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Vicente Julián García Pastor is the artist who has given form to ‘Artificial Intel-ligence?’ And he has done so, considering that it is a field of research that is constantly evolving. It represents a leap into the future that ‘demonstrates the need for specialised talent in this field in which, today, only 22% of professionals are women. This implies a lack of perspective in the design and development of this technology and the presence of biases that intensify gender gaps in a less inclusive context. Even so, there are important female scientists leading research and development in Artificial Intelligence. This falla encourages the presence of women ‘in technology in general and in AI in particular,’ says the artist.

With a height of six metres and some twelve objects covering a diameter of about four metres, it will make you reflect on the use of intelligence and art.

What is a falla?

Clara Ruiz Barberá is the artist responsible for the children's falla ‘What is a falla?’ She asks several questions in an attempt to answer them, which seem easy but are not. A falla.. are they ninots? Is it something that is burned? It's something like that, but we want to show that what you see in the street goes much further. The fallas are literature, education, satire, humour, art, tradition, craftsmanship, imagination, and Valencian culture. This one, in particular, is also sustainable,' she explains.

She adds, ’We invite you to learn about the ingredients needed to make a falla because children are the future of the festival and the ones who keep this tradition alive.’

She explains this idea with about 15 objects and a height of two and a half metres in an open scene in a square that is also two and a half metres on each side.

It is the first time that the Avinguda Tarongers- Universitat Politècnica- Camí de Vera Falla, in coordination and with the supervision of the Environmental Unit of the university, has entered the Neutral and Sustainable Fallas competition. For them, the materials used in constructing the structure and the ninots are made of 99% totally ecological materials. In this way, combustion, as the culmination of the sculptural process, will not have harmful environmental consequences.

This is the first time that Clara Ruiz and Julián García have worked for the Falla del Poli and, as Ángel Martínez, second vice-president of the Falla del Poli, explains, 'they wanted to experiment with us with our own sustainable materials. The large project will use new ecological materials not derived from petroleum. In the children's project, we return to the origins, using wood, fabrics, paper-mâché, and recycled cardboard.

26 years of history

The Avinguda Tarongers-Universitat Politècnica-Cami de Vera Falla is number 318. It currently has a total of 306 people signed up, of which 142 are falleras, 115 falleros, 29 girls and 20 boys.

In its 26-year history, one of the greatest recognitions of the Fallas festival was an initiative of the UPV. In 2007, José Luis Montalvá Conesa, then vice-president of the Falla and founder and director of Forum UNESCO University and Heritage, proposed the candidacy for the Fallas festival to be recognised as the Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

The proposal was presented to the Junta Central Fallera, which supported it. On 30 November 2016, UNESCO inscribed the Fallas festival on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Carmen Revillo Rubio/UPV Comunication Area