‘From the center’. Eugènia Balcells

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Video art. A unique immersive experience featuring a large-scale video installation that fuses technology and spirituality.

The MNAC presents a large-scale video installation by Eugènia Balcells in the Oval Room. Created in New York between 1980 and 1982, From the center is a pivotal work, both in the artist’s career and in the history of video art.

The 12 monoliths arranged in a circle form a panopticon where viewers can walk around and witness a series of partial, fragmented perspectives that, together, seek to provide a complete and unified view of the world.

All the images were filmed over the course of two years from a single fixed point in the roof of a building in the centre of Manhattan, on the corner of Broadway at the junction with Grand St. 

The sounds and music of each of the twelve channels were specifically created for the piece by artist, musician and sound art pioneer, Peter Van Riper. Together the twelve video and sound channels create an intense and complex audiovisual space.

Further information.

Schedule

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Address:
C Mirador Palau Nacional, 6*10
:
Sants-Montjuïc
Neighborhood:
el Poble-sec
City:
Barcelona
Where
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
When
From 20/06/2025 to 11/09/2025

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