6, 7 and 8 February 2026
Friday 6 and Saturday 7: from 10:00 am to 12:00 am
Sunday 8: from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm
General Admission and General Admission + Immersive Sculpture, now available at 50% off.
Promotion valid from 6 February at 5:00 p.m. until 8 February 2026 (closing time).
Mirador Torre Glòries presents a new way of illuminating the city: a green beacon that casts its light over the streets of Barcelona and transforms the way we experience them.
As part of the Llum BCN 2026 festival, Laser Faces turns Mirador Torre Glòries into the point of origin for a three‑dimensional pathway of light that stretches across the city and engages in a dialogue with the surrounding architecture. This ephemeral installation connects sky and street through shifting luminous trajectories.
Promotion valid from 6 February at 5:00 p.m. until 8 February 2026 (closing time) for online and on-site ticket purchases, while supplies last. Valid for purchases of the General Access and General Access + Immersive Sculpture ticket. Check the purchase conditions here. All information is subject to change without prior notice.
From its 360º observation deck, Torre Glòries becomes both a privileged vantage point and a luminous new voice interacting with the city. Throughout history, towers have maintained a two-way relationship with their surroundings: whether watchtowers, bell towers or clock towers, they have always served as points of exchange between the city and its inhabitants. Using a laser beam that reshapes its outline and casts a new light across the streets, Laser Faces creates a channel of communication between Torre Glòries and the people of the city.
Beyond guiding visitors, Laser Faces interacts with the tower’s façade, highlighting the new urban landscape that surrounds it. This interplay generates a constantly shifting pixel animation and the brief appearance of anonymous faces across the building surface.
This rhythmic sequence invites the viewer to reconsider presence and absence as human conditions woven into urban space. In this silent exchange, Torre Glòries watches you as you watch it: a shared gaze that turns the city into a living, ever‑changing stage.
Laser Faces becomes a visual dialogue inspired by—and paying homage to—Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982). Whereas the projected faces in the film symbolize technological power and omnipresence, here the faces represent the opposite: the living soul of the spaces we inhabit, the collective memory that looks back at the tower and transforms it into a new organ of the city.
The proposal stems from research and imagination around new ways of lighting urban space. What would happen if our streets were no longer lit the way we know them? And what if a single line of light could illuminate and trace the grid of the city?
This intervention explores the disruptive potential of that idea and presents the laser as a new path in every sense: a guide. On one hand, it orients pedestrians, creating awareness and direction while offering a constant reflection on one’s own movement. On the other hand, the project investigates urban darkness (or the absence of light) from a more sustainable, efficient and less intrusive perspective.
Technically, the installation will feature seven cranes supporting seven laser units and six mirrors. These elements will allow the laser to project into the sky, letting its luminous trajectory extend beyond the city.
Antoni Arola’s artistic research revolves around an essential, immaterial element: light. He explores it in its absence and presence, whether natural or artificial. Through a dialogue with light (and its interaction with space) he seeks to engage the viewer’s visual perception, inviting them to immerse themselves in a new world: intangible, poetic and always open to interpretation.
His work responds to an ongoing search for beauty. It is an intuitive quest, open to chance, drawing inspiration from ancestral cultures, digital codes and unexpected encounters. His method is play, and his principle: to use as few elements as possible. Beyond light and space, color is another constant in his work.
His long career dedicated to exploring light has led him to exhibit in various countries and receive numerous awards and recognitions. He also combines his artistic practice with industrial design and teaching.
The weekend of 6 to 8 February 2026 marks the arrival of the 15th edition of the Llum BCN festival. Under the theme Night-time Landscapes, this edition will feature 12 national and international professional artists and creators. In addition, 18 university schools of design, arts and architecture from the city will once again offer the public artistic proposals that move between contemporary art, design, architecture, scenography and digital arts—showcasing the infinite creative possibilities of light. The Sant Martí district will once again be transformed into a vibrant stage of creation and innovation.