

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 05 Backers
  • Contributing € 85

    Big Tote pack ´ENTE´

    A complete kit! You will have the thermos in stainless steel with the ´ENTE´ Floating on the sea, printed on it.
    With this thermos you will have a tangible memory of having supported a very special project.
    Instead of going on the water, like the ENTE does, this thermos carries the water inside!

    +

    A heavy quality cotton Tote-bag with an ink print of the sculpture on it.

    Keep a practical memory of the project ´Volverás a Casa´ with this bag, ideal to take to the beach!

    • The bag is available in the following colors: black, blue, red, lime
    • Before sending the rewards we will contact you to know your favorite color

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 03 Backers
  • Contributing € 150

    PHOTO - PABLO BASAGOITI

    Pablo Basagoiti's printed photo of the sculpture ´ENTE IV´ exhibited in Candás, Asturias in 2019.

    • Sculptural work by Guillermo Basagoiti Brown
    • You will receive the photo in 15x15 cm and framed in 30x40 cm
    • Signed by the photographer, Pablo Basagoiti
    • Limited edition

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 05 Backers
  • Contributing € 175

    Mega Fan Pack

    A complete kit! You will have the thermos in stainless steel with the ´ENTE´ Floating on the sea, printed on it.
    With this thermos you will have a tangible memory of having supported a very special project.
    Instead of going on the water, like the ENTE does, this thermos carries the water inside!

    +

    ´Fruit of the Loom´ T-SHIRT with a print of the ´ENTE´.

    The curious shape of the sculpture will remind you that you were part of a special adventure!

    • We have shirts in black, bright blue, red and navy blue
    • Before sending the rewards we will contact you to know your favorite color
    • Sizes available are S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL

    +

    A heavy quality cotton Tote-bag with an ink print of the sculpture on it.

    Keep a practical memory of the project ´Volverás a Casa´ with this bag, ideal to take to the beach!

    • The bag is available in the following colors: black, blue, red, lime
    • Before sending the rewards we will contact you to know your favorite color

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator .

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 01 Backers
  • Contributing € 250

    MINI SCULPTURE

    For a really special memory you have a miniature version of the ENTE by Guillermo Basagoiti

    • The sculpture measures approximately 38 cm in diameter
    • Limited edition of 5
    • Series signed and with artist's certificate

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 02 Backers
  • Contributing € 300

    VIP LAUNCH

    On the day of the launch of the sculpture by sea, you can come with us in the boat that will accompany it two miles out to sea. You will witness the key moment of this project!

    Afterwards we invite you to a picnic on the beach. It will be a day to NEVER forget!

    • With this reward we must take into account that we depend 100% on favorable weather forecasts
    • It will be about 48 to 24 hours in advance that we will be able to confirm the exact day. Approximately Saturday April 2.
    • If you love the sea, you live relatively close to the Costa Brava, and you are passionate about our project : this is your opportunity!
    • You will go inside the boat (where a maximum of 6 people can fit) with the skipper Guillermo Basagoiti who will take you from the coast, 2 miles out to sea
    • There will be the possibility to take photos and video and live this unique moment in first person!

    You also leave with a set of other rewards!

    +

    UNIQUE WORK ´SKIN´

    Piece of rubber ´skin´ on wood. It is the skin of the sculpture that we have been calling ´ENTE´.
    These small works are made of material that has been generated in the artistic workshop of Guillermo Basagoiti.

    • Each piece unique and will reach you signed
    • The rubber is mounted on wood. Sizes are 16 cm x 12 cm x 2 cm
    • Each piece is slightly different due to the lines on the rubber. You will be surprised!
    • Artwork belonging to the project ´En Expansión´ by Guillermo Basagoiti.

    +

    TOTE - BAG

    A heavy quality cotton Tote-bag with an ink print of the sculpture on it.

    Keep a practical memory of the project ´Volverás a Casa´ with this bag, ideal to take to the beach!

    • The bag is available in the following colors: black, blue, red, lime
    • Before sending the rewards we will contact you to know your favorite color

    +

    SIGNED PHOTO

    Signed photo of the ´ENTE´ on the sea

    • signed
    • 10 x 10 cm, color printed
    • unframed

    Keep a little memory of the project Volverás a Casa, and also a bit of the sea inside your home.

