Synopsis

A mural made for Santiago City Council in 2023 as part of the Edusi project for rehabilitating the Sar riverside trail. The artist from Santiago de Compostela called Festa worked together with the 7H cultural cooperative to reinterpret the figure of the “xacias,” mythical water creatures that take care of and clean the rivers. This important role, highlighted collectively in the artwork’s composition, is intended to reverse their individual, lonely, objectified, and certainly somewhat malignant image that is commonly portrayed in our oral tradition.

Bio

Marina AMR is a multidisciplinary artist with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Granada and the Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, Italy, where she specialised in the fields of Editorial Illustration and Ceramic Sculpture. She consolidated her training as a graphic designer during a three-year professional stay in Edinburgh, UK, in institutions such as the Edinburgh University of Arts, and in graphic and web design at Aula Creactiva, Madrid. She is also a secondary school teacher thanks to a degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has been working as a creative artist for various companies, institutions, and individuals since 2012, as well as a curator and event organiser.

Image gallery

FESTA (Galicia) “As xacias”