{"id":61464,"date":"2026-04-23T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/?p=61464"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:37:56","slug":"shared-stories-loop-lab-busan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/shared-stories-loop-lab-busan\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared Stories &#8211; LOOP Lab Busan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mo8jhe1v-1c8d3f8c882381ddf6ad0567e0b8a61c\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mo8jhe1v-1c8d3f8c882381ddf6ad0567e0b8a61c{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mo8jhe1v-1c8d3f8c882381ddf6ad0567e0b8a61c .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mo8jhe1v-1c8d3f8c882381ddf6ad0567e0b8a61c .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mo8jhe1v-1c8d3f8c882381ddf6ad0567e0b8a61c av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Shared Stories<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>International Media Art Festival 2026<br \/>\nLOOP Lab Busan<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mo9vt4gq-8cd4597aaf0d5fccf711f07e6696473f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mo9vt4gq-8cd4597aaf0d5fccf711f07e6696473f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mo9vt4gq-8cd4597aaf0d5fccf711f07e6696473f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mo9vt4gq-8cd4597aaf0d5fccf711f07e6696473f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-61408 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-61408 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-300x169.jpg\" alt='' title='Marina Nun\u0303ez 1'  height=\"169\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-va4kyl-7e7b38184bfce194f3e1e8dd4a084900 hr-default  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mo8jnenv-96b6dbafbab308c11fafb21d7f403188\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mo8jnenv-96b6dbafbab308c11fafb21d7f403188{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mo8jnenv-96b6dbafbab308c11fafb21d7f403188 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mo8jnenv-96b6dbafbab308c11fafb21d7f403188 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mo8jnenv-96b6dbafbab308c11fafb21d7f403188 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Artists<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo8jhzmv-b234daeff221ac6e804c2722379eb2a8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marina N\u00fa\u00f1ez\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cristina Lucas<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eugenio Ampudia\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carlos Casas\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38463905 BCX0\">Curat<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38463905 BCX0\">ed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38463905 BCX0\">by<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Menene Gras Balaguer<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Director of Culture y Exhibitions &#8211; <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CASA ASIA\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-14xpfx9-8c49cdb723935bfb36f6ccdc7e83e2a8 hr-default  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo8jqrpk-9462a969a223ffe0a13fc40949f6b619 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This Project gathers video installations that share the need to explore the present and future developments of video art. The three artists, Marina N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Cristina Lucas,\u00a0Eugenio Ampudia and Carlos Casas\u00a0are Spanish born and they belong to a similar generation for which video was a medium to make a change in their art practices. All of them know that video art is in continuous evolution. For them it is crucial to understand that it constantly moves by adopting new forms.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The works that I gathered here are from artists who\u00a0think\u00a0their practice as a kind of translation of a language whose meaning is always in relationship with their narratives. They are all aware that the distance between video art and cinema is getting shorter\u00a0and that both belong to a wider category related to the moving image. In the meetings of Barcelona last edition of LOOP (November 2025), artists and curators as well as art critics said that they had realized a big change towards video art and that maybe the best was concerning single channel video art works to consider them as short films instead of video art works.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As far as the actors play a role in the Spanish and Internacional art scene, I think it is important to take into account the way they think about the moving image and how they can teach us about narrating in one format or another and why they do this or the other. Each story is told connected to\u00a0its narrative\u00a0and to a process\u00a0of construction\u00a0on the basis of\u00a0the\u00a0artist\u00a0understanding of\u00a0spatiality and temporality. They all keep their individuality and singularity\u00a0and the way they cross between themselves.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The installations should be shown in\u00a0different locations\u00a0despite belonging to the same project and they also need adequate space and follow the\u00a0artists\u00a0instructions for the setting up of the artwork as well as for its presentation. The artists should control the way their works must be shown.\u00a0Myself as\u00a0the\u00a0curator\u00a0I should also go to Busan during the LOOP.\u00a0\u00a0You will find the information about the artists and the works here below.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This project is supported by Casa Asia in terms of the curatorial practice, and it is possible thanks to the artists as well as to their galleries La Gran (Madrid), Roc\u00edo Santacruz (Barcelona), Albarran Bourdais (Madrid),\u00a0Max Estrella (Madrid)\u00a0and Gallery\u00a0\u00c1ngels\u00a0Barcelona (Barcelona).