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 01 Backers
  • Contributing € 500

    ORIGINAL ARTWORK ´HORIZON I´



    Won't the horizon be the homeland of all men?
    -Eduardo Chillida-

    Light Box ¨Horizonte¨, unique piece, artist: Guillermo Basagoiti Brown

    • Measures 33.5 cm x18 cm x 16 cm
    • Plexiglass, digital printing and LED lights in a wooden box

    A unique piece that has been developed within the framework of Volverás a Casa, it is the result of trips on the sea, photo sessions and experimentation for its presentation. The light and the superimposition of images printed on methacrylate allows to transmit the oneiric element that forms the basis of the project.

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 00 Backers
  • Contributing € 2.000

    SIGNED PHOTO COMPOSITION - PABLO BASAGOITI

    Selection of printed photos by Pablo Basagoiti of details of the sculpture ´ENTE IV´ exhibited in Candás, Asturias in 2019.

    • Sculptural work by Guillermo Basagoiti Brown
    • Each one is 15 x 15 cm
    • Framed in black aluminum
    • The composition is free to your liking at home!

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 00 Backers
  • Contributing € 2.000

    ORIGINAL ARTWORK ´HORIZON II´

    Won't the horizon be the homeland of all men?
    -Eduardo Chillida-

    Light Box ¨Horizonte¨, unique piece, artist: Guillermo Basagoiti Brown.

    • Measures 60 cm x18 cm x 16 cm
    • Digital printing on plrexiglass and LED lights in a wooden box

    A unique piece that has been developed within the framework of Volverás a Casa, it is the result of trips on the sea, photo sessions and experimentation for its presentation. The light and the superimposition of images printed on methacrylate allows to transmit the oneiric element that forms the basis of the project.

    +

    FRIEND ON BOARD

    The sculpture will be accompanied by an explanatory ´slip´ in case someone finds it in the sea (this version and following versions as well).On one side we will print the names of the collaborators. Keep in mind that there is limited space, but we assure you if your name does not appear in this one, it will appear in the following ones!

    By putting your name on the slip you will be part of the adventure of the ´ENTE´ on the sea.

    With this action we also want to allude to the thousands of anonymous, nameless people who have given up their lives in the Mediterranean trying to cross.

    +

    Includes shipping in Spain.
    You will also be on the THANK YOU LIST nuestra web on our website.

    If you are based in Spain remember that donating can mean a tax benefit. Calculate your real expense in this calculator

    Thank you very much for your support!

    > 00 Backers

About this project

Artistic intervention about roots, storytelling, and desire in the diaspora.

Needs Task Minimum Optimum
Prototype Development with Matthew Leigh and Alberto Sepe
Technicians will use an IoT (internet of things) architecture to transmit position and ambient conditions to the project's website. Photographs are taken on four orthogonally positioned cameras; these images are stored locally in a hard drive attached to the sculpture to be processed later. The software used is open source and will be published as part of the project. Once the software and hardware are configured and working, they will be prepared for deployment by making waterproof housings which work both functionally and aesthetically with the sculpture. The last technical challenge before launch is to develop a simple battery and solar power supply which is both waterproof and will reliably last the sculpture's crossing.
€ 3.000
Documentation via photo and video
Documentation of the project through video and photo.
€ 1.000
Visibilization of the project, mobility
Making the project visible and getting it out there!
€ 1.000
Tickets to Balearic Islands
To be able to ´catch´ the sculpture when it arrives. Given the fact that is has a GPS tracker we will be able to track the sculpture at all times.
€ 300
Transport on the Island
Transport to and from the port on the Island.
€ 200
EVENT
The event to which you will be invited where we will be able to share the sculpture´s and our experiences.
€ 200
Event Catering
Some food and drinks for the event in which we willl also be able to host press, followers and donors.
€ 200
Launch day of the sculpture (spring 2022)
The Launch day, provisionally foreseen for the 8th of April requires budget to realize (equipment rental + space + transport).
€ 250
Transport along the Costa Brava during development
During the development and testing we need to get up and around in the Costa Brava area, to and from the workshops and to and from the ports.
€ 200
Needs Material Minimum Optimum
Materials
The technological materials needed to build the prototype are: Raspberry Pi 4B USB-hub SanDisk removable USB SSD usbcamera Power supply via USB-C from 12v / 5v DC/DC buck converter 12v lead-acid battery 16GB SD card NEO 6M GPS USB wires hdmi cable USB-C 5v power supply (for testing) 63mm PVC tubing 63mm PVC screw fittings 63mm PVC end caps perspex discs Glue, solvent IP68 casing for Raspberry Pi Fabricated steel battery box Steel for keel construction Electrical cable (assorted) IP68 stainless cable glands potting compound redmi mobile phone SIM card for phone Solar panel kit (flexible) Thermocouple pressure transducer UV photo cell Raspberry Pi header pin connector kit where we can we use recycled materials, for example second-hand PVC tubes, discarded diving suits (neoprene).
€ 2.000
Inner Tube / Rubber , base material of the sculpture
By using the “bodies” of the ́En Expansión ́ project as a poetic metaphor for the migrant, we will be able to convey these deeply human emotions. In addition, the rubber cameras are protagonists in many stories of migration on the sea.
€ 300
Materials on day of the launch (spring 2022)
We will host you on a small pick nick and also provide some printed info.
€ 150
Needs Infrastructure Minimum Optimum
Webpage & API & Plug Ins
Anual hosting + API + Plugins
€ 500
Boat rental
Although we have partnerships with boat rental companies to get the boats we need at a reduced rate, we still need some budget to rent small boats.
€ 500
Transporte to France for testing during development
During the development and testing we need to get up and around in the France area, to and from the workshops and to and from the ports. Our partners are based in France where part of the technical equipment will be fabricated.
€ 200
Total € 5.000 € 10.000
Necessary
Supplemental

