Vin Diesel’s Alternative Guide To Barcelona

Video, 2020, 29 mins.

In 2007, Vin Diesel starred in The Wheelman, an action adventure game set in the city of Barcelona. In this strange video, his character from inside the game acts as a knowledgeable city guide, his soft gravely voice telling us of turbulences past and present. Mixing gameplay, archive footage, and video I shot myself, this experimental documentary takes a fresh look at the city’s recent history and its hopes for the future. It was made mostly in lockdown, during the first months of the 2020 Covid pandemic, a time of reflection for the world.