Playground The End of Summer, designed by La Cuarta Piel

As the September equinox marks a fleeting moment of cosmic balance between the Sun and the Earth—when both hemispheres receive the same sunlight before their seasons reverse—we are reminded of how planetary cycles shape our rhythms, and how that seasonal nostalgia now intertwines with a climate in transformation. La Cuarta Piel presents The End of Summer, an installation that captures the bittersweet sensation of a season in transition. Hijacking galleries usually reserved for artworks, the proposal transforms them into an estival playground, inviting visitors to feel once more the warmth of sun cream, tanned skin, and unproductive days suspended in time, staging a paddle tournament under the glow of a domesticated UV sun. Both celebration and farewell, the piece gestures toward an uncertain horizon where endless summers and blurred seasons redefine landscapes and rituals, inviting us to savour their sweetness one last time—before its irreversible mutation. 

About the collective: La cuarta piel