IMPOSTERGABLE / UNPOSTPONABLE A Project by Más Arte Más Acción This project is an art & activist project against the development of a mega-port, Más Arte más Acción will host three residencies with the communities of the village Nuquí about local music, gastronomy and biodiversity. The project advocates for the autonomy of the communities both more generally politically as well as specifically over the area’s biodiversity. With this project the applicants aim to promote an alternative to the capitalist ideology of growth, based on environmentally sustainable Indigenous values. The results of this multi-faceted project will be presented in an interdisciplinary festival. The community of Nuquí and surrounding villages are mostly Afro-Colombian or Indigenous, and amongst the most marginalised and vulnerable in Colombia. The government has planned the construction of a mega-port, which threatens the livelihood of locals as well as the biodiversity of the place. The necessity of the port is contested, and speculated to benefit only corrupt politicians. Part of the Nuquí alliance of c.a. 20 organisations resisting the port, Más Arte más Acción’s proposal focuses on community-building, protecting local autonomy and raising local and global awareness of the imposed construction of the port. _++Outputs++_

One music residency which will produce a recording. Reach: 3 people directly and 15 indirectly

One gastronomic residency with a focus on agriculture, cooperativism and local gastronomy, which will produce a publication. Reach: 11 people

One eco residency between biologist investigators and community eco-guides to produce a tool for eco-guidance. Reach: 6 people directly and 30 indirectly

One expedition from Buenaventura Port, documented in a short film. Reach: 8 people directly and 20 indirectly

5 screenings of the short films produced by Puerto Creativo and Colectivo de Comunicaciones En PUJA and Tura Hip hop in Nuquí and 4 surrounding villages. Reach: 500

Festival to share the outcomes of the residencies which includes the launch of the publication, a concert by Andrés Landero, gastronomic offer and two discussion panels. Reach: 350

3 publications with in depth content about the local sustainability initiatives and this project to be published in national and international media Reach: 10,000+

Digital distribution of the music recording and food sovereignty publication. Reach: 5,000

_++Outcomes++_

Visibility of the port struggle through media coverage and the community radio programmes. Evidence: Statistics of media coverage and publications.

Permanent access to the films, music and publication by a distribution in strategic points in each village. Evidence: Report of distribution in the villages.

Local sustainable initiatives will have more visibility and a broader support network to continue developing. Evidence: Map of initiatives and links to possible collaborations with other organisations.

Free distribution of the music recording and publication in digital platforms. Evidence: Distribution report.

Recollection of biodiversity data in the monitoring plot.

Evidence: Report with updated and compared data.

Use and appropriation of the eco-guide tool by the local ecoguides. Evidence: Interviews with local guides for feedback in the use of the tool.

_++Impact++_

The project hopes to contribute to the obstruction of the government’s plan to develop a new port in the area, and to assist the local communities in gaining more political autonomy over their lands. Local community of Nuquí and five other small villages on the coast, mainly Indigenous and Afro-Colombian