CHIDY WAYNE & ISERN SERRA

Located in a beautiful cobbled passageway in Barcelona’s Poblenou neighbourhood, Chidy Wayne’s studio workshop is a place of stillness: there’s barely a sound. Sunlight seeps into the central area of this industrial building, casting shadows and climatic shelters in functional areas, such as the office on the mezzanine level, the kitchen under the staircase and the bathroom. Isern Serra, the designer of this space, takes a step forward in his approach to creating workplaces that feel like home – or better. The result is a workshop that is as versatile, unconventional and full of charm as the art that comes to life within its walls.

THE MATTER OF THE ETERNAL

The stones beneath our feet harbour more than just the present; they carry centuries of human history, dust and desire, wars and art. Each stone has a hidden story, yet we tread on them casually, almost without thinking. Perhaps it is because deep down, we know that they were there before us, and they will remain long after we are gone.

ORDER, PLAY & CAOS

PORTRAITS OF LIFE

A FLOWER AMIDST THE RUBBLE

GABRIEL ESCÁMEZ

MATERIALITY
&
ABSTRACTION

AROMA
TERROSO

WHAT THE HEART DECIDES

PERFECT EMPINESS

OF CONCRETE
AND SKIN

Her blissful relationship with Carvajal House was the sort of love story where the protagonists were fated to meet. Only in this case, the lovers are made of concrete and skin.

A mural is an overlapping of two languages: architecture and painting. I don't want to resolve the idea of continuity but to question all the conflicts about the perception of the human eye versus the scale of the place or its context.

As our conversation progresses, I realise that it would be easier to list the people who have not visited this extraordinary place.

CHILLIDA LEKU

“The work for me is both answer and question … It’s not about ‘representing’ in a less perfect and even personal way what is apparent, what is known to all, but of penetrating, ‘presenting’ and bringing light where there was darkness,” Eduard Chillida wrote in one of the many notes he left undated and unordered in his study.

Benjamin’s art is not only perceived but is also thought-provoking. As the first notes emerge from the piano, I think of him as an island, wild and small, floating proudly, free and alone near a densely populated archipelago.

BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE

MENDI ARGIA

Mendi Argia, or “Illuminated Mountain” as its Basque name, conveys the many sensations aroused by this house on the hill.

FERNANDO CARUNCHO