General information

SUMMARY
The basis of the project is formed by the trajectory that a floating sculpture will make from Miami to Cuba. Around this action, Volverás a Casa/You Will Come Home can talk about our human condition and the dynamics that this entails. In this metaphor, the sculpture can represent the migrant, the lack of roots, never finding a true port as they continue to float back and forth on the waves. Powerfully persistent in its desire to move.
We propose a complete artistic intervention that plays conceptually and visually with all these connotations of the material, related to the history and the present of the migrant.

NOW WE ARE DEVELOPING A PILOT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: the sculpture will travel from the Catalan Coast to the Balearic Islands, Spain. We need your support to achieve it!

***Isn't the horizon the homeland of all men?

  • Eduardo Chillida***

ONE PROJECT, TWO PILLARS
By working on Volverás a Casa, we have come to realise that what started with a Cuban reference can actually be applied to any migratory context. The risks, wishes, desires, projections show great similarities regardless of their local context. The horizon sought is universal as Chillida says in his thought about the horizon.
We conceive Volverás a Casa/You Will Come Home as an umbrella project or starting point. Now with two pillars, the Cuban and the Mediterranean context. The European version is being developed with the support of the AGITA Grant, City of Figueras, in 2021.

TECHNOLOGY & ART
The floating sculpture, which has its origin in the En Expansión project, by artist Guillermo Basagoiti Brown, is full of technology recording its own journey over the sea. Via satellite connection the voyage is transmitted in 'real time' as an interactive project. We have developed a design for a prototype with IMERIR (School of Informatics and Robotics in Perpignan, FR) and we continue to work on it with a specialised team.

As an essential part of the context, there will be a narrative element, speaking with the migrants, the true authors of the discourse, by anthropologist and artist, Sana López Abellán. Celebrating the diversity of migration narratives is the axis of this proposal. These stories will translate into works of art in the final exhibition.

THE SEA
The image of the sea, both as an infinite inner world and as an essential element in our movements, will appear as a common thread in the different facets of this project. The sculpture that travels, the point on the horizon, the illusion of a new world, all these elements are part of a process where what we can carry inside us (psychic world) can reach the outside world (the physical world) through the artistic act.
The sea, in this project, becomes a canvas, a screen, where different realities can be captured. An immensity of imagined possibilities and also a way to travel.
In the case of Cuba, the strait of water between Cuba and Miami, so geographically short, can become a distance and a determining journey of lives and stories. In the migrations closer to us, the sea plays an equally important role. Determining journeys. Daring journeys.

The SEA as the protagonist.

Description of the project. Main features, strengths and differentials.

Now we are in the phase where we will make a first test trip with the sculpture from the Catalan Costa Brava to the Island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands). We have teamed up with two technicians who help us create a technological pack that will be mounted on the sculpture. This consists of cameras, sensors, GPS, managed by a Raspberry Pi.

With this model we can send the sculpture on its first trip. A trip that can be representative for many more. In one of the conversations with migrants in Catalonia, the phrase "a body for everyone" came up and we believe that it is an accurate description of what we intend to communicate with the project Volveras a Casa.
Developing the complete and working model will allow us to take a significant step in the project, once we have a complete working model we can continue improving it for the version of Volverás a Casa, Cuba.
We plan to launch the sculpture in L'Estartit on March 19 (pending favourable weather conditions). Technicians will use an IoT (internet of things) architecture to transmit position and ambient conditions to the project's website. Photographs are taken on four orthogonally positioned cameras; these images are stored locally in a hard drive attached to the sculpture to be processed later. The software used is open source and will be published as part of the project. Once the software and hardware are configured and working, they will be prepared for deployment by making waterproof housings which work both functionally and aesthetically with the sculpture. The last technical challenge before launch is to develop a simple battery and solar power supply which is both waterproof and will reliably last the sculpture's crossing.

