Exhibitions
'Beyond the Façade': United Visual Artist's immersive look at Casa Batlló
A tribute in the form of an exhibition by United Visual Artist to Gaudí that fuses light, movement and technology to rethink the perception of architecture and nature.
United Visual Artist lands in the Casa Batlló exhibition space with Beyond the Façade , a temporary exhibition that opened on January 31 and can be visited until May 17. This is the first exhibition to occupy this unique space in Antoni Gaudí's emblematic building, offering an immersive experience where moving images, audiovisual environments, installations, printed works and kinetic sculptures coexist. A proposal from UVA that challenges the perception of architecture and movement, inviting visitors to rediscover the facade and interiors of Casa Batlló through the innovative gaze of United Visual Artist.
It is a British collective created in 2003 in London by Matt Clark, which operates at the confluence of art, technology and music. Its work combines light, sound, movement and interactivity to give life to immersive installations that transform both the space and the way the public perceives it.
Day and night structure this first exhibition in the Casa Batlló space, inviting visitors to move from light and the movement of the sun to a broader cycle of life and death. It is an approach that connects with Gaudí's own research and his way of representing the hidden order of nature, as well as with his belief in divine geometry. UVA creates work by placing it on the border between contemporary art, design and interactive experience, with an aesthetic that combines minimalism, geometry and advanced technology.
Beyond the Façade is, in part, a tribute to Gaudí and, at the same time, a deeply complex expression of contemporary creativity. The exhibition is inspired by an unusual statement by the architect: “The straight line belongs to man, and the curved line belongs to God.” This phrase reflects not only his interest in the underlying systems of nature, but also in the human invention of language, numbers and forms. As Matt Clark points out, “They are all abstractions from reality. They are technologies that help us navigate a universe much more complex than we can fully understand.”
