La Seat: Fàbrica de Transformacions

The exhibition La Seat: Fàbrica de Transformacions analyses the profound economic, social and political impact of the car company in Barcelona.

The exhibition is structured into five sections that address the establishment of the factory in the Zona Franca, the industrial development of the Marina neighbourhood and the relevance of the brand as a symbol of modernisation. The exhibition tour delves into the mechanisms of labour control, the clandestine organisation of the workers' commissions and the protest of eighteen October nineteen hundred and seventy-one, which concluded with police intervention and the death of the worker Antonio Ruiz Villalba. The visit concludes by reviewing working-class memory and the firm's cultural influence, combining archival photographs, original documents, historical objects and artistic installations.

The project is set up in the newly restored Cos de Guàrdia of Castell de Montjuïc, a fortification located on the carretera de Montjuïc in Barcelona. The proposal is curated by the journalist Jordi de Miguel and is aimed at an audience interested in industrial history, urban sociology and social movements linked to the democratic transformation of the territory.