Ethereal Estate - 2026
Videogame
Pics by Daniel Cao
Ethereal Estate is a sandbox exploration game focused on the hauntology of a specific place. Its starting point is the ruins of Sant Romà de Sau, a Catalan village that was submerged in the 1960s by the dictatorship for the construction of a water reservoir, and resurfaced in 2023 due to severe drought in the area. The
player embodies a ghost who can freely roam the digital
scans of these
ruins and their “opposite”: a modern architectural structure that does
not belong to any fixed timeline. Across both spaces, the player can interact with floating cans (remnants of drought tourism) that trigger fragments of text and audio, revealing fictional fragments of the site's past, present, and future.
The project development was generously supported by the Stimuleringsfonds, and Sala d’Art Jove Barcelona.
Sala d’Art Jove (Carrer de la Ciutat de Granada 34/36, BAU, Barcelona) 11.12.2025 - 06.02.2026