Dayana Trigo
Artist
Paula Botella (1994), civil engineer specialising in urban planning and territorial development, trained at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Bartlett School in London.
exposicion
Thinking the city
The call “Thinking the City” calls for emerging artists who, through their work, reflect and dialogue on the contemporary city, offering unique perspectives on their real experiences, research and desires, from a critical awareness. The initiative aims to give voice to visions that offer a new reading of urban landscapes and societies.
We have had an exceptional jury:
asun rodríguez montejano. Comisaria
Elba Benítez. Galería Elba Benítez
Carlos Garaicoa. Artista
Javier Aparicio. Galería El Chico
Paco de Blas. Gestor Cultural
Carlos Alvarez. Editor. Piece with Artist
Silvia Hengstenberg. ART U READY y The Sibarist
After carefully analysing each proposal received, we are pleased to announce the names of the artists selected in the first call for emerging artists,
‘Thinking the city’.
There has been a very high standard and it has not been easy to make the decision.
The shortlisted artists are (in alphabetical order):
Carme Aliaga Perera
Daniel Barrio
Sebastián Bayo
Paula Botella Andreu
Solange Contreras Pavez
Julia Grunberg
Stefanie Herr
Delfina Inés Giacomo y Wanda Acevedo
Rodrigo Moreno
Mina Nogueira
Chema Rodríguez
Dayana Trigo
Invernadero The Sibarist
San Lorenzo, 11
His work, influenced by architecture, explores concepts such as object-witness and sensory architecture through installations and objects that act as time capsules, interrogating the sources of his inspiration. The work is a diptych that explores the interplay between the intimate and the social through the small wooden column, known as the ‘soul’, in the violins. Composed of a looping video and a circular score, the video repeatedly shows the failed attempt to place the soul in the violin, transforming this act into a political gesture symbolising the search for a place in a harmonic space. The circular score, complemented by urban photographs of the soul in different scenarios, uses improvised notation to reflect the incompleteness and constant search for the soul, both in music and in urban life. This combination of video, photography and score offers a reflection on the construction of the individual and the collective, as well as on the relationship between sound and urban architecture.