SER.
( To be, being )
Ser is a project I developed in 2019 during my final year at the University of Pontevedra.
This work was created in collaboration with Mattia Benedetti, who composed the sound. It would not have been possible to complete without his assistance.
For much of my life, I have struggled with my identity. The reflection in the mirror often showed a person I did not recognise. This project emerged as both a challenge and a question: to confront the being within and dare to look at the one outside.
The project consisted of a series of self-portraits and a multimedia video installation.
Diagram of the installation space
Installation in situ
One channel video being played on loop at the space
Background noise
This video was part of an installation that combined alcohol bottles with the projection of the video shown here on a loop. It took place in Perugia, Italy, in 2018.
At times, it seems that the world becomes numb to the atrocities surrounding us. People may feel the need to forget that these miseries can never be merely background noise; otherwise, we risk losing ourselves in our own demise.
This work was created in collaboration with Mattia Benedetti, who composed the sound. It would not have been possible to complete without his assistance.
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