MOVING IMAGE AND SOUND
37 and 30 min.
Single-channel. Digital 2K. 4:3
B/W and Colour. Stereo

58. Biennale di Venezia 2019

To lose your head (Idols) - Catalonia in Venice

11 May - 24 November
Calle Quintavalle, Castello 40, Venezia

Catalog text: English, Catalan

An archive holds fragments of toppled statues. In a corner, a fan stirs the atmosphere. The air caresses the archivists’ measured movements. The hum of the motor and the drawn-out wait induce sleep:

In a dream, soldiers and civilians smile, motionless.

                                                        (Faraway shots, bullets whistling and explosions).In another dream, there are just stones, indifference and oblivion.

                                                        (None of the above is real or true).

Based on a story by F. Kafka, translated by W. Muir.