Tiempo inánime (Inanimate Time) was my final work of the Master in Contemporary Art that I did at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Pontevedra. The work is the result of a process that took several forms, always under the maxim of memento mori, until it finally materialized through a series of 6 digital images that reflect the experience of photographing an autopsy. These photographs are accompanied by a sound piece that evokes the vanity of our longings and desires.
Tiempo inánime tries to bring to the topic of death depicted in the History of Art a vision of the times we are living in. Before carrying out the work I was very aware of the notion of intertext, since I believe that nothing comes from nothing and death is undoubtedly a recurring theme in the arts. I think it is interesting to review the background and the context in which the works are framed in order to know the causes that have led many artists from different cultures to be interested in the subject. I share the opinion of Dr. Iona Heath: "If we turn our eyes away from death we also undermine the pleasure of life. The less we are aware of death, the less we live".
Tiempo inánime tries to bring to the topic of death depicted in the History of Art a vision of the times we are living in. Before carrying out the work I was very aware of the notion of intertext, since I believe that nothing comes from nothing and death is undoubtedly a recurring theme in the arts. I think it is interesting to review the background and the context in which the works are framed in order to know the causes that have led many artists from different cultures to be interested in the subject. I share the opinion of Dr. Iona Heath: "If we turn our eyes away from death we also undermine the pleasure of life. The less we are aware of death, the less we live".
From
the Bible to its repercussions in contemporary popular culture, Satan
has always been considered as the necessary element to understand the
divine dichotomy, since without good there would be no evil and vice
versa. Starting from a personal vision, but not absent of clichés
that have always worked, such as the relationship between the devil
and music, Devil's Blitzkrieg acts as a catalyst for a
primordial source of energy admired and loved by some and repudiated
and feared by others. So far we all know the story of the uprising
that ended with the expulsion from heaven and eternal damnation, but
How much does this belief affect us directly and indirectly?.
I have taken as a reference the atheistic Luciferianism and Satanism referring to the personal transformation that leads to liberation from the earthly and the excesses of the carnal that sometimes culminate in sacrifices. Through an visual assault consisting of four images based on occult symbolism and the graphic language of psychedelia, the work wanders between the profaned sacred and inverse devotion, or the impossibility of being able to leave the celebration at will.
I have taken as a reference the atheistic Luciferianism and Satanism referring to the personal transformation that leads to liberation from the earthly and the excesses of the carnal that sometimes culminate in sacrifices. Through an visual assault consisting of four images based on occult symbolism and the graphic language of psychedelia, the work wanders between the profaned sacred and inverse devotion, or the impossibility of being able to leave the celebration at will.
