Built for a moment of optimism, innovation and international exchange, the grounds of Expo ’92 in Seville now exist in a state of remarkable suspension. Much of the site is deserted, with only a few research institutions continuing to occupy its buildings.

Yet this is not a place of decay. The architecture and installations remain remarkably intact, carefully preserved despite the absence of the crowds and activity they were designed for. The result is an unsettling sense of emptiness: a place that feels abandoned, while showing almost no signs of deterioration.

At its centre stands the colourful acrylic tower by Professor Karsten K. Krebs, a striking remnant of the Expo’s futuristic vision. Surrounded by empty spaces and largely silent architecture, it has acquired a different presence from the one it once had.

The photographs explore this tension between presence and absence, between a vision of the future and a site suspended in the past. What remains is neither ruin nor fully functioning place, but something in between – a strangely preserved landscape where the traces of human ambition persist after the people have disappeared.