Ten thousand drawings to Heal Madrid

One of the activities of La noche en blanco that best exemplified the spirit of giving adopted as the theme of La noche en blanco 2009 was Sanar Madrid (Heal Madrid), a proposal directed by the artist Aitor Saraiba which involved giving away nearly ten thousand drawings created by amateur and experienced artists to the citizens of Madrid.

These drawings were created on the spot and exclusively for each citizen in a dozen squares around the city. Aitor Saraiba defines these drawings as curative, because the group of nearly one hundred artists who participated in the action, seated at tables set up for the occasion, listened to and interpreted the anxieties, fears, concerns and longings of the citizens and captured them in the drawings, which were later given to the people who had inspired them.

The artists of Sanar Madrid are still active on their Facebook page. Visit them at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/sanarmadrid?ref=ts