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-2gv6u5-fff2fa9321005fa04fb5a04d787c0b45 hr-default  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo8jvgz2-f504bd4ab27a1619e23b386e51d696ac '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW170031647 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170031647 BCX0\">Marina\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170031647 BCX0\">N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WORKS<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0Nature\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">|\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Island, Mangrove, Mountain, Forest\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(2019), 4 single-channel videos\u00a02\u00b4each, (80inch screen),\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vanishing (1-6),\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(2023), single-channel video, sound, 2\u00b4Videoprojection, 4K resolution.\u00a0Music: Luis de la Torre\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mirage (1-20)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, (2023), single-channel video, sound, 39\u2019.\u00a0Videoprojection, HD resolution. Music: Luis de la Torre.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Courtesy of the artist,\u00a0Gallery\u00a0La Gran\u00a0(Madrid)\u00a0and\u00a0Roc\u00edoSantaCruz\u00a0Gallery\u00a0(Barcelona).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nature\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">|\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Island, Mangrove, Mountain, Forest\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(2019).\u00a0The project consists\u00a0of\u00a0four\u00a0vases\/trophies\u00a0that\u00a0exhibit\u00a0-or enclose- four landscapes: a mountain, an island, a\u00a0forest, a mangrove. The tiny scale of these ecosystems in relation to\u00a0the containers\u00a0shows our desire to domesticate, our desire to conquer. Subdued nature, a beautiful ornament for a cabinet of wonders. The grasses that grow rooted in the golden decorations can suggest, however, another relationship of forces.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-61464 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/shared-stories-loop-lab-busan\/image001-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image001-80x80.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image001-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image001-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image001-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image001-399x400.png 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61416'>\n\t\t\t\tIsla.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/shared-stories-loop-lab-busan\/image002-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image002-80x80.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image002-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image002-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image002-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image002-399x400.png 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61419'>\n\t\t\t\tManglar.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/shared-stories-loop-lab-busan\/image003-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image003-80x80.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image003-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image003-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image003-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61422'>\n\t\t\t\tMonta\u00f1a.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/shared-stories-loop-lab-busan\/image004-2-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image004-80x80.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image004-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image004-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image004-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61425'>\n\t\t\t\tBosque.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vanishing (1-6),\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(2023),\u00a02\u2019 each.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A landscape devoid of any trace of life transforms into a waving veil that covers a human head gazing in all directions, seeking understanding. The veil eventually lifts, revealing that the head does not exist.\u00a0Perhaps it\u00a0is an echo of the past, and the veil is a shroud. Only the Earth\u00a0remains\u00a0now. Although the cloudy sky may hint\u00a0at\u00a0a new future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61408\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marina-Nunez-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mirage (1-20)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, (2023), single-channel video, sound, 39\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-border-top=\"0px none \" data-ccp-padding-top=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"2px solid #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a barren desert under scorching sun, a female body bursts apart. It was a body of sand. However, those grains fall to the ground drawing a flower.\u00a0Perhaps a\u00a0glimmer of life&#8217;s hope, or just a memory of\u00a0what\u00a0once was.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61426\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image006-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image006-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image006-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image006-845x477.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image006-705x396.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image006.png 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61429\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image007-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image007-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image007-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image007-845x477.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image007-705x396.