Barcelona inaugurated this Monday L’Escletxa, a mural in tribute to the victims of femicide on a party wall in the Born neighborhood (Ciutat Vella). The space aims to be a representation of remembrance, recognition, and reparation dedicated to women murdered due to gender-based violence and is located on the building on Pescatería Street that faces Tripó Street. The official inauguration was attended by the Deputy Mayor for Feminisms of the City Council, Raquel Gil, and representatives of the United Platform Against Gender Violence (PUCVG).
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The artistic intervention, signed by Ilium Collective, represents a crack in a mirror that runs from top to bottom of the wall and includes the names of more than 150 victims of gender-based violence, symbolizing the scar of a wound. The first officially recorded femicide in Barcelona was that of Ana María Fábregas Escuder, in 2003, a case for which the judge who ignored 11 reports of abuse was sanctioned. The work cost 142,000 euros and was supported by the community of neighbors and the party walls program of the Municipal Institute of Urban Landscape.
On behalf of Ilium Collective, Coral Vicent specified that one of the objectives of the space was to “make visible all categorizations of gender-based violence,” so L’Escletxa also includes children victims of vicarious violence or transgender women, among others. From the city council, Raquel Gil emphasized the importance of making cases of gender-based violence visible to “eradicate the scourge” they represent for Barcelona. The Platform highlighted the importance of allocating resources in the face of the “lack of education and awareness” regarding gender-based violence. The platform has been meeting on the third Monday of each month for 19 years to protest against gender-based violence; although it promised not to do so the month in which no femicide occurs, this has not happened since then.
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