Arxiu Icària.Poblenou 1987-1992

Curator: Factoria Heliogràfica The Arxiu Icarià brings together the work carried out by photographer Martí Llorens (Barcelona, 1962) between 1987 and 1992 during the transformation of the former industrial sector…

The exhibition documents the work that photographer Martí Llorens carried out during the transformation of the former industrial area of Icària Avenue and the construction of the Vila Olímpica for the Barcelona Olympic Games.

The collection is held by the cultural association Factoría Heliográfica and includes creative and documentary photographs, along with documents, plans and objects recovered during the demolition works, as well as other items generated during the construction phase. Visitors will find material of very diverse nature, brought together in a single archive.

The exhibition offers a reinterpretation of this documentary collection, whose central theme is the disappearance of a territory and the creation of a new model of city. The route is thus structured around the memory of a neighbourhood that ceased to exist as it once was.