El viatge invers: Un fresc sonor al romànic, a càrrec d'Ona Balló

A sound proposal by Ona Balló in the Romanesque art galleries of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, made up of sounds that today inhabit the churches and valleys of the Pyrenees, alongside the mural paintings moved from their original churches.

The Romanesque mural paintings of the Pyrenees stood for eight centuries in the churches for which they were made, in an interior space dedicated to faith and imagination, facing an exterior landscape in constant change. When they were detached and taken to the museum, they were preserved, but the sonic and popular environment that formed part of their identity was lost.

In the Romanesque art galleries, Ona Balló presents an exhibition made of sounds that can be heard today in the churches and valleys of the Pyrenees. The route runs among the apses of Santa Maria d'Àneu, Sant Pere del Burgal, Sant Pere i Sant Pau d'Esterri de Cardós, Santa Maria de Ginestarre, Santa Maria de Taüll and Santa Eulàlia d'Estaon, and seeks to let the visitor perceive, for a few moments, the original relationship between the paintings and their founding meaning.