Installation and photography, 2026

At the end of a corridor cut off by a wall, we come across a window that reveals the continuation of that corridor beyond the wall, filled with natural elements and members of the public strolling peacefully among trees and shrubs. This window to another world—another world because it doesn't obey our physical laws, because we can't understand how these fragments of nature have been inserted into such an artificial and controlled space—awakens in us the desire to locate the entrance and pass through it, just like those other visitors.

However, the act of searching for the entrance, the physical location of this mysterious place, can only lead to frustration and disorientation. We cannot find that space because, in fact, it is elsewhere.

The central operation of Fabian Knecht's installation, which engages in a dialogue about the post-natural, consists of constructing an artificial space—architecturally replicating the art center's galleries—around nature itself. In this case, the container encloses thirty-two square meters of Barcelona's Horta Park, open to the public, and records the movement of visitors, which is then projected onto a video behind a window within the exhibition space.

Artist: Fabian Knecht
Architecture: Sebastian Keller and Tobias Schmitt
Installation team: Èlia Bagó Flaquer, Marcus Kraushaar, Hernán Tonelli and Sara Torres López