Festival Desidia fills Argana Baja with murals from 3 to 10 September

Arrecife hosts the third edition of the Argana Baja Mural Circuit from 3 to 10 September, as part of the Festival Desidia. This year's theme is El Aljibe, memoria subterránea — the water cistern as the island's underground memory.

Alongside the painting of the murals, the programme includes workshops, talks and guided walks through the neighbourhood.

The initiative is backed by the Centros de Arte, Cultura y Turismo de Lanzarote (CACT), Cultura Arrecife and the Cabildo de Lanzarote.

Why Argana Baja

Argana Baja is a working-class district of the capital, well off the tourist routes. Bringing publicly commissioned street art there for a third consecutive year is worth following closely: the murals stay after the festival ends, leaving the neighbourhood walkable as a small open-air gallery.

Sources: Circuito de Murales Desidia; Ayuntamiento de Arrecife.