Mapping<\/a> project is an ephemeral audiovisual experience performed only over two nights.<\/p>\nNow marking its fifth edition, and fast becoming one of Barcelona’s major attractions that’s free to the public, Casa Batll\u00f3 invites artists to create a show to temporarily transform the fa\u00e7ade of Gaudi’s masterpiece. <\/p>\n
There’s a significant difference this year however with Hidden Order, a spectacular loud, bright and vibrant artwork by Matt Clark, co-founder of the London-based United Visual Artists. <\/p>\n
To help breathe life into the project, Clark engaged international dance artist and choreographer Fukiko Takase. He recorded her movement using motion-capture technology, integrating the dancer\u2019s body as a central visual element on the fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n
The title of the work reflects with \u201cL\u2019ordre invisible\u201d, the official motto of \u2018Gaud\u00ed Year 2026,\u2019 which highlights the architect\u2019s ability to combine imagination with scienti\ufb01c rigor through the observation of nature.<\/p>\n
\u201cGaud\u00ed once said that the straight line belongs to man, and the curve to God. He believed that nature is governed by deeper geometric principles. As an artist, I\u2019ve always been drawn to the hidden systems beneath the surface\u2014those structures that quietly shape the world around us,\u201d said Clark.<\/p>\n
The experience was further heightened by Takase’s live performance inside the fa\u00e7ade, creating a direct connection between the iconic building and people gathered below.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see the mapping as a gift to the city\u2014an open moment of encounter with a living World Heritage site,\u201d explained Gary Gautier, General Director of Casa Batll\u00f3<\/p>\n
For the first time, the mapping is continuing its life after its weekend projections as Beyond the Fa\u00e7ade, an exhibition inside Casa Batll\u00f3, that inaugurates the historic building’s new second-\ufb02oor exhibition space dedicated to contemporary art.<\/p>\n
Contemporary celebrations<\/p>\n
Maria Bernat, Director of Casa Batll\u00f3 Contemporary said: \u201cUnited Visual Artists\u2019 work perfectly embodies the spirit of Casa Batll\u00f3 Contemporary: openness, risk-taking, research, and the ambition to create experiences that cannot exist anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Extra focus will be on Gaud\u00ed’s legacy this year given Barcelona’s designation as a World Capital of Architecture. All of the city’s ten districts will stage events, open houses, workshops and installations with the aim of showing that architecture can and should involve all. <\/p>\n
For Gautier, Gaud\u00ed has never been more relevant to architecture, engineering and urban planning than he is now. <\/p>\n
“Most of the innovations that Gaud\u00ed brought, into his projects to solve architectural challenges are now being understood from a different perspective. They no longer, decorative approaches, but solutions that solve today’s problems in most of the buildings. Buildings that are alive, buildings that are able to breathe, that are sustainable, many things that architects are looking for now. During the last century, and, back in time, Gaudi was already building with this consciousness.”<\/p>\n
The exhibition Beyond the Fa\u00e7ade by Matt Clark (United Visual Artists) is on at Casa Batll\u00f3 until 17 May 2026<\/p>\n
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