Adventures in La Caixa Forum

My adventures today included coming home, buying tons of frozen food for the next week or so at a place called Sirena. Why it has that name I have no idea. After that I headed out for a place called the CaxiaForum. I've noticed a lot of places called "Forum" around Barcelona. I think it is a recall to Roman times when the Forum was a central gathering place and event place. The CaixaForum was housed in an old winery that was designed by Modernisme artists, which gave it a very peculiar look and feel. The roof was curved and had a very interesting setup. The buildings were all set up with different corridors, which housed the art museums and exhibitions.

I went into an exhibition called Towers: From Babel to Dubai. It focused on the different skyscrapers and structures that changed the way humans organized and perceived the world. It had a lot of Spanish, which I mostly understood, and it highlighted the thoughts and history about skyscrapers and our constant reach to the heavens. The whole exhibit was really awesome and gave a good perspective about urbanization and the new ideas that are coming to light in this modern global age. One good example of this was the the explanation behind the برج خليفة‎ (Burj Khalifa) in United Arab Emirates. The exhibit said that the tower was a sign of the urban area welcoming globalization and modernization, and showed the world that Dubai was not afraid to welcome the new age ahead of us. Pretty deep stuff behind a skyscraper. There was also this cool piece of artwork titled "Winds" where the artist had superimposed an image of the tower of Babel on top of a modern city. It sort of gave me chills.

After seeing the exhibit (the only one open) I went to watch a dance performance for free on the lower level. I enjoy dance, but I am certainly not cultured in the many different ways of dance or its origins a lot. I liked watching it, but the announcer said everything in Catalan, which was a bit difficult, even though I got a bit of it. The audience participated also in some simple moves, which was really cool to see, and it really gave me a strange good feeling about everything. The dancers were all in average clothes, and seemed like regular people ranging in age from 20s to 60s. It all was interesting to say the least.

After that I returned to my apartment, and called it a night. As I will do with this post. Bon a Nit!

-Nick