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image007.png 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-3zehul-a171863ea1602609ba86a0d105b14073 hr-default  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jmopa5-3143140180abb37b837ba888335e7be4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Cristina Lucas<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">WORKS:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW3661259 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">Chain Reaction Belt<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW3661259 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">, 2025. Video composition: Ultrawide QHD* (3124x1200px) 2.603:1, 30 fps,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">color<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">, stereo sound, 51\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW3661259 BCX0\">28<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">\u2019\u2019, 20f<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3661259 BCX0\">\u00a0(Project).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW3661259 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61432\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61432\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61432\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image008-300x115.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image008-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image008-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image008-705x271.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image008-845x321.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image008.png 881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW234534621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234534621 BCX0\">Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Albarran Bourdais (Madrid).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW234534621 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>Chain Reaction Belt , 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chain Reaction Belt<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is a video presented in an ultrawide panoramic format. The piece unfolds as a moving visual timeline of the Anthropocene: a continuous belt-like sequence of images that traces the chain reactions triggered by technological innovation\u2014from the steam engine to artificial intelligence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The work reveals how each advance generates new disruptions and reconfigurations in the ways millions of people live, often accompanied by protests, legislative change, and structural transformations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61435\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image010-300x114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image010-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image010-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image010-845x321.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image010-705x269.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image010.png 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136410279 BCX0\">The video\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW136410279 BCX0\">reflects on<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136410279 BCX0\">\u00a0the technical meaning of \u201crevolution\u201d as a rotation, while showing how every technological shift reshapes society, biodiversity, and geopolitics.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136410279 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136410279 BCX0\">The piece concludes with a desired horizon: an empowered society demanding balance between the planet, technology, and privacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technical Datasheet\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Projection system (Based on the audiovisual installation specifications for\u00a0Albarr\u00e1n\u00a0Bourdais)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two laser projectors 7500 lumens, short-throw optics\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Model:\u00a0Optoma\u00a0ZU720TST\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professional ceiling mount, high-precision, vibration-free\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Blending and mapping workflow<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Work carried out from a master file at 3124 \u00d7 1200\u00a0px\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Generation of two synchronized files for perfect alignment in exhibition\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On-site colorimetry and screen adjustment\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sound system\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2 \u00d7 Dynaudio BM5 MKIII active speakers\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2 \u00d7 wall-mounted inclinable supports\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Subwoofer AMC SBS10, 10\u201d active sub\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Frequency response: 20 Hz \u2013 200 Hz\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amplification: 160 W (sub) + 2 \u00d7 60 W (external speakers)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Playback system\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Frame-accurate 4K playback system (BS 4K)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Programming and synchronization included\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Installation &amp; maintenance<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Complete installation by AV technicians: video lines (HDMI\/DVI), control, audio, and power\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Calibration: screen alignment, blending,\u00a0color, sound EQ\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maintenance for the full exhibition period\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dismantling at\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0show.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Video Projection\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The projection of \u201cChain Reaction Belt\u201d was displayed on a wall measuring 4.11 meters in height and 10.86 meters in length, allowing the ultrawide panoramic format (3124 \u00d7 1200\u00a0px, 2.603:1) to unfold at an immersive architectural scale. This expansive horizontal surface reinforces the concept of a \u201cmoving belt,\u201d enhancing the reading of the video as a continuous visual\u00a0chronology\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">*<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using a high-luminance laser projector, calibrated through a blending and\u00a0colour-adjustment workflow, the installation ensured a sharp, evenly distributed image across the entire width of the wall. The monumental scale of the projection envelops the viewer within the unfolding sequence, deepening the experience of the historical, technological, and social processes presented as an unbroken chain of causes and effects.