Presented by: ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture
Venue: Carrer d’Espronceda 326, Nau 10, 08027 Barcelona
Opening: Thursday, February 12, 2026 (7:00–9:30 PM)
Exhibition: February 13–19, 2026 (visits from 5:00 to 7:00 PM by appointment at info@espronceda.net)
An immersive exhibition that transforms urban noise into a sensory experience
ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture proudly presents Silenci en temps de soroll (Silence in Times of Noise), an immersive exhibition by Regina Saura and Rita Roqueta that invites audiences to experience the transformation of urban space into nature through perception, attention, and interaction with the artwork. The exhibition continues and deepens the artistic research initiated with the intervention presented in November 2025 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, now translating that reflection into an exhibition setting where the experience becomes more intimate and sensorial.
The exhibition opens on February 12, 2026, and will be on view until February 19, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The project culminates with a closing talk and discussion on February 18 at 6:00 PM.
Practical information
Vernissage: February 12, 2026
6:00 PM — VIP guided tour
7:00 PM — Doors open & welcome drink
7:30 PM — Project presentation
Exhibition open: February 13–19, 2026
Daily, 5:00–7:00 PM
(by prior appointment: info@espronceda.net)
Talk & Closing: February 18, 2026, 6:00–8:00 PM
Venue: ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture. Carrer d’Espronceda 326, Nave 4–5 · Barcelona
Space as living matter
Silenci en temps de soroll (Silence in Times of Noise) proposes an immersive journey in which the exhibition space progressively transforms from city to forest. Through movement, attention, and bodily presence, each visitor alters their perception of the environment and activates a shared sensory experience. Silence appears here not as absence, but as a collective state, constructed between people and the artwork.
The paintings, screen prints, and illuminated transparencies by Regina Saura evoke fragments of the urban landscape that blur and dissolve throughout the exhibition route. Some of these works are presented as hanging elements and lightweight sculptures, generating floating visual layers that engage in dialogue with light, architecture, and the movement of bodies, creating an ever-changing perception of space.
The screen prints on paper, produced through manual processes, are the result of individualized work in numbered editions of 25, in which each piece is unique. Throughout the exhibition, these works accompany the conceptual journey between city and nature, incorporating subtle variations of color and layering that evoke the transition from urban landscapes toward more organic forms. Hand-finished, they reinforce the processual and unrepeatable nature of the work, distancing it from the notion of serial reproduction and bringing it closer to a singular visual experience.
An artistic and technological project
Within this context emerges Bosc de Missatges (Forest of Messages), an interactive projection mapping installation that transforms the architecture of the exhibition space into a responsive visual ecosystem. Through the use of LiDAR sensors and real-time systems developed with TouchDesigner, the work translates the artist’s landscapes into a living environment where organic forms emerge within an urban framework. Light, data, and movement converge in a constantly evolving composition, shaped by both algorithmic processes and human presence.
The project was first developed by Ariadna Cortés and Lluís Sentís for the intervention presented at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in November 2025. The collaboration with Lluís Sentís—researcher and professor specializing in humanoid robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-centered technologies—represents a singular and expert contribution to the conceptual and technological development of the work. Subsequently, Bosc de Missatges has been expanded within the NUBIA LABS program, deepening the dialogue between art, architecture, nature, and technology, and proposing immersive media as a shared space where emotion, ecology, and digital systems converge.
The exhibition also presents Cercle dels Desitjos (Circle of Wishes), an immersive mixed-reality environment in which sound, space, and interaction are articulated as a speculative ecosystem. Set within a virtual forest of messages, the work invites visitors to traverse a sensitive landscape composed of digital matter, symbolic objects, and spatialized sound. Through real-time interaction, the piece dissolves the boundaries between physical presence and virtual narration, activating a multilayered dialogue between body, technology, nature, and urbanism.
Cercle dels Desitjos explores how extended reality, interactive systems, and sonic architecture can function as tools for collective reflection. The forest becomes a living interface: an archive of signals, resonances, and encoded meanings, where sound operates both as material and as language. The first version of the work was conceived by Kat Pegeler and later developed within the NUBIA LABS incubation program (2025 edition).
Both projects are developed within the research framework of NUBIA LABS, the laboratory of ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture dedicated to exploring new relationships between art, technology, and artificial intelligence from a critical and sensorial perspective. Both Bosc de Missatges and Cercle dels Desitjos allow the public to submit digital wishes through a web interface, which are incorporated into the artworks as dynamic messages in constant movement and transformation, creating a living archive of collective desires and dreams.
Talk with the artists
On February 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, a closing talk and discussion will take place around the intersection of art, nature, technology, and artificial intelligence. Conceived as a space for dialogue and reflection aligned with the conceptual axes of the project, the session will offer insight into the creative processes behind the work, foster its future development, and open new avenues for collaboration with cultural agents and institutions.
About the artists
Regina Saura is a contemporary artist whose practice moves between painting, design, and graphic language. Her work reflects on the transformation of nature and landscape as emotional and symbolic spaces, exploring environmental fragility and the relationship between color, emotion, and perception. With an established international career, she combines mixed media, collage, and large-scale works that invite viewers into a deep sensory experience.
Rita Roqueta Saura is an illusionist architect, designer, and interdisciplinary creator who integrates architecture, scenography, art, and technology in projects developed across Europe and the Americas. Specialized in spatial narratives and immersive experiences, she has worked on projects such as Bosc Cremat for CosmoCaixa and Cuques de Llum at the Palau de la Música, collaborating with international artists and companies to create spaces where perception, body, and architecture engage in dialogue.
This exhibition is part of NEB & Inclusió, a program promoted by ESPRONCEDA as an official partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB)—a European initiative that brings together design, culture, social inclusion, and innovation to rethink how we live together and to promote more sustainable, inclusive, and sensitive models for the transformation of our environments.
Press contact
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