‘Espacio Cercano’ Exhibition

‘Espacio Cercano’ is an exhibition running from the 6th November to the 6th December 09 at the Instituto Riojano de la Juventud in La Rioja, Spain. 4 artists from Rioja have been invited to return to their region to showcase a series of work dealing with what we have interpreted for ‘close spaces’. The project has edited a DVD with interviews realized to all the participants and their portfolios.

Commission for Jet Lag Bio 09

We created  Urban Reaction Research Lab as a creative platform to develop interactive projects related with urban environments. Our first big commission has been for Jet Lag Bio, a urban youth festival in Bilbao in early October. We showcased a site specific tent with an interactive portal to allow the citizens to explore the city of Bilbao trough augmented reality technology and a cube interface.

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Zorrotzaurre, Bilbao

In Bilbao again, the explorations have started! We have been planning access to different sites and interviews with the locals and exworkers. These images are the interior of Lancor, a factory on the peninsula that will be saved from the regeneration. At least the structure will remain giving place to new activities.

A city of containers

While exploring industrial key locations by the river near Bilbao we came across to this land where lots of cointaners have been stored. Every day the mountain grows and grows and they keep being stored on top of others. The building sector has suffered the worst consequences in Spain and as such companies attached to this sector are struggeling too. This ghostly village shows its open doors to abandonment, loneliness  and nature.

BJP longlisted

It was a nice surprise to see the Belfast images on the BJP Project Assistance Awards pages. To read the full story you can visit: http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=861670

Recent visit to Bilbao

This year is being a bit of a manic one. I’ve been going across to Bilbao quite frequently  to develop Ghosts over there. All is taking shape at the moment and some of the visiting artists have started creating some work already. These images are from the last visit in May while we were exploring some of the key industrial areas along the river where we are planning to create some responses.

‘In red numbers’

‘In red numbers’ is a installation piece commissioned for the exhibition+ARTE=3D in La Rioja, Spain.  In the video, houses are built with credit cards as a metaphor about our role as consumers and victims of consumerism.  On the side, a small sculpture freezes an ephemeral construction. Are we fighting against windmills or against giants?

Industrial Locations

Recently I had the chance to visit many industrial locations to research about the project ‘Ghosts in Armour’. The diversity of activities that took place at these locations and the peculiarity of every photographic visit let me to experiment with many digital techniques.

Visit to Germany

We did our first trip to the Ruhr region last April. We were amaze by the respect for the industrial past of the area that they have. After meeting some local photographers and curators and visiting really interesting locations we will be taking “Ghosts in Armour” to Germany. Ghosts will become an international project where british, spanish and german artists will explore industrial areas in the 3 countries. To keep updated: www.ghostsinarmour.com

Independent Ballet Wales presents ‘How Green was my Valley’

Independent Ballet Wales presented yesterday the dance piece ‘How green was my valley’ in Stevenage.

I have been working with Matt Wright and Manel Pestana in providing visuals for the performance.

Check the website to know about future shows.http://www.welshballet.co.uk/