Selected work

And Suddenly, Water

Retrat d’un territori: cartografies mitjançant l’aigua
Year2025–2028
MaterialsWooden structure, collected water samples, glass and plastic containers, maps, documentation and archival materials.
DimensionsVariable dimensions
ContextCollaborative project within the touring exhibition And Suddenly, Chance.
CollaborationA Bao A Qu
WorkshopsMariona Cañadas
Design and installationOriol Pinell
And Suddenly, Water

And Suddenly, Water is a collaborative and evolving project developed with local groups in the municipalities participating in the touring exhibition And Suddenly, Chance. Incerteses, destins i casualitats en la Col·lecció MACBA.

The work uses water as a way of portraying a territory. In each location, water is collected from places connected to local geography, memory and everyday experience. These samples are documented, classified and incorporated into a growing wooden structure that travels with the exhibition.

As the project moves from one place to another, the archive expands. The work becomes a collective cartography made through water: a portrait of a territory constructed not only through maps, but through the physical traces of its rivers, fountains, streams and other significant sites.

The project is developed within the framework of the Visual Arts Programme of the Diputació de Barcelona, with the participation of local exhibition spaces, museums and community groups.

Project credits

Concept and production

Visual Arts Programme of the Office for Artistic Dissemination, Culture Area, Diputació de Barcelona

Participatory creation project

Pep Vidal, A Bao A Qu, Mariona Cañadas and local groups

Workshops and mediation

Mariona Cañadas, in collaboration with A Bao A Qu

Design and installation

Oriol Pinell

Touring schedule

Touring exhibition «I, DE SOBTE, L’ATZAR. Incerteses, destins i casualitats en la Col·lecció MACBA»

  1. Manresa ↗Centre Cultural el Casino7 November 2025 – 11 January 2026
  2. Martorell ↗Muxart. Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis23 January – 29 March 2026
  3. Terrassa ↗Sala Muncunill10 April – 14 June 2026
  4. Ripollet ↗Centre Cultural de Ripollet12 September – 8 November 2026
  5. BadalonaSala Josep Uclés. Centre Cultural El Carme19 November 2026 – 17 January 2027
  6. Vilafranca del PenedèsSala dels Trinitaris29 January – 29 March 2027
  7. Vilanova i la GeltrúCentre d’Art Contemporani La Sala9 April – 13 June 2027
  8. VicCentre Cultural Joan Triadú1 July – 5 September 2027
  9. GranollersMuseu de Granollers17 September – 7 November 2027
  10. MataróMuseu de Mataró18 November 2027 – 23 January 2028