Monstruos

I was inspired above all by a work by Lillian Schwartz “googolplex”. The intention of this work is to be able to produce minimally disturbing sensations in the viewer. The idea is that you can imagine yourself in the middle of a place, which could be a basement, absolutely dark if it weren’t for the small lamp hanging from the ceiling, and realize that there is someone watching you.

Technical, aesthetic and conceptual development

This work may seem simple, but, as mentioned in Heinich’s text, the work is a work by its concept, beyond its object. And that is what I seek to do in this writing, give meaning to something that does not seem to be much more than a dark room. Taking into account the context and experiences of each one, this production can have several meanings, but I think we can all agree on something and that is that it represents a certain similarity with the idea of ​​our internal “monsters”, or that is what I wanted to show. Continuing with what this author proposes, I chose that the background be black, that it has little light and, therefore, little visual information, so that it has a tuning similar to the internal one.

As I said before, the form that adapts our internal fear is exclusively of ourselves, in my case, as an artist/artistic producer, and there is the possibility that more than one can identify, I think that one of my most common monsters that stalks me when it comes to producing, is embodied in the form of the art market. It is true that this is not something completely new, but it comes from the principles of art, the only difference is that previously there did not exist the enormous number of artists, recognized as such, that exist today, so it was considered art to a very small group. Currently, thanks to the fact that social networks allow us to inform ourselves and disseminate more easily, there are countless types of art and the competition is much greater, which means that standing out within this entire infinite gallery of productions becomes twice as difficult.

Literature

• HEINICH, Nathalie. (2014). “La obra más allá del objeto”.