DANIEL ANDÚJAR
DANIEL ANDÚJAR
(Espanha - Spain)
DANIEL ANDÚJAR is a visual artist, theoretician and activist who works and lives in Barcelona. Through interventions in public space and a critical use of digital media and the communication strategies of the corporations connected to it, the theoretical and artistic work developed by Daniel G. Andújar (Almoradí, Alicante, Spain, 1966) oscillates between territories that are real (the city) and virtual (the Net).
He sets out from the premise that when displaying/dissecting the connections found between both, the inequalities that generate social and power relations are envisaged in a context like the current one. Most of his art projects are based on collaborative research that explores different political, historical, social and cultural phenomena and their media representations in a critical way: body politics, corruption, censorship, xenophobia, urban developments, the cultural industries, the inclusion and exclusion of technologies, the use of public space, etcetera.
He has taught and directed workshops and seminars for artists and social collectives in numerous countries. His works have been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide including Manifesta 4 and 53rd Venice Biennale. The Spanish National Museum Reina Sofia in Madrid hosted a comprehensive one-man show from January to April 2015, curated by Manuel Borja-Villel. In 2017 participate in documenta14 in Athens and Kassel.
SOCIAL DISTANCING BAD DREAMS
DIGITAL ART
Technical sheets
Artistic Direction: Daniel Andújar
Digital Production: Daniel Andújar
Digital art format: square (116 x 116 cm)
Year: 2020
Synopsis
Lockdown and its limitations of