DDT, the Oscar-winning company specialising in the design of special make-up effects for cinema, will open a museum in Barcelona to exhibit the creatures and works it has produced for directors such as J. A. Bayona, Guillermo del Toro or Pedro Almodóvar in films such as Society of the Snow, Pan's Labyrinth, The Impossible, The Skin I Live In or A Monster Calls.

The Monster Art museum, which will be located at 79 Floridablanca Street in the Catalan capital and will open its doors in 2025, has been made possible thanks to funding from the Catalan Institute of Finance (ICF). The public promotion bank of the Generalitat de Catalunya has granted DDT an ICF Culture loan of 250,000 euros for the purchase, renovation and adaptation of the premises. In addition, the project has also been paid for with its own funds and has subsidies from the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Spain.

DDT was born in Barcelona in 1991 as a pioneering company in the design and creation of special make-up effects for film and television. His creative work has been recognised with an Oscar for the film Pan's Labyrinth in 2006, two Gaudí awards and six Goya awards. During its three decades of history, DDT has participated in more than 300 film and television productions.

Its new premises will have a part dedicated to the exhibition of the works and another where they will move their special effects' workshop, where some of the most iconic characters of modern fantasy and horror cinema have been born, such as the protagonist creature of A Monster Calls, the Pale Man of Pan's Labyrinth or the body of The Skin I Live In, as well as the famous bald heads and masks worn by actress Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar's feature film.

All these works and many more can be seen in the Monster Art museum, which will combine the exhibition of the different pieces with sets, 3D holographs, surround sound and immersive technology so that the visitor can enter the atmosphere of the film. All this is divided into three spaces: the J.A. Bayona zone, the Guillermo del Toro zone and the Pedro Almodóvar zone. The premises will also have a conference room, a classroom-workshop and an itinerant area for exhibitions.

"Our hope is that the visitor enters Monster Art and feels surrounded by all our characters. But not only in the sense of seeing a museum piece, but in the sense of feeling completely immersed in the film itself and its history. You will even be able to interact with some of our creatures," explained David Martí and Montse Ribé, technical and artistic directors of DDT.