{"id":25734,"date":"2026-09-09T03:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luzinterruptus.com\/?p=25734"},"modified":"2026-09-09T04:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:04:20","slug":"a-place-to-rain-un-lugar-donde-llover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luzinterruptus.com\/?p=25734","title":{"rendered":"A Place to Rain \/ Un lugar donde llover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the effects of climate change become increasingly evident \u2014 although some, for economic or political reasons, go to great lengths to deny it \u2014 we find ourselves looking with growing unease at natural phenomena that until recently were simply part of everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rain, wind, sunshine, clouds, tides and even eclipses once excited us, and we could enjoy them in all their beauty. Now they arrive accompanied by warnings, predictions and unsettling forecasts. Every new weather event seems to announce a threat of biblical proportions.<\/p>\n

In this state of fear, fuelled and amplified to the point of drama, we miss being able to look out of the window and watch the rain, or lie in the sun, without wondering what unfortunate consequence something that used to feel so ordinary might bring this time \u2014 now that it so often arrives in excessive, unpredictable or alarming ways.<\/p>\n

Thinking about what we can contribute to this anomaly through our work \u2014 increasingly focused on care, enjoyment, simple things, basic analogue interaction and always on respect for the environment \u2014 we imagine A Place to Rain<\/strong>: a light installation in which it rains, a place extraordinary precisely because of its simplicity. Somewhere to stop and, in a way, take shelter within the rain itself. With no rush and no fear, allowing ourselves the pleasure of touching the water, getting wet and playing with it without thinking about anything else.<\/p>\n

Using the same basic tools we usually work with \u2014 light, water, sound, everyday objects and low technology \u2014 we focus on rain as a physical experience: light catching the drops, water striking metal and the simple pleasure of getting wet, walking under an umbrella or jumping into a puddle.<\/p>\n

To create it, we imagine a truss structure from which hundreds of deliberately basic lamps hang: simple metal shades in a few different sizes, fitted with traditional cool-white bulbs. We suspend them at different heights and with no obvious order, creating a dense, luminous and seemingly chaotic ceiling.<\/p>\n

On the same structure, we install small water diffusers that release the rain from above. The water strikes the lamps, runs over the metal and jumps from one to another before falling onto the people and the floor.<\/p>\n

By positioning the lights at different levels, we allow the water to generate reflections, backlighting, shadows and flashes that change continuously as the drops move through the installation.<\/p>\n

Sound is also essential to us. Thousands upon thousands of drops hit metal surfaces of different sizes and at different heights. Sharp impacts mix with dripping, small cascades and the sound of water falling onto umbrellas and the platform below. Almost a symphony of rain, made only from water and metal.<\/p>\n

To avoid wasting water, we make the whole installation operate as a closed circuit. The rain falls onto a permeable platform and disappears beneath our feet. There, we collect and filter it before a system of pumps sends it back up to the diffusers to begin the cycle again.<\/p>\n

We want each person to decide how to enter. Some may choose simply to get wet; others may use an umbrella; others may put on rain boots and a raincoat. We will make all of these available at the entrance so that every visitor can choose their own way of experiencing the work.<\/p>\n

For us, the important thing is to step inside. We do not imagine this rain as something to contemplate from the outside, but as something to stand beneath, listen to, feel and share.<\/p>\n

To remember how much we missed the rain, to appreciate again the beauty it brings to the landscape and the sense of wellbeing it brings to humans and non-humans alike, we have found ourselves taking refuge in cinema and looking at rain again through the eyes of great filmmakers. Some of you will probably recognise where our inspiration came from. We are not going to reveal it; we would rather not be so obvious. But we do want to thank the Chinese masters who still know how to pause over the smallest things and make them immense.<\/p>\n

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A medida que los efectos del cambio clim\u00e1tico se hacen m\u00e1s evidentes \u2014aunque algunos, por intereses econ\u00f3micos o pol\u00edticos, se toman muchas molestias en negarlo\u2014 nos descubrimos mirando con desasosiego fen\u00f3menos naturales que hasta hace poco formaban parte de nuestra vida cotidiana.<\/p>\n

La lluvia, el viento, el sol, las nubes, las mareas e incluso los eclipses antes nos ilusionaban y pod\u00edamos disfrutarlos en toda su belleza. Ahora llegan acompa\u00f1ados de alertas, predicciones y vaticinios inquietantes. Cada nuevo acontecimiento clim\u00e1tico parece anunciar una amenaza de dimensiones b\u00edblicas.<\/p>\n

