<i>Words and Lights</i> : A Poetic Installation Embodying the Collective Creativity of the Generation of 27

Abstract Mots et Lumières (Words and Lights) is an art installation created in 2022 that pays homage to the Spanish poets of the Generación del 27 (Generation of 27). Drawing on metaphors of neural networks, modular synthesizers, and historical telephone switchboards, the work visualizes the collective creative process as a living, interconnected system. Through computational elements such as word clouds that form portraits, sequenced lighting, evolving soundscapes, and randomized poetic displays, the installation embodies “flourishing” not as a static achievement but as an ongoing, dialectical emergence from chaos to clarity. Beyond commemorating a group dissolved by the Spanish Civil War, the installation enacts the ongoingness of collective memory and creativity, showing how ideas persist, resonate, and reconfigure across time.