Within the framework of the exhibition Barcelona, the Archive We Are, Burzon Comenge designed and produced an audiovisual installation based on a composition of synchronized screens that functions as a narrative and interpretive device. The project translates the exhibition script into a contemporary, dynamic, and accessible visual language, capable of communicating complex data—such as documentary volume, digital transformation, research, and the future of the archive—in a clear, immersive, and emotionally engaging way.
- Arxiu Municipal de Barcelona
- 2025
- Audiovisual / Screens
Synchronized screen installation.
Mediation element
An audiovisual installation that presents the Archive as a living, collective system at the service of the city. It visualizes the present and future of the Archive through data, digitization, and artificial intelligence.
The installation is positioned as a key interpretive element within the exhibition route, reinforcing the central idea that the Archive is a living organism, distributed throughout the city and collectively built by its citizens over time.
Through data, maps, historical documents, abstract visualizations, and digital processes, the piece guides visitors from the present of the Archive toward its immediate future: the consolidation of archival centers, the modernization of Can Batlló, large-scale digitization, and the use of artificial intelligence in document access.
Architecture as a visual narrative.
Visualizing intelligence.
The articulation between the project’s conceptual narrative and the formal, technical, and aesthetic decisions that define the audiovisual production.
The audiovisual content is built around a unified narrative in which each concept of the script is translated into a specific visual language. Audiovisual production is conceived as a tool to make complex realities linked to archives understandable and experiential, combining information, territory, and institutional narrative.
The network of archival centers is expressed through animated maps that visualize the archives as a living, interconnected system, while the forward-looking perspective—focused on the new Can Batlló center—adopts a more architectural and project-oriented visual register, integrating space, data, and narrative.
The public dimension of the archives is explored through data visualization, transforming figures related to use and activity into moving graphics that make their social impact visible. Documentary heritage is represented by highlighting its scale and magnitude, both physical and digital, and the digitization process is shown as a visual transformation of the document, making perceptible the transition from material support to data.
Finally, artificial intelligence and research are incorporated through a more abstract and technological visual language, connecting historical heritage with the knowledge tools of the future.
Team
Curator: Daniel Venteo
Organized by: Barcelona Municipal Archive
Burzon*Comenge Team
Direction: Albert Burzon
Coordination: Ester Comenge
Editing and Motion Graphics: Albert Burzon, Salva Regàs
Audiovisual Technician: Xavier Gibert