Poblenow
(by RotoR Collective)

In 2002, the Rotor collective (Vahida Ramujkic and Laia Sadurní) organised a series of explorations in Barcelona's Poblenou, a former industrial neighbourhood that was then in the midst of a process of "reurbanisation" due to the Olympic Games that had just ended and the Forum of Cultures that was about to begin.

We acted directly in this environment, exploring it as a space that was always new and constantly disappearing: we cleared new passageways and temporary short-cuts, crossing and connecting esplanades to demolished (cleared) areas, we verified the obstacles blocking the entrance to restricted access areas, the fences around buildings under construction and visited apartment blocks that had been evicted and their temporary inhabitants, applying and practicing different physical disciplines for moving and exploration, on a search for adventures.

En el año 2002 el colectivo Rotor (Vahida Ramujkic y Laia Sadurní) organizaron una serie de exploraciones por el barrio barcelonés del Poblenou, que sufría por entonces un proceso de "reurbanización" debido a unos Juegos Olímpicos recien terminados y a un Forum de las Culturas por inaugurar.

Actuamos directamente en este entorno, explorándolo como un ámbito siempre nuevo en desaparición contínua: abrimos nuevos pasillos y atajos temporales, atravesando y conectando explandas y varias zonas derrumbadas (despejadas), constatamos los impedimentos de paso en zonas con acceso restringido, vallados de edificios en construcción, edificios desalojados con sus habitantes temporales, aplicando y ejercitando distintas disciplinas físicas para desplazamiento y exploración – buscando aventuras.

A work by Rotor

Film by Dionís Escorsa

17min 30sec · 2002