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">*<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If the room depth allows it, a single projector would be enough to achieve the same image size as described. This means it could be done, provided the distance between the projector and the screen or wall is sufficient for the required image dimensions. In this case, a 10,000-lumen projector would\u00a0likely suffice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-185qtq5-5798c0dc8029061b49c3d9aae780b1ba hr-default  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo9vns65-12a42b5c382635865ce554476e2e691a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW42835098 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42835098 BCX0\">Eugenio Ampudia\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WORKS:\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Concert for the\u00a0Biocene\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(single-channel video),\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Around the Prado\u00a0Museum\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(single-channel video),\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Where to sleep 5 Palau\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(single-channel video)<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Kicking Rights Up\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(single-channel video)<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Courtesy\u00a0of the artist and the Gallery Max Estrella\u00a0(Madrid)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Concert for the\u00a0Biocene, 7\u00b430\u201d, 2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Concert for the\u00a0Biocene<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is one of Ampudia\u2019s latest\u00a0research\u00a0related to\u00a0the necessity of reformulating the present from post-humanist postulates and eco-social compromise.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An action hosted by the artist at Barcelona\u2019s El\u00a0Liceu\u00a0Teatre\u00a0in June 2020,\u00a0on the occasion of\u00a0the institution\u2019s reopening after the end of lockdown. Ampudia creates a concert for plants as a symbolic action for a paradigm swift. A total of 2.292 plants, the full capacity of the theatre, enjoyed Giacomo Puccini\u2019s piece \u201cCrisantemi\u201d by a string quartet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The concept Biocene \u2013suggested by Blanca de la Torre, curator of the action\u2013replaces the term known as Anthropocene, which defines the most recent history of deterioration of our planet due to human impact. Biocene, therefore appeals to the beginning of a new era that finally places life in the center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61438\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image011-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image011-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image011-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image011-705x479.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image011.png 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">The<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW12537164 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">Concert for the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW12537164 BCX0\">Biocene<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">\u00a0is the result of an initiative by the artistic director of the Gran\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW12537164 BCX0\">Teatre<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">\u00a0del\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW12537164 BCX0\">Liceu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">, V\u00edctor Garcia de Gomar, and the artist, together with the Max Estrella Gallery and Blanca De La Torre, as curator. With the documentation material of the artistic action, E<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12537164 BCX0\">ugenio Ampudia produced a video-art piece and several large-format photographs.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW12537164 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61441\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61441\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61441\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012-260x185.png 260w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012-845x600.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012-705x498.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image012.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-61441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Concert for the Biocene (2020), 7\u00b430\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Around the Prado Museum, 1\u00b440\u201d\u00a0(single-channel video), 2019<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cLaVuelta\u201d,\u00a0thus\u00a0in\u00a0noun, crosses\u00a0the\u00a0country\u00a0circulating\u00a0through\u00a0its\u00a0arteries or, to be\u00a0more\u00a0precise,\u00a0through\u00a0the\u00a0furrows\u00a0already\u00a0defined\u00a0in\u00a0its\u00a0skin. He\u00a0had\u00a0never\u00a0slipped\u00a0inside\u00a0before.\u00a0Until\u00a0now. A\u00a0group\u00a0of\u00a0cyclists\u00a0crosses \u201cEl Prado\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0makes\u00a0it\u00a0the\u00a0scene\u00a0of\u00a0their\u00a0frenzy. Art,\u00a0culture,\u00a0history\u00a0become\u00a0witnesses\u00a0first,\u00a0then\u00a0spectators\u00a0and\u00a0end\u00a0up as actors of\u00a0that\u00a0unusual\u00a0representation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Where\u00a0to\u00a0Sleep\u00a05,\u00a05\u00b444\u00b4 (single-channel\u00a0projection\u00a0with\u00a0audio),\u00a02015<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since 2008 the artist has been sleeping overnight in various iconic places for culture and the history of art. He started the series at the Prado museum, sleeping under Goya\u2019s\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Third of May 1808<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, before continuing it at the Alhambra in Granada, at the ARCO art fair in Madrid, at the library in the Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon and more recently at the Palau de la\u00a0Mu\u0301sica\u00a0in Barcelona.