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Laercio Redondo's site-specific installation at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona is not only an intervention in architecture but also an exploration of history and memory. This artistic display is presented in collaboration with Ana Mas Projects and Fundació Mies van der Rohe as part of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend. Redondo's work is a delicate and subtle intervention, aiming to produce almost invisible disruptions in space that magnify the effacements and gaps in the Pavilion's construction and reconstruction.

The installation includes a set of translucent displays made of silk, meticulously distributed along the glass panels, depicting surviving photographs of the original building. These models serve as a backdrop for the Pavilion's reconstruction and superimpose past and present, offering a composite perspective on the building and the outside garden. Redondo's work also includes a set of prints on plywood displayed on supports that use the same kind of travertine stone as the Pavilion's floor. At first glance, they appear to be completely black monochromes, but they depend on the spectator's movement and gaze to reveal themselves in tenuous contrast.

Redondo's interest in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion arose from his artistic production, where architecture is a recurrent topic. His work often engages extensively with collective memory and its erasure in society, based on the interpretation of specific events in relation to the city, architecture, and historical representation. The site-specific interventions by visual artists that take place at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion are short-term installations or exhibitions that aim to stimulate critical reflection and generate new perspectives on the Pavilion, promoting it as a space for inspiration, experimentation, and innovation.

This installation at the Pavilion offers visitors a chance to rethink their relationship with history and the built environment. Redondo's use of silk, a material not directly used in the construction of the Pavilion, highlights the role of the textile industry in Mies and Reich's transformation of Montjuïc's mountain, representing German industries. This intervention provides a unique opportunity to view the Pavilion through a different lens, as a narrative device that reflects the dominant ideology and historical interpretations of its time.