Futbol Club Barcelona and the Barça Foundation have commissioned us to create the corporate gift that they have given to the 8 teams participating in the Dicup 2023 Tournament that was held this June at the Joan Gamper sports complex.
The club wanted to make an inclusive gift to reflect the values of this tournament and commissioned L’Art de Viure, from the Occupational Centre, to create 8 works with illustrations by AMPANS artists, and the creation of the frames, in the Pre-labour Service, which works with recycled wood, in a project of labour habilitation in which people with mental illness participate.
The Barça commission was worked on following the usual Art de Viure procedure. Explaining the commission in the artists’ workshop, explaining the messages to be conveyed, discussing ideas and starting to create, each in their own personal style, until the 8 illustrations representing a diverse world of football were obtained.
The 8 works were presented to the 8 participating clubs from Catalonia, Spain and Mexico, during the presentation of trophies of the Dicup 2023, in a ceremony attended by the Minister for Social Rights, Carles Campuzano, the Mayoress of Sant Joan Despí, Belen Garcia, the President of the Barça Foundation, Marta Segú, and the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion of FC Barcelona, Maite Laporta.
Barça has published the news about this project on the website: https://www.fcbarcelona.cat/ca/club/noticies/3546876/pintures-carregades-de-valors
Here you can see the video of how the project has been worked on at L’Art de Viure: