Barcelona

I recently spent an enjoyable week in Barcelona - mainly as a holiday but also to see some of my work projected at La Fabrica. This is a gallery/bookshop/restaurant in what used to be an umbrella factory in the Poble Sec area of the city. A DVD slideshow of images from the Sipson project and my Iceland film were shown.



I also visited an interesting exhibition by Janelle Lynch at the 3 Punts gallery. Entitled "Riu Llobregat" it documents the main river in Barcelona. Lynch's choice of flat skies and straightforward but formal compositions lend a melancholic tone to riverside locations outside the city. The frequent presence of lone trees and pylons signals a longing for the former riverside settlements that no longer exist. Swirling patterns in the water due to long exposures often impart a dreamlike quality to the images.

I took a number of photographs whilst in Barcelona and will be putting together a Blurb book next year. Some of the themes that emerged were views of the Torre Agbar and Torre de Collserola from different locations in the city. I also found a street where some of the houses were ‘missing’ which created some interesting unused spaces.


I came across the Subtravelling projection of short films in the Metro. They were part of a competition where people could vote for their favourite film. This clip shows the short film 'Western Spaghetti' by PES being projected at Universitat Metro station.



You can see the original here