The town of Arucas has been the setting for the presentation of an ambitious project aimed at giving new life to banana plant discards. This initiative, driven by Casa Quintanilla and PlataneraLab, focuses on transforming this waste into raw material for artistic creation, promoting sustainability and preserving the memory of the Canarian landscape.
The collaboration between both entities enhances traditional agricultural knowledge through contemporary creative processes. The project bridges the primary sector, circular economy, and culture, establishing an experimental space where elements such as fiber, leaves, pseudostem, or sap from banana plants are transformed, using artisanal techniques, into materials for art. This generates new value opportunities and reinterprets the relationship between landscape, culture, and productive practices, fostering interdisciplinary exchange.
“"Casa Quintanilla maintains a living relationship with banana cultivation. This collaboration allows us to go a step further from agricultural knowledge, connecting it with new forms of creation and interaction with the environment."
“"PlataneraLab works at the intersection of waste and opportunity. Transforming agricultural discards into creative processes is a way to rethink the primary sector from the perspective of sustainability, the circular economy, and its social dimension."
The project's presentation, held on the coast of Bañaderos, allowed attendees to closely observe the entire process through a guided tour of Casa Quintanilla's facilities. This alliance stems from the convergence of Casa Quintanilla's century-long agricultural tradition in banana cultivation and PlataneraLab's research-oriented approach, a creative laboratory dedicated to reusing primary sector discards as artistic and material resources.
The event was attended by representatives from the Government of Canarias, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, and the Arucas City Council, as well as various cultural, artistic, and local business stakeholders, highlighting the institutional interest and support for this innovative initiative.
