Exhibitions
Dialogues with Nature transforms the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion into a living landscape
An installation by Regina Saura and Rita Roqueta that unites art, architecture and technology in an environment in constant movement.
Dialogues with Nature is the new artistic intervention hosted by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, a proposal conceived by Regina Saura and Rita Roqueta that can be visited at the Barcelona City Pavilion until December 9, culminating with the final colloquium Dialogue with AI: Laboratory of the Senses .
This artistic duo presents an installation that reflects on the relationship between art, nature and technology, three axes that form a creative triangle for thinking about the future. Nature is the point of origin: shapes, colors and rhythms that the artists transform into unique pieces. Technology, applied in a subtle and poetic way, expands these ideas and opens up new registers of expression. When these elements converge, a space is generated where human creativity dialogues with both the natural landscape and contemporary tools, configuring an environment of innovation and beauty.
The intervention is framed in parallel with the 13th Barcelona International Landscape Biennial, and Saura and Roqueta propose a journey that leads from the line on paper to volumes, shadows and real movements within the Pavilion.
As the artists explain, “the space of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion has been transformed into a stage where nature and architecture establish a harmonious dialogue through elements such as the floating of leaves on the water, deformed shadows, ephemeral clouds and transparencies in the glass”. Using handmade paper from the Capellades Paper Museum, translucent materials, acrylic pigments and varnishes, they have created pieces that float in the pond or hang slightly from the structure, forming a moving landscape that transforms with light, wind and the passage of time. During the day, a play of shadows and transparencies projects a symbolic forest inside the Pavilion; at night, in two special sessions, this forest is reflected and multiplied on the wall of the pond outside.
The public is also invited to be part of this universe, whether through words or thought, in an experience that invites interaction and introspection.
The entire installation was carried out without any invasive intervention on the architecture of the Pavilion: the pieces were installed with magnetic tapes, threads and small counterweights that allow their natural movement. The light, worked by Regina Saura using color filters, and the sound composition by Gad Sans build an atmosphere that evolves throughout the day, enveloping the space with a changing sensitivity.
The result is a work that integrates craftsmanship, architecture and technology in a delicate balance, respecting the essence of the Pavilion and amplifying its inherent magic. An invitation to look at nature from a new perspective and to rediscover the relationship between space, perception and creativity.
