MEATS Workshop in Olot, Spain

In keeping to the CO-VID precautions imposed within the country, our team spent a part of the time co-living and working at Xevi Bayona’s workshop.

‘Far Away, So Close’ began with extensive research into how the pandemic is transforming the organization of our domestic and collective habitats, as well as the effects of these changes on the physical, mental and emotional health of our society. One of the main conclusions of this research is the urgent need to revise the concept of social distancing, a controversial notion that could have devastating consequences if, as can be expected, this new reality persists over time.

BTS + ÀNIMA, Contextual framework representation

The installation uses the light you see through the fiber as a metaphor for all the collected digital souls. The light consistency shows that we were all part of an unlimited file system. Every light is so intense like the others, simulating data frozen over time, which serve as a reminder of equality human. Privacy will never be ours again, now we are all transparent. At 22 District, our lighting installation becomes a center of mass-collected thoughts and memories. These memories are not of a certain moment, nor of specific people; they have no identity and make us one more. Some of them died and some are still alive alive. Our data will transcend our human capabilities, becoming tools alien to us.

For all the information that time has preserved and will continue to maintain, our existence is an ephemeral entity; without power, it can only be visualized and felt, but it cannot be altered

Main subjects of the study
A. History of LLUM and Poblenou
B. Installation Art
C. Lighting Sector
D. Temporality and effects
E. Construction, materials and life cycle
F. Narrative, Interaction and Visitor’s Experience
G. Experience within MEATS, Festival & ANIMA