I was in Barcelona back in November of 2012; I posted some photos of that very busy trip, but I didn’t really have time to go out and do some sightseeing because of the show schedule.
There is one thing I did get though, I filmed it on the last night I was there. We were staying at a hotel called Hotel Barcelona Universal, and from my room, I had a great view across the Paral Lel, the street out in front. Across the street was this beautiful building facade, all made of video, that had a big windmill attached to the front of it. The name? El Molino, or “the Mill.” Check it out:
Not really much to look at from the outside, right? I mean, it’s fun and all, and obviously there is something happening of fun inside of the building. However, El Molino has an enormous video wall outside that is pretty beautiful, and there is some very fun content that is displayed on the video wall. It’s huge in comparison of the other parts of the facade!
This building underwent a major renovation after a 1997 closing of the theatre, which from what I found was the first time it was ever actually closed. The venue has a pretty interesting history; from the El Molino website, translated from Catalan:
The story of the Mill began in 1898, when the owner of the task The Aviary, a modest cabin located in Vila Vila Rosal corner, sold his business to 100 pesetas. The new owner will change its name to The Aviary Catalan and mount a small empostissat. After three years with a musical program stable, the local had already found its place in the world of entertainment Parallel.
After a brief flirtation with the movies under the name Grand Salon Siglo XX, in 1908 there was another change of owner and renamed Petit Moulin Rouge, in imitation of the famous Moulin Rouge in the Montmartre district of Paris.The new business is designed to bring the nightly entertainment cabarets of Paris “in Spanish”. It is the time of the Music Hall, which appropriates the same time, he sees as his fame avenue that the highest number of shows in Europe grows.
So the entire point of this post was to show the video I recorded of the video content of the video wall outside of El Molino. Check it out, this is some fun architainment!