Agita Grant, Figueres (ES)
We have won the Agita 2020 Scholarship to develop a version of the project in the City of Figueres, considering the Mediterranean as a means of migration.
www.figueres.cat

IMERIR Perpignan(FR)
During the first months of 2020, a group of students from IMERIR France is helping us to develop and design the technical part of the project. They are making the interface and the soft and hardware of the sculpture, as part of their graduation project.
www.imerir.com

FAC, La Habana (CU)
From the beginning we have the institutional support of the FAC in the centre of Havana that will host the complete exhibition project after its completion, in its department La Pared Negra.
Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) is a large interdisciplinary creation laboratory that exposes the best of contemporary art in Cuba, with a strong social and community approach. An old oil factory transformed into a generalist space that opens up to the exchange between the various artistic manifestations that coexist in the same building.
www.fac.cu

Bolit, Girona (ES)
The Centre of Contemporary Art, Girona, El Bòlit, supports the project through providing logistics, communication and the presentation of the results to the public in the programme of 2021/2022.
www.bolit.cat

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Why this is important

*** "...once you leave your home country, you are incurably ephemeral. The mind commands the body to live in half-formed places with transient conditions, for it secretly believes that allowing yourself the comfort of settling down will seal your destiny for good, cancelling the probability of going back home."

  • Ece Temelkuran***

The year 2021 marks a maximum of deaths in boats bound for Spain: 4,404 people. The year 2021 has seen a doubling in deaths and disappearances on the Mediterranean migratory routes (source NGO Caminando Fronteras). These figures mark the importance of human movements on sea or land in search of a new horizon.

With the project Volverás a Casa we see an opportunity to integrate personal stories of migration, imagination, desires, projections and nostalgia with actual currents in society. The artistic project allows us to narrate small and personal stories with great relevance at a societal level. The floating sculpture is the common thread and represents the materialisation of a dream. By giving autonomy to the floating sculpture, we give it the possibility to start narrating its own story.

Team and experience


Guillermo Basagoiti Brown, 1972, Madrid (ES). Self-taught artist and professional skipper. He has 35 years of experience on the sea, as an ocean navigator. Son of a Cuban mother. Trajectory of varied exhibitions at national and international level. Winner of the Agita Scholarship 2020, Figueras City Council, Antón Scholarship 2018, with the project ́ En Expansión ́, awarded by the Sculpture Center, Candás. His sculptural work is in both private and public collections: Tatxo Benet, Camino Quiroga, Jaume Roures, León Provincial Council, Cáceres City Council, Jean Pierre Cave (FR). He has a workshop and artistic research centre in Vulpellac, Girona, Spain.


Sana López Abellán, 1981, Amsterdam (NL). Anthropologist, artist, jeweler and independent curator. Interdisciplinary approach to connect worlds and materials. Participate in different exhibitions and artistic interventions in Madrid, Vigo, Seville, Catalonia, France and Holland. She has a studio-workshop in La Bisbal d ́ Empordà, Catalonia. 2021 EINA Barcelona, postgraduate EXHIBITIONS. Curatorship (UAB) 2008 Master Goldsmith, Goldsmith and Plastic Arts Academy, Ben van Helden, Zeist, The Netherlands 2006 MA Cultural Anthropology ¨Change and continuity the warp and weft of indigenous dress in Highland Ecuador¨, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.


Matthew Leigh, 1969, London (UK) The bridge between creative and technical worlds. BSc in Physics (Queen Mary University of London) and a background in engineering he is a writer and maker. A generalist with theoretical understanding and hands-on competence in electronics, fabrication and engineering design. He has written on technology for The Daily Telegraph (UK), is a champion of Open Source. Located in Southern France he is founder of Alleyes Studio.


Alberto Sepe, 1976, Formia (IT) Software programming, architecture and strategy. Founder of Italian media communications company Agrelli & Basta srl, he is an open source software specialist with development skills in LAMP stack, Javascript, Python and many open source packages. Senior associate of Alleyes Studio and based in Ramona, CA, USA, he also runs the software development Company "Draw The Line" and is a preferred supplier to UNESCO and the United Nations.

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