The poetics of Mercè Rodoreda are constructed through recurring gestures and a universe deeply permeated by nature, with a constant presence of trees and botanical imagery.
Her writing, defined by the tension between opposites – innocence and cruelty, realism and fantasy, light and darkness – shapes an imaginary world where the garden of childhood coexists with wild, violent, and unsettling spaces.
The exhibition project conceives the space as a vast forest that organically connects the different rooms and structures the visitor’s journey through the metaphor of the tree.
The itinerary is designed as a gradual journey that guides the visitor into the author’s literary and symbolic universe through a progressive transformation of space.
The roots evoke Rodoreda’s vital and literary foundations, as well as the experience of uprooting caused by exile, the trunks refer to the traumatic experience of war, the branches establish dialogues with major figures of Western culture; and the treetops suggest a poetic and symbolic opening toward the sky.
This journey is constructed through a constant dialogue between excerpts from Rodoreda’s texts and artworks created specifically for the exhibition, which articulate the curatorial narrative and guide the visitor throughout the experience.
