BASPcr is a collective, replicable project that seeks to organize the cultural agents of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera and to house artistic and cultural initiatives under a shared set of principles. At its base are two convictions:

1. Immigrant groups contribute profound artistic richness and are a primordial force. As Fanon reminded us, those who endure oppression grasp its truth most clearly — and from this clarity comes the greatest potential for social transformation.

2. Art and culture are essential tools for building trust and collective belonging.

Building on these foundations, BASPcr will develop three key actions:

1. A publication that both analyzes our neighborhood’s cultural dynamics and serves as a guide for how to self-organize at the neighborhood level.
   

2. Digital tools, developed with HCU Hamburg, that measure and analyze social and cultural participation.
   

3. A year-long cultural program that highlights the art and culture of local immigrant groups and weaves them into the wider neighborhood fabric — shifting the narrative from stigma to recognition of their richness and beauty, with the ambition of making this an annual tradition.

BASPcr matters because our neighborhood is ground zero for Barcelona’s housing crisis, one of the most polluted areas in the city, and home to diverse migrant communities that remain invisible in cultural decision-making. These realities — systemic racism, displacement, environmental injustice and a deep disconnect between citizens and institutions — are exactly why we need new spaces of collaboration, empathy and self-organization. BASPcr responds by using art to make these problems visible and to transform them into opportunities for solidarity and cultural strength.