We inaugurate 'Bodys and Spaces', a reinterpretation of Gaudí's Invisible Garden

Torrents of Art, the Arts in Health program of the Sant Joan de Déu Health Park, inaugurates the exhibition Bodies and spaces: inhabit the cares, a collective artistic proposal that invites you to rediscover the Invisible Garden, the modernist complex located in the Sant Boi de Llobregat area and considered a key space in the creative evolution of Antoni Gaudí, with connections to works such as the Sagrada Família, Casa Milà or Park Güell.

Built between 1903 and 1912, the Invisible Garden is a unique heritage space made up of caves, an ancient lake and trencadís benches that dialogue with nature and transform it. Over the course of a year and a half, users of the mental health network, multidisciplinary artists, cultural promoters and citizens have worked together to offer an artistic, social and humanistic reinterpretation of this space, establishing bridges between art, health and community.

A project that emerged from a workshop dedicated to Gaudí

The project has been developed within the framework of a workshop focused on the figure and creative processes of Gaudí, which has combined research, creation and artistic experimentation. The process began with direct knowledge of the Invisible Garden, the study of the architect's way of working and the reading of David Agulló's thesis, which structures the space into three main areas: the square of the benches, the cave-waterfall and the chapel of the Virgin. Based on these references, the group has built its own story that integrates architecture, history, symbolism and community dimension.

The work has been carried out collectively and collaboratively, with roles that have emerged naturally throughout the ideation, design and production phases. As Andrea Martínez, coordinator of Torrents d'Art, explains, “a key part of the project has been to put oneself in Gaudí's shoes, recovering artisanal and experimental processes such as trencadís, the construction of models —first in small format and later on a larger scale— and the study of architectural forms such as the hyperboloid, using techniques inspired by the architect's original methods.”

Beyond architecture, the exhibition also gives visibility to lesser-known aspects of Gaudí's work, such as his relationship with materials, the creation of his own colors and scents, oriental influences or the social and community dimension of the Invisible Garden.

 An exhibition framed in the celebration of the Gaudí Year

Bodies and spaces: inhabiting care is part of the program that the Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and the Sant Boi City Council have promoted, with the support of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat, to commemorate the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí. The objective is to bring the modernist universe closer to citizens and to value local heritage as a space for creation, reflection and community.

The exhibition has had the advice of the architect David Agulló and the collaboration of the Department of Culture, the ICEC, the Ventós Foundation and the Sant Boi City Council.

The visit to the exhibition, lasting one hour, will take place in Catalan.

The meeting point is: Cultural Center Art Torrents. C. Doctor Antoni Pujadas 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat (Montserrat building):  https://share.google/9oOCIYsZFQ64ueian

• To visit the exhibition, you just need to make a free pre-registration.