I was lucky to get to go on a trip to Barcelona over the Easter half term and visit the famous Casa Batlló by Gaudi. Although the house itself was an amazing immersive experience. On the way out of the house, visitors go down a staircase which was turned into an immersive installation by Kengo Kuma and lit by Mario Nanni in honour of Gaudi, utilising every bit of space in this incredible house. This staircase installation was inspired by visualising what Gaudi’s deep subconscious and was in reference to the rest of the organically inspired forms throughout the house. This installation was made from 164,000 metres of chains handing from different hights and in different organic patterns. This staircase leads the observers to the next immersive experience in the house.

In the basement of the Batallo house was a 10D immersive experience developed by AI to reimagine what the subconscious of Gaudi’s mind would look like if it were to be visualised. This was presented in a room lined with screens across the walls, floors and ceilings and an automatic door which slid into place once viewers entered the room ( the first in the world) playing out a series of merging shapes and patterns and soundscapes. This was curated by feeding information about Gaudi and his work and drawings to an artificial intelligence developing the largest library of his work. This was then generated into this projection to give us a deeper look into Gaudi’s genius.