"Un elefant al jardí" Exhibition at Arxiu Fotogràfic

Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona presents a visual project that invites visitors to pause and contemplate nature through a photographic dialogue. 🎨🌿

This exhibition is part of Panoràmic Arxius, a joint initiative by Festival Panoràmic and Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona, featuring an artistic work created by Sylvie Bussières.

🎨 Un elefant al jardí

📅 From October 22 to December 11, 2026

🕐 Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00; Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 14:00

📍 Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona, Barcelona

🎟️ Free admission

📖 A poetic gaze at nature and the archive

The project "Un elefant al jardí" takes as its starting point an unusual historical photograph from the Leopoldo Plasencia collection, preserved in the city's photographic archive. The image shows an elephant stretching its trunk toward peanuts offered by a woman, creating an atypical scene tinged with poetic absurdity.

Inspired by this photograph, Sylvie Bussières develops an artistic series centered on floral elements, championing the peaceful contemplation of nature, moments of stillness, and latent movement.

🌿 The Panoràmic Arxius initiative

The exhibition is part of Panoràmic Arxius, a project that bridges past and present by opening historical photographic collections to contemporary artistic interpretations.

✨ An inspiring invitation to explore how historical archives dialogue with contemporary creation and the stillness of nature.