En este estado de miedo alimentado y amplificado hasta el dramatismo, echamos de menos poder asomarnos a la ventana a mirar c\u00f3mo llueve o tumbarnos al sol sin preguntarnos qu\u00e9 desgraciada consecuencia tendr\u00e1 esta vez algo que hasta hace poco formaba parte de lo cotidiano y que ahora suele llegar de forma excesiva, imprevisible o alarmante.<\/p>\n

Pensando en qu\u00e9 podemos aportar a esta anomal\u00eda desde nuestro trabajo \u2014cada vez m\u00e1s centrado en el cuidado, el disfrute, las cosas sencillas, la interacci\u00f3n anal\u00f3gica y b\u00e1sica, y siempre desde el respeto al medio ambiente\u2014 imaginamos Un lugar donde llover<\/strong>: una pieza de luz en la que<\/p>\n

llueva, un lugar extraordinario por su simpleza donde detenernos y, de alguna manera, resguardarnos dentro de la propia lluvia. Sin prisa y sin miedo, dej\u00e1ndonos llevar por el placer de tocar el agua, mojarnos y jugar con ella sin pensar en nada m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n

Con herramientas tan b\u00e1sicas como las que usamos habitualmente \u2014luz, agua, sonido, objetos cotidianos y baja tecnolog\u00eda\u2014 buscamos poner en valor la lluvia como experiencia f\u00edsica: la luz sobre las gotas, el agua golpeando el metal y el placer sencillo de mojarse, caminar bajo un paraguas o saltar sobre un charco.<\/p>\n

Para hacerlo, imaginamos una estructura de trust de la que cuelgan cientos de l\u00e1mparas deliberadamente b\u00e1sicas: tulipas met\u00e1licas sencillas, en unos pocos tama\u00f1os, con bombillas tradicionales de luz fr\u00eda. Las colocamos a distintas alturas y sin demasiado orden, formando un techo luminoso, denso y aparentemente ca\u00f3tico.<\/p>\n

Sobre esa misma estructura instalamos peque\u00f1os difusores que dejan caer el agua desde arriba. La lluvia golpea las l\u00e1mparas, resbala por el metal y salta de unas a otras antes de caer sobre las personas y el suelo.<\/p>\n

Al colocar las luces a distintos niveles, conseguimos que el agua genere reflejos, contraluces, sombras y destellos que cambian continuamente mientras las gotas atraviesan la instalaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Tambi\u00e9n pensamos mucho en el sonido. Miles y miles de gotas golpean superficies met\u00e1licas de distintos tama\u00f1os y alturas. Se mezclan impactos secos, goteos, peque\u00f1as cascadas y el sonido del agua sobre los paraguas y la tarima. Casi una sinfon\u00eda de lluvia construida \u00fanicamente con agua y metal.<\/p>\n

Para no desperdiciar agua, hacemos que toda la instalaci\u00f3n funcione en circuito cerrado. La lluvia cae sobre una tarima permeable y desaparece bajo nuestros pies. All\u00ed la recogemos, la filtramos y, mediante un sistema de bombas, la impulsamos de nuevo hasta los difusores para volver a empezar.<\/p>\n

Queremos que cada persona decida c\u00f3mo entrar. Algunos preferir\u00e1n mojarse directamente; otros usar\u00e1n un paraguas; otros se pondr\u00e1n unas botas de agua y un chubasquero. Dejaremos todo este material disponible a la entrada para que cada visitante pueda escoger su propia manera de vivir la pieza.<\/p>\n

Para nosotros, lo importante es entrar. No imaginamos esta lluvia para contemplarla desde fuera, sino para meternos debajo, escucharla, sentirla y compartirla.<\/p>\n

Para recordar cu\u00e1nto ech\u00e1bamos de menos la lluvia y apreciar de nuevo la belleza que aporta al paisaje y el bienestar que produce en humanos y no humanos, hemos tenido que refugiarnos bastante en el cine y volver a mirar la lluvia a trav\u00e9s de los ojos de grandes directores. Seguramente alguien reconocer\u00e1 de d\u00f3nde nos ha venido la inspiraci\u00f3n. No vamos a desvelarla; preferimos no ser tan evidentes. Pero vaya por delante nuestro agradecimiento a maestros chinos que todav\u00eda saben detenerse en las cosas m\u00ednimas y hacerlas enormes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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