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Throughout the ongoing series, the action is based on sleeping inside a space consecrated to art, something we have traditionally viewed as illegal or subversive. Underlying the simplicity of the gesture is Ampudia\u2019s rejection of certain attitudes within the art world which are taken as\u00a0givens\u00a0and then accepted as conventions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The act of sleeping has been given different connotations in the period of political unrest over recent years and the appearance of movements like 15-M, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Museums, etc., and it has become an act of resistance\u00a0in itself and\u00a0a declaration of intent.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the other hand, the gesture of sleeping in a public space has always been associated with marginality and situations of transit in some \u201cnon-place\u201d\u2014on a long journey or a stopover in an airport\u2014or vulnerability, all of which stand as metaphors which fit fairly well with the situation art and culture has been going through in Spain since the artist started the series.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yet the positive attitude in Ampudia\u2019s works is more akin to the act of dreaming, of producing ideas, of rethinking and continuing to dream of utopia, what keeps us going and against which we must adopt a political stance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Throughout the history of art there has been a constant focus on the act of sleeping as a subversive and basic gesture when it comes to\u00a0analysing\u00a0our role as individuals in the construction of the social space. Ranging from the sculptures of sleeping Eros which decorated Roman villas in the Hellenistic period to\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fby Goya, later reinterpreted so well by the British artist Yinka Shonibare,\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Nightmare<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fby Henry Fuseli,\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fby Salvador Dali\u0301, or the many works of his surrealist colleagues, to mention a few evident examples.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Another more contemporary historiographic example featuring Morpheus is the celebrated film\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sleep<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Andy Warhol\u2019s first, where the actor John Giorno sleeps for over five hours. Tilda Swinton slept for eight hours every day in a glass vitrine at the Serpentine Gallery, in\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u00a0Maybe<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fby\u00a0Cornelia Parker. Likewise, as part of their search for a new lover, the Israeli artists Gil and Moti slept in a New York art gallery in their work\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sleeping\u00a0With\u00a0the Enemy<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. In\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Sleepers<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Sophie Calle, in turn, invites different people, mostly unknown, to sleep in her bed so that she can photograph them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Some institutions have even agreed to be used as a kind of hotel, like the Guggenheim in New York, which a few years ago hosted the work\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Revolving Hotel Room<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fby the Belgian artist Carsten\u00a0Ho\u0308ller. For the \u201ctrifling\u201d sum of 300 dollars (which was tripled on public holidays) visitors could spend the night in the museum. And to shift our focus to a case closer at hand, ARTIUM in Vitoria, in an initiative proposed by the art group\u00a0Fundacio\u0301n\u00a0Rodri\u0301guez, staged a collective sleepover as one of the actions to undertake a rereading of the museum\u2019s collection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">And we have a more recent example from the Chinese artist Zhou Jie, in her exhibition last summer at Beijing Now Art Gallery in Beijing called 36 Days, in which she slept on a bed of unfinished iron wires for the duration indicated in the title of the work, including visits from her partner.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While one can inevitably associate all these examples with a certain patina of fetishism, with a titillation for sleeping in an institutional space\u2014exemplifying the normative and conventional\u2014it is probably more a case of a profound reflection on the nature of dreams and the way in which these are projected onto the individual; an open process that Ampudia continues in order to rethink the codes and structures of contemporary art, as well as the critical situation it currently finds itself in.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With this act he also wishes to divest himself of his artist-self to show his more immediate self, and at once to transform the space of art into a much proximate place, into a space of art closer to all, to make us feel at home. In this way he proposes a reformulation of our concept of dwelling, which, through a process of repeating the action in various iconic places, convinces the spectator that his relationship with these places should be more relaxed and that he should view them as belonging to him. Once again, it reminds us to make ourselves comfortable, that the public space belongs to all of us; and yet again, that this relaxed attitude to the temples of art is another way of rewriting history or at least of introducing new chapters\u2026(From Blanca de la Torre essay about the artist and this work).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kicking Rights Cup, 2\u00b428\u00b4\u00b4 (single-channel video) 2022<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kicking\u00a0Rights\u00a0Cup<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f(2022),\u00a0produced\u00a0in\u00a0collaboration\u00a0with\u00a0APDHE (Asociaci\u00f3n\u00a0Pro\u00a0Derechos\u00a0Humanos, Espa\u00f1a),\u00a0this\u00a0video\u00a0was\u00a0created\u00a0as a\u00a0critical\u00a0response\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0human\u00a0rights\u00a0violations\u00a0associated\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0World\u00a0Cup in Qatar,\u00a0coinciding\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a075th\u00a0anniversary\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Universal\u00a0Declaration\u00a0of\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights. In\u00a0it,\u00a0Ampudia\u00a0has\u00a0replaced\u00a0the\u00a0soccer\u00a0ball\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0book\u00a0Universal\u00a0Declaration\u00a0of\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights,\u00a0questioning\u00a0the\u00a0dominant\u00a0uncritical\u00a0view\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0entertainment\u00a0industry\u00a0overlooks\u00a0and\u00a0drawing\u00a0on Peter\u00a0Sloterdijk\u2019s\u00a0(2006)\u00a0reflections\u00a0on\u00a0soccer\u00a0culture, in\u00a0which\u00a0the\u00a0thinker\u00a0compares a\u00a0soccer\u00a0match\u00a0to a\u00a0hunting\u00a0scene.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-tksxnh-d57b38664b3efbb7d94ec76db119d83b hr-default  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo9vqe1s-52ab00f936edcdc30a74a28677233049 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW127637722 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127637722 BCX0\">Carlos Casas<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW127637722 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Works:\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cemetery<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">film,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">video, color,\u00a0sound)\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Deserts<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(single-channel\u00a0v\u00eddeo)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Courtesy\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0artist\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Gallerie\u00a0\u00c0ngels\u00a0Barcelona (Barcelona).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cemetery\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">(85\u00b4,\u00a02019)\u00a0is a deeply sensory film that follows an elephant, a\u00a0mahout\u00a0and the poachers in their pursuit as they move toward the mythical place known as the elephant graveyard. As the journey transitions from the jungle through stages of death, images begin to fall away, opening onto a rich sonic landscape.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ten years in the making,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cemetery\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">weaves together field recordings from around the globe, recorded and mixed by wildlife sound expert Chris Watson with the collaboration of\u00a0Professor\u00a0Tony Myatt (spatialisation\u00a0and Ambisonics). Finding a striking juncture between nature documentary, experimental film, road movie and soundscape, the film\u00a0opens up\u00a0questions about life cycles and memory, colonialism and extinction, conservation and the environment and interspecies relationships.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe myth of the cemetery\u00a0remains\u00a0ever more urgent today, and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0today that its meaning is more pertinent: to somehow illuminate a new vision of nature and our position within it. My challenge was to uncover that myth\u00a0in order to\u00a0present it anew, to make a contemporary reading of it, and experiment with different visual and sonic languages. I consider this\u00a0film\u00a0as\u00a0the ultimate battle of vision and sound, hearing and seeing. For me, this film concludes a journey, a personal cinematic exploration process to question sound in the wider cinematic experience. In\u00a0a\u00a0era where film is becoming more a distraction, I wanted to create a film that is not a commodity, that demands as much from viewers as it gives, a film that somehow hands viewers a larger responsibility: forcing them to become the projectors or creators as well, using their own experience, to project their own images, their own light. I wanted to make a film that folds onto itself and changes, that finally uses our sleep as\u00a0tool\u00a0for filmmaker\/audience interaction. I wanted to create a manifold film, a &#8220;machine of perception&#8221; to quote Snow, but also a film that speaks to our childlike, oneiric side. \u202fA film that would use darkness to create itself.\u00a0Along the way, while preparing this film I asked myself a lot of questions that will be left unanswered, but that will populate the film like ghosts.\u00a0Maybe there is a way to find new means by which to understand our position and our responsibility as species, and also as viewers.\u00a0Maybe if only we allowed ourselves to be reawakened, reincarnated cinematically and maybe even spiritually, perhaps then we could answer the question: does our journey end here or does it continue?\u201d By Carlos Casas,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Notes on a film about elephants,\u201d<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fa text by Carlos Casas published in his forthcoming book\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldtbooks.com\/en\/book\/cemetery-journeys-to-the-elephant-graveyard-and-beyond\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cemetery. Journeys to the elephant graveyard and beyond<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fby\u202f<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldtbooks.com\/en\/book\/cemetery-journeys-to-the-elephant-graveyard-and-beyond\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Humboldt books<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61444\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image013-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image013-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image013-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image013-845x483.