Barragens is the title of a temporary, site-specific installation that explores the displacement of meaning and the consequences of interrupting the flow of daily life. Drawing from the concept of a dam—a massive, structural intervention typically constructed to obstruct the natural flow of a river—the project recontextualizes this act of blockage within an urban environment. Rather than engaging with water, Barragens intervenes in the human-made currents of everyday movement, calling attention to how interruption itself becomes a powerful gesture.
The installation is designed to be placed directly on public streets or avenues, precisely between the buildings on either side, forming a barrier that disrupts the continuous passage of vehicles and pedestrians alike. By transposing the logic of a dam into the social and architectural fabric of the city, the work questions not only the function of such blockages but also their symbolic and psychological weight. Barragens invites reflection on control, access, and interruption—both as physical realities and as metaphors embedded in our routines and systems of organization.