Digital Innovation Reveals Hidden Connections Between Gaudí, Miró, and Gomis at Casa Batlló
How Casa Batlló is using digital – When asked to identify Catalonia’s most celebrated cultural icons, Antoni Gaudí and Joan Miró typically emerge as the immediate responses. Yet Joaquim Gomis remains comparatively unknown to the general public. Despite this relative obscurity, his photographic contributions fundamentally shaped global perceptions of Gaudí’s architectural genius. During an era when Barcelona’s artistic circles frequently characterized the architect’s innovative designs as eccentric rather than visionary, Gomis recognized their profound significance. As both a photographer and modernist who maintained a close friendship with Miró, Gomis meticulously captured Gaudí’s extraordinary forms, intricate textures, and subtle details. His work accomplished more than simply preserving architectural marvels—it actively influenced how subsequent generations would perceive, interpret, and value Gaudí’s creative vision. This historically overlooked relationship between architect, artist, and photographer now serves as the foundation for Gaudí–Miró–Gomis: Deconstructed, a reimagined iteration of an earlier exhibition presented by the Fundació Joan Miró.
A New Chapter for a Classic Exhibition
The updated exhibition occupies the newly restored third floor of Gaudí’s iconic Casa Batlló. This contemporary edition broadens the conversation among these three creative pioneers through immersive digital installations, artificial intelligence applications, and three-dimensional technology developed collaboratively with the Fundació Joan Miró and creative studio Tomorrow Bureau. Through artificial intelligence, high-resolution photogrammetry, and advanced 3D scanning techniques, the exhibition reveals details previously invisible to human observation. Tool marks and weathering patterns across Miró’s sculptures—captured through scanning for the first time—occupy one gallery space, while a generative reinterpretation of Gomis’ photographic archive fills another section.
Rediscovering an Overlooked Legacy
Euronews Culture recently spoke with Joana Seguro, the exhibition’s co-curator and artistic director of Casa Batlló Contemporary, regarding the rediscovery of Gomis’ neglected contributions, the transformative role of technology in art appreciation, and the enduring influence of Gaudí and Miró’s radical concepts on contemporary creators.
It started from a conversation. We were starting to plan the first year of exhibitions here on the second floor of Casa Batlló so we went to Fundació Joan Miró and we had a conversation with them. We were just trying to think, what could we do together? What is the impact of Casa Batlló on Miró’s work? And they said, “Well, we have done an exhibition exactly about this.”
The original presentation bore the title Miró, Gomis, Gaudí and focused primarily on Gomis’ photographs documenting Miró’s artistic output while establishing dialogue with Gaudí’s architectural achievements. Seguro expressed particular enthusiasm about the visible connections between Gaudí’s designs—especially within Casa Batlló itself—and Miró’s creative evolution.
I think it’s understanding, as Miró moved away from painting and he started looking at more 3D elements, it was to Gaudí’s work that he started to look at, and started looking at his shapes, inspired by nature, to create sculptures and bronzes. He also did a series of etchings which were called Gaudí.
Perhaps most significantly, Seguro discovered limited prior knowledge about Joaquim Gomis. Upon examining his photographs, she recognized the substantial importance of his documentation of Casa Batlló and Gaudí’s broader works throughout Barcelona.
Technology Meets Tradition
The contemporary approach distinguishes itself from the original exhibition through Tomorrow Bureau’s comprehensive involvement. Beyond creating digital components, the studio designed both the physical set and audio soundscapes that permeate the entire exhibition space, establishing an environment conducive to exploring these artistic connections through fresh perspectives.
So we have the etchings from Miró, we have the bronzes, but then they’re in dialogue with high-resolution scans done from the original pieces of Miró, and then deconstructed, looking at these objects very much like an archaeologist would, and using the latest techniques that we have these days with technology to be able to see these objects in a different way.
Similarly, the photographic component transforms Gomis’ archive—predominantly assembled during the 1940s—into a living database through artificial intelligence. This digital evolution extends the archival knowledge using techniques available in 2026. Tomorrow Bureau deconstructs materials, creates digital artifacts, and removes conservation limitations that traditionally restrict how audiences interact with these precious objects. The exhibition successfully bridges historical documentation with cutting-edge technology, allowing visitors to experience these masterworks through multiple sensory dimensions while appreciating the intricate relationships between architecture, visual art, and photography that defined Catalonia’s cultural golden age.
