The presentation of “Co-creation Alive: Transforming Art with Nature” took place on Tuesday, September 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the food court of the Guayaquil Bus Terminal Shopping Center. EThis initiative is an academic project of the Faculty of Art, Design, and Audiovisual Communication (FADCOM) – ESPOL, within the framework of the Communication Theory course, directed by Andrea Pino Acosta, Ph.D.
The project, which seeks to integrate art, science, and environmental awareness through bioart, is understood as a space for experimentation and learning where students explore new forms of dialogue between creativity and sustainability. The art exhibition addressed pollution and conservation as its main themes. Through unconventional materials and visual narratives, students created works that invited the public to reflect on the impact of our decisions on the planet.
Projects presented:
Germination of Language
A parallel between the biological communication of the pitahaya and digital codes.
Members: Diego Said Ronquillo Coloma, Jeremy Johnny Fajardo Castro, Jeanpiere Isaac Pérez Barreto, Valentina del Pilar Mejía Molina.
Memories of Cacao
Visual poetry that rescues the ancient lineage of cacao.
Members: Catalina Fuentes Cuesta, Elías Guerrero Macías, Gabriela Quiñonez Paredes, Caleb Ramírez Calderón.
The Irony of Nature in Art
Contrast between the artistic and the destructive through charcoal.
Members: Darla Valeska Arteaga Tello, Daniela Lucía Carreño Farfán, María Fernanda Echeverría Pachi, Natalia Victoria Naranjo Ramírez.
Gains in a Sea of Losses
Reflection on plastic pollution and lost marine life.
Members: Diana Palma, Melina Mora, Estefany Rivadeneira, Damaris Silva.
Spectrum
Denunciation of the hidden impact of the textile industry on the planet.
Members: Sofía Vergara, Arianna Villao, Danna Quishpe, Gabriel Zambrano.
School footprint
Questioning the environmental cost of education.
Members: Madelyne Melissa Luzardo Rodríguez, Valeska Shemeika Triana Rodríguez, Britani Anais Gonzabay Tigrero, José Elías Criollo Rubira.
Alas de Carbón (Wings of Coal)
Birds made of coal as a metaphor for endangered species.
Members: Kelly Cordero, Sofía Crespín, Anthony Hurtado, Emily López, Joselyn Moreno.
Pixelated Animals
Symbolic representation of species at risk due to pollution.
Members: Reinaldo Coloma, Odalys Cotera Herrera, Ashley Espinoza.
Today's Bags Are Tomorrow's Ocean
Visual metaphor of plastics as the skin of the sea.
Members: Stefany Nieto Villavicencio, Paulo Delgado Cañarte, Ivanna Figueroa Becilla, Annel Guaranda Bermeo.
Autopsy of Color and Fabric
Visual analysis of fast fashion and its toxic effects.
Members: Eduardo Véliz, Shannelle Figueroa, Ángel Bonilla, Alejandro Pluas.
Gods in a can
Reinterpretation of canned drinks as new consumer deities.
Members: Nathaly Mejía, Lady Cruz, Alisson Zúñiga, Oliver Hungría.
The Hidden Price
A metaphor for the environmental cost of technology and illegal mining.
Members: Isabel Brian, Dana Marcillo, Fernanda Tomalá, Bryan Pincay.
A Felling of Crimes
Video installation on urban deforestation in Guayaquil and Durán.
Members: Edgar Peralta, Nacimiento Borja, Glenda Cali, Nathaly Terreros.
Co-creation Viva allowed students to express, through visual and symbolic resources, the dilemmas of our time: consumerism, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and preservation of cultural memory. This exhibition showcases the creative talent of future professionals and raises public awareness of the hidden environmental cost of our everyday decisions. In this way, ESPOL reaffirms its commitment to an education that combines innovation, awareness, and culture, training citizens capable of rethinking the present and designing a more sustainable future.
©Photography Alejandro Nuñez & Written José Luis Castro
