The centerpiece of the installation is a large mosaic featuring an enlarged postcard of the Hotel Royal Mediterráneo, produced by Joan Andreu Puig Farran’s company. Surrounding this are 500 postcards representing the militiamen who perished during the 1936 disembarkation, alongside audiovisual archival footage and a soundscape by Toni Llull. These elements juxtapose different historical periods, revealing the complex layers of Mallorca’s landscape.
Puig Farran, who covered the 1936 Landing as a war correspondent, later transitioned to commercial photography in the 1950s, documenting the same sites after they were transformed into tourist destinations. One such site, the imposing Hotel Royal Mediterráneo, was built by Jaume Moll, who thrived during Franco’s regime. The installation highlights how mass tourism obscured much of the island’s historical memory, masking a Francoist modernization effort that eroded both the physical landscape and its historical significance—including a mass grave from the war beneath the hotel.
Lluís Vecina Rufiandis (Porto Cristo, 1995), a Fine Arts graduate from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, has worked with MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona. He is also a member of Col·lectiu Recerca, a group dedicated to research and raising awareness about the Second Republic, the Spanish Civil War, and Francoist repression.