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image013-705x401.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image013.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61447\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image014-300x149.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image014-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image014-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image014-845x423.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image014-705x351.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image014.png 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61450\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image015-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image015-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image015-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image015-705x362.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image015.png 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cemetery<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(2019)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">|<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Film,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">video, color,\u00a0sound, 85\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Deserts<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(2024)\u00a0is another\u00a0project in development by Carlos Casas, inspired by the innovative\u00a0piece\u00a0D\u00e9serts\u00a0from Edgar Var\u00e8se. Originally conceived as an audiovisual project,\u00a0D\u00e9serts\u00a0became a kind of &#8220;El Dorado&#8221; from what can be a musical movie: a model for the advance and potential of the audiovisual work and a lighthouse of hope for new directions in the audiovisual language. Fascinated by the project and\u00a0Var\u00e8s&#8217;s\u00a0vision, Casas expands its own &#8220;visual sound&#8221; research. Experiments not only with new forms of presenting image and sound, if not with innovative methods to work with archive material.\u00a0The artist explores both environmental\u00a0degradation, such as desertification, and psychological landscapes of solitude and mystery.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The project\u00a0emerges\u00a0from the fascination of Casas for the concept of &#8220;desert&#8221; from Var\u00e8se as a metaphor\u00a0of\u00a0both ambience desolation and existential solitude. Casas is based on Var\u00e8se&#8217;s words: &#8220;D\u00e9serts\u00a0don&#8217;t address only the physical deserts made of sand, sea, mountains, and snow, from the exterior space, the streets of desert cities&#8230; if not also from a far interior space&#8230; where the man is alone in a world of\u00a0mistery\u00a0and essential solitude.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This\u00a0film is\u00a0the\u00a0subconscious\u00a0pair of\u00a0the\u00a0main\u00a0film,\u00a0it\u00a0works\u00a0as a B\u00a0side\u00a0or retro\u00a0projection, as a\u00a0shadow\u00a0or\u00a0complementary\u00a0element.\u00a0This\u00a0work\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0complimentary\u00a0piece\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0film\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Deserts 1.8<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0It\u00a0features\u00a0new\u00a0ways\u00a0of\u00a0organizing\u00a0archive\u00a0and\u00a0allows\u00a0to\u00a0subconscious\u00a0and\u00a0subliminal\u00a0go\u00a0through\u00a0the\u00a0whole\u00a0archive.\u202fIt\u00a0becomes\u00a0an\u00a0hypnotic\u00a0complement\u00a0and\u00a0also\u00a0a\u00a0system\u00a0to\u00a0create\u00a0new\u00a0connections\u00a0with\u00a0images\u00a0overlaying\u00a0different\u00a0themes\u00a0and\u00a0thematics\u00a0strands\u00a0of\u00a0archive\u00a0in\u00a0order\u00a0to\u00a0possibly\u00a0allow\u00a0new\u00a0meanings\u00a0and\u00a0possible\u00a0connections.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61453\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image016-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image016-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image016-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image016-845x480.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image016-705x397.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image016.png 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61456\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image017-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image017-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image017-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image017-845x480.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image017-705x397.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image017.png 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61459\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image018-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image018-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image018-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image018-845x478.png 845w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image018-705x396.png 705w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image018.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW75754334 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\">Deserts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\">(2024)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW75754334 BCX0\">|\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\" lang=\"ES-ES\" xml:lang=\"ES-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW75754334 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW75754334 BCX0\">Film<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75754334 BCX0\">24\u2019 41\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":61408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61464"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61478,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61464\/revisions\/61478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}