07-22
Residency Showcase
International Artist Residency
Type: Installation
Status: Completed
People: Amy Evans
www.konventzero.com
Through an intimate analysis of Barcelona’s urban fabric, four aspects of the city were extracted and three-dimensionally portrayed in a site-specific installation within the former hospital: layers, time, density, and light.
The modern city of Barcelona is built upon layers of history. Across the city, the tops of Roman pillars pierce the modern pavement, while sections of medieval walls are preserved as relics beneath the ground, creating a layered cross-section that reveals the passage of time.
Above these layers, the modern city is shaped by light. Ildefons Cerdà’s masterplan placed the availability of natural light at the centre of its design. Yet this, too, has become buried over time. As the density of the city has increased, the amount of light available within its buildings has decreased.
The hospital, as an archetype, can be understood as a barometer of human density, measuring life and death within its walls. This installation, situated in the former hospital, records time through the tracking of light, while simultaneously creating another form of density through that act of recording.