The neighborhood in Montbau was the most important urban project in Barcelona during the fifties, planned under the ideals of CIAM urban planning. Today it is the victim of an approach that took him away from the city and inserted him into the foothills of the mountain.

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The “autonomous” city of Montbau invites us to sharpen our senses in order to understand it as if it were an urban museum and for this, we placed the camera in two of its main squares to create frames that exhibit the theatrical space, full of subtle and stealthy exhibitions that they are framed by the structure of the iconic modern volumes. Irony plays an important role, since there is an audiovisual contrast that is noticeable. In a space where concrete predominates and vegetation is purely decorative, what you see and what you hear in the space have no direct relationship, thus creating a constant tension between nature and city.

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The peace and calm that is perceived in this suburban museum invites us to take a break from the hectic pace of the city to contemplate the ephemeral works that are exhibited. In Montbau everything happens, and nothing happens and that is why there is a lot of beauty in its complex personality.

 

The film was premiered at the Fundació Joan Miró on May the 13th as part of the 2022 BARQ Festival.

The film was also part of the selection for the Film a Architektura Festival in Prague on October the 3rd of 2022.

The film was also selected to be a part of the SUBURBINALE 2023 in Groß-Enzersdorf, Vienna on May the 6th of 2023.

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