Final event of the OTRart project “transforming waste into art” Sénia Territory: Morella, La Jana and Ulldecona (13-14/03/2026)

OTRart has been a Creative Europe initiative that has addressed waste-related issues in the Mediterranean through creative and transformative artistic expressions, involving 6 countries: Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Croatia.

Each member country selected 2 artists (one European and the other local), defined their artistic expression together, and prepared and carried out an artistic experience in which, in all countries, there has been strong public participation.

The Final Event of the OTRart project, aimed at concluding the project and analyzing its results, took place in the Sénia Territory (Morella, La Jana and Ulldecona) on 13 and 14 March, reviewing the work carried out, analyzing the conclusions, and visiting the two artistic works in La Jana and Ulldecona, where were held open events with high public participation.

The participating groups were: Routes of the Olive Tree (Greece), Mancomunidad Taula del Sénia (Spain), University of Avignon (France), Déchets d’Arts (France), European Route of Ceramics (Italy) and Unfinished Art Space (Malta).

On the first day, in Morella (at the Town Hall and the cinema), following the welcome speech by the President of the Mancomunidad, Evaristo Martí, and the Mayor of Morella, Bernabé Sangüesa, working sessions were held analyzing the artistic residencies, communication activities and the overall vision of the project, as well as the screening of the final videos from each partner. In addition, a guided tour of historic Morella took place.

On Saturday, the project members started at the Museum of Millenary Olive Trees in La Jana, participating together with the Town Council, the Cooperative and the Mancomunidad in a guided visit and an the dead olive tree anointing ceremony using the oil deposited inside its trunk.

Afterwards, at the Museum of Millenary Olive Trees in Ulldecona, together with the Delegate of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Castor Gonell, the Deputy Mayor Mònica Fabra, the Porta I Ferré family (owners of the estate), the project members and the large attending audience, they took part in three events:

- “A cor obert” (Open heart), placing a written wish inside the ceramic artistic piece filled with oil and located within the olive tree.

- Guided tour of the Arión Museum of Millenary Olive Trees, showcasing the most remarkable ones and taking photos with some of them.

- “Essència d’olivera” (Essence of the olive tree), a musical, literal and gastronomic performance around the Farga of the Arión (an olive tree dated at 1,712 years by the Polytechnic University of Madrid).

Following the completion of the project, discussions have begun on other possible lines of collaboration.