The Stage
The Stage – How to Tread Lightly, is a set design developed by Enorme Studio for the collective exhibition organized by TBA21 in it Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum.
The project gives physical form to a series of pieces originally conceived for the digital platform st_age, created during the pandemic as a space for reflection and artistic production.
In this context, the scenography becomes a spatial tool for materialize networks of solidarity, reflection and care, proposing a space for shared listening, active pause, and critical transmission in a time of global transition.
"A stage design that doesn't take up space, but frees it up for collective thought."
Strategy
The architectural strategy consists of a precise and delicate operation: make the invisible visible without invading.
A series of lightweight, modular structures are proposed to accommodate works, projections, and materials without interfering with the museum's character, respecting its scale and neutrality.
The scenery acts as silent infrastructure, while incorporating material and spatial gestures that underline the curatorial discourse: open geometries, light wood supports, inclined planes and listening devices.
The whole set is organized as a constellation of micro-scenarios that activates the space from the subtle, offering the visitor a tour that does not impose rhythm, but accompanies and proposes.
Impact
The Stage – How to Tread Lightly, was able to shape an exhibition born out of the crisis, turning it into an experience of expanded community.
By escaping traditional exhibition rhetoric and opting for a delicate scenographic language, the project enabled a way of inhabiting the museum that connected pandemic time with a new model of shared presence.
What was originally digital takes shape without spectacularity, with a vocation for listening and hospitality, generating a new imaginary about how ephemeral architecture can operate in cultural institutions from silence, strategy and commitment.
year of construction
2020
total built volume
(adaptable to space)
total built area
120 m² approx.
customer
TBA21
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
location
Madrid (Spain)
situation
Finalized
typology
Ephemeral
Art
Institutional
Culture
disciplines
Ephemeral Architecture
Institutional spaces
Pavilions & Exhibitions
Experiential design
Comprehensive Management
Specialized consulting
impacts
Differentiating Concept
Institutional prestige
Greater social value
Precision and innovation
Constructive excellence
