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Laser Faces: an installation by Antoni Arola
Barcelona, Spain
Laser Faces is an ephemeral installation created by that, through light, traces a three-dimensional route through the streets of Barcelona and establishes a dialogue with urban architecture.
The proposal explores new forms of illumination in public space, proposing the laser as a transgressive element capable of illuminating the streets, guiding pedestrians and redefining the perception of their urban journey, while reflecting on darkness as a more sustainable and less invasive strategy.
Within the framework of the festival, Laser Faces traced a route for visitors and interacted with Torre Glòries, generating a pixel animation and the appearance of anonymous faces on its facade, creating a disruptive scenario. This intervention, beyond signage, proposes a visual reflection on presence and absence as a human condition in contemporary urban space.
The proposal explores new forms of illumination in public space, proposing the laser as a transgressive element capable of lighting streets, guiding pedestrians, and reshaping the perception of the urban commute, while reflecting on darkness as a more sustainable and less invasive strategy.
Antoni Arola
#BuiltWithProtopixel
- Author: Antoni Arola
- Lighting programming: Kiks Canto, Head of Design and Interfaces at Protopixel
- Portraits: Maria Espeus
- Portrait animation: FRAU recerques visuals
- Sound design: Daniel Albahaca
- Copywriting: Dadà Barcelona
- Production: Tecnoradio
- Drone videos: Delabrave
- Festival artistic direction: Maria Güell Ordis
