Five thousand protesters marched from the Rambla, in the city center, for nearly two miles over Joan Miro's
famous mosaic and under the tree - lined boulevard and Gaudi - sculpted lamps, past Barcelona's most beautiful fountains, the opera house, and world
famous flower and caged bird
markets until they reached the bullring.
In the artist's words: «There's a relationship to tulip mania [
famous Dutch tulip
market crash in the 1600s] and crypto currency, but the
flowers are primarily about being «below the API» and our automated future.