Matt Clark, renowned British artist and founder of United Visual Artists (UVA), has been announced as the creative keynote speaker for Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2026.
Celebrated for his work combining art, technology and architecture, Clark fuses light, code, sound and choreography to create artworks at leading cultural institutions and major public venues worldwide. Bringing ingenuity and bold thinking to the stage, Clark’s keynote will challenge audiences to push boundaries and rethink the relationship between art, technology and the built environment at ISE 2026.
Taking place on Tuesday 3 February at 15:30-16:15 in Room CC4.1, Clark will present his keynote ‘Hidden Order: Building a Performance-led Mapping at Casa Batlló, from Concept to Implementation’. This session will offer a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Hidden Order, a façade mapping project commissioned and produced by Casa Batlló in collaboration with UVA, scheduled for 31 January and 1 February, just before ISE 2026 begins.
The commissioned artwork, Hidden Order, marks the fifth edition of Casa Batlló’s annual mapping, presented free to the people of Barcelona and established as one of the city’s most significant cultural events. It utilises the building as both subject and instrument, with the purpose of taking Gaudí’s radical legacy even further through inspiration and reinterpretation, drawing inspiration from Gaudí’s relationship with geometry and nature. Through light, motion and sound, the façade is deconstructed and recomposed, with choreography and human movement serving as integral compositional elements. The work navigates the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, and between the human and the architecture, whilst responding to real-world constraints that shape both its visual language and technical design.
Clark’s keynote will serve as a case study of the Casa Batlló commission, from first impressions and concept through research, prototyping, content systems, technical design, show control and on-site delivery. He will outline how UVA translates architectural logic into a controllable visual system, collaborating with a diverse team of technical artisans and specialists to carry the work from studio tests to realisation, and demonstrating how constraints ultimately shape the composition.
Hidden Order extends into Casa Batlló’s newly opened second-floor gallery, evolving into Beyond the Façade, a five-month site-specific exhibition that opens on 31 January and offers visitors an immersive experience of Clark’s work. This unique space within the iconic building provides an opportunity to explore the artistic process behind the mapping in depth, combining light, motion and technology to reflect on the cycles of life and the interplay between human presence and architecture, allowing visitors to see themselves reflected in the work.
“We are delighted to welcome Matt Clark as our creative keynote for ISE 2026,” said Mike Blackman, managing director of Integrated Systems Events. “Matt’s visionary approach and his ability to blend art, technology and human experience truly embody the spirit of ‘Push Beyond’, our theme for ISE 2026. This extraordinary project, created by Casa Batlló in collaboration with Matt Clark, challenges us to see the world differently and inspires our community to explore new creative frontiers. I am confident that Matt’s keynote and the unveiling of Hidden Order at Casa Batlló will ignite fresh ambition and spark meaningful conversations across the global AV and systems integration industry.”
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ISE 2026 will be held on 3-5 February 2026 at Fira Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, drawing visionaries, trailblazers and creative minds from every corner of the globe. Register here to reserve a spot at the event – using the code ‘auditoria’ for FREE registration.
