Perhaps when they leave after buying a tortell at Can Carbasseres, or when they sunbathe on the steps of the Sant Esteve church on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, the people of Olot will suddenly come across a birch woman. Let no one be alarmed: this is an action by British artist Olana Light, invited to the capital of La Garrotxa by the Sismògraf festival. Light's performance, titled The birch tree family, is one of the most notable events in the program and seeks to generate reflections in spectators and passers-by about the bond we have with nature. Submerged in the bark of a birch tree up to her knees, the artist will become a living sculpture that will walk silently through the center of Olot, wearing high-heeled shoes.

In Marcelino Antúnez's studio (Moià, 1959), he has unfurled an immense curtain led by four major technological giants. The illustrated bosses of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs emerge from worm-shaped bodies to observe what, according to the artist, they have been sowing for years: people abducted by mobile phones and completely disconnected from their environment. "There are these, but I could have put the President of Mercadona either Jair Bolsonaro, which has deforested the Amazon," explains Antúnez. The backdrop will be part of Nature Centrum East, a community performance (anyone who wants to participate) that will take place through the streets of Olot on April 25th, as part of the Sismografo festival, to demand that nature once again play a leading role in today's society.