Projeto Entre Serras (PES_CE) is a contemporary art network focusing on agriculture and biodiversity. The project aims to create a psychogeographical artistic network in the mountains of Portugal, Spain and France. Mountains are naturally regions of low human density; their geography makes them difficult to inhabit and unsuitable for intensive agriculture. They largely remain living laboratories where wild and domestic natures are questionned.
PES_CE was born on the Central Iberian System (Sistema Ibérico Central), a mountain range that runs east–west, forming a natural divide that stands in contrast to the orthogonal administrative borders imposed on the landscape. The Central Iberian System forms an important natural and cultural barrier between the northern and southern regions of the peninsula.
PES_CE is a cultural, social, and scientific project based on collaborative, transdisciplinary artistic practices committed to local communities. Through in situ interventions, photographic and other media visualisations — presented in exhibitions and on a digital platform — artists are invited to develop a deep connection with the territory. In doing so, they bring to light the stories of places and of phenomena linked to the rural–urban spaces and the agriculture–biodiversity divide.
