A light memory, where the walls, the prison and the entire city disappear. Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà
16/11/2021.
[Barcelona] Spain
metalocus, EDWIN GUAILLA
metalocus, EDWIN GUAILLA
On November 18, the exhibition CELDA NÓMADA, personal project by the architect and one of the best professional architectural photographers, Adrià Goula Sardà, opens at the H2O Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. It is an investigation of the memories accumulated in that place and in the family and personal memories.
The nomadic cell is a project that ends up producing a series of reflections on the cell space and the model prison in different formats (photography, collage, frottage, video, drawing, etc.) together with installations in the landscape that function as an act cathartic with respect to this past.
The nomadic cell is a project that ends up producing a series of reflections on the cell space and the model prison in different formats (photography, collage, frottage, video, drawing, etc.) together with installations in the landscape that function as an act cathartic with respect to this past.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà. Photograph by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Nomadic Cell by Adrià Goula Sardà.
Through the traces fixed in the space of the cell, Adrià Goula Sardà delves into the relationships that arise between what has been built and what has been lived, between the physical elements that surround us and the memories that they generate.
The anchoring to some specific events and places vanishes in favor of a drawing in the landscape as the only testimony that connects those moments of his grandfather in the Modelo prison in Barcelona as a reprisal for the dictatorship.
The anchoring to some specific events and places vanishes in favor of a drawing in the landscape as the only testimony that connects those moments of his grandfather in the Modelo prison in Barcelona as a reprisal for the dictatorship.
Description of project by Adrià Goula Sardà
The cell is freed from all its weight, from its oppression, and becomes a light memory, where the walls, the prison and the entire city disappear. The cell travels with us, accompanies us forever, converted into a memory crossed by air and nature.
The anchoring to some specific events and places fades in favor of a drawing in the landscape as the only testimony that connects those moments of my grandfather in the Modelo prison in Barcelona as a victim of the political repression by the dictatorship, and a new feeling of freedom.
Access to the cell where my grandfather had been taken allows me to search for the memories accumulated in that place and in family and personal memories. Through the traces fixed in the space of the cell, I enter into the relationships that arise between what is built and what has been lived, between the physical elements that surround us and the memories that they keep.
A project that ends up producing a series of reflections on the cell space and the Modelo prison in different formats (photography, collage, frottage, video, drawing, etc.) together with some installations in the landscape that function as a cathartic act regarding this past.
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Dates
Opening.- Thursday 18th of November at 18h. Talks.- Fridays 26/11, 3/12, 10/12, 17/12 at 18h. Exhibition.- To 23th December 2021. Opening hours.- From Monday to Friday 16h - 20h.
Location
Galeria H2O, Verdi Street - 52, Barcelona, Spain.
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ADRIÀ GOULA SARDÀ
Adrià Goula Sardà (Barcelona, 1973) is formed in the Schoolof Architecture in Barcelona where he obtained a degree in architecture in 2000 and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in 2007. He works as an architect in various offices in Barcelona (Enric Miralles (EMBT) and Coll-Leclerc arquitectos, etc..) and Paris (Yves Lion architectes et urbanistes) and in 2005 founded his own firm "aH! arquitectura" together with Helen Silvy-Leligois.
Alongside professional start in photography of architecture, which will become its main activity. In this area, performs work for renowned architects locally and internationally (Yves Lion, Josep Mias, Josep Lluis Mateo, Eduard Bru, Vicente Guallart, Fermin Vazquez (b720 architects), Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores, etc.), and to various public and private institutions (City of Barcelona, Barcelona Metropolitan Area (MMAMB) Contemporary Culture Centre of Barcelona (CCCB), Musée des Monuments Français, Aéroports de Catalunya, Escofet, etc..)
Has published several monographic books: "On building of Josep Lluis Mateo" (Ed. Actar), "b720" (TC quadernos), " Ciutat Vella de Barcelona: memòria urbà d'un proces" (Ed. Criteria) and "Barceloneta Market of Josep Mias "(Ed. Actar) and has collaborated with multiple books and magazines, national and international (Arquitectura Viva, Domus, Abitare, Quaderns, AMC, Frame, On diseño, Arquitectura y Diseño, C3, Detail, etc ...). He has also been a professor of photography at the Escola Sert in Barcelona, has participated in several worksohops and has lectured at various universities and schools.
He also develops a personal photo work beyond the architecture, that have been exposed individually in Paris ("NY" in Salón de Torigny, November 2003), Bordeaux ("Murs" in June 2009 and "Vietnam" in April 2011 in Atélier Dartois) and Barcelona ("NY" in June 2004 and "De-Construcción" in June 2010 in the Col.legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya). Currently he's preparing an exhibition at the Gallery Kowasa in Barcelona for September 2012. He has also a published book of his personal work "De-Construcción" by Fundación Esteyco in November 2009.
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