As if the murals, tattoos and a thousand other ways of giving up were not enough homage to the Argentina of Lionel Messi, world champion in Qatar 2022, now you can see colossal images of the great albiceleste captain made with seeds planted in cultivated fields.
The face of the 10 albiceleste can only be seen from above, but when looking up, he seems to once again say thanks to his ill-fated predecessor, Diego Maradona, who “encourages him from heaven”, as the fans still sing in his World Cup hit.
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The design occupies the space of almost four soccer fields In the town of crossbowmenin the province of Córdoba (center) and “the idea was a tribute from the agricultural world to Messi, whether or not he won the World Cup, which thank God he did,” the director, Charly Faricelli, told AFP.
When the corn sprouts, the image of 460×320 meters it becomes a little more visible every day, says Faricelli, an agronomist. “It’s an agricultural ‘tattoo’. Planting has started before the start of the World Cup, so It was really a leap of faith”he said smiling.
The rostrum was formed with different concentrations of seeds, which produce a visual contrast, with the help of a digital culture platform. “With advances in technology, The farm machine knows exactly, as it goes, how many seeds to sow where.”says the engineer.
The maker invited other producers on social networks to imitate his tribute and shared the software with them.
Faricelli says that “There are 25 Messi faces in cornfields in five provinces”.
“We identify with the team, because they suffered before they won, and the agricultural world is also suffering,” he comments, alluding to the drought that plagues the fertile Pampas plain in the center of the country.
Source: Scope
