BruumRuum! is a dynamic installation by David Torrents with artec3 Studio and LEDsControl that transforms the sounds of Barcelona into patterns of light.
In five years’ time, when Barcelona’s largest urban regeneration project is complete, the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes will be a leafy oasis in the middle of a new business and leisure district. For now, recent arrivals on the square — including a Jean Nouvel tower, b720 Arquitectos’ mirror-roofed market hall and MBM Arquitectes’ anvil-shaped design museum — must contend with the sight and sound of elevated highways scything through its heart. Appointed to create a permanent installation on a newly landscaped plaza in front of the museum, multi-disciplinary designer David Torrents has made a virtue of this condition, using the noise of the city as an input for a responsive light show, BruumRuum!
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