Brick. Xavi Lozano Segarra

Brick is a work of art that invites reflection on the housing crisis in Barcelona. Made of coloured bricks, the sculpture symbolises the disintegration of the social fabric because of excessive rent increases.

A participative experience invites audience members to move the bricks according to some algorithmically generated instructions, thereby simulating the forced displacement of residents. Each movement contributes to the dispersion of the work, reflecting how thousands of families are forced to sever their social ties and abandon their traditional neighbourhoods, which severely impacts their quality of life.