Barcelona has a supercomputer that not only processes billions of numbers, simulates the climate, or analyzes DNA sequences. It also puts all its potential at the disposal of artists so they can translate that entire amalgam of data and cold codes into tangible works that can be felt, seen, and heard. But also, and unlike other technological centers, so that artists humanize technology and contribute to science through their work. This is made possible thanks to the Creative Intelligence Lab, a space created by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), where the Marenostrum 5 is located, one of the most powerful computers in the world.

Pedro Almodóvar returned this Tuesday to the Cannes festival to compete for the Palme d’Or with Bitter Christmas, seven years after Pain and Glory, and the reception could not have been more emotional. “I am speechless, very moved. It is difficult to speak in this situation, but I recognize that of all the audiences I know from the screenings of my films, the viewers in this great hall are, I believe, the warmest and most affectionate I have ever known,” he said with great emotion after the screening of his new work in the grand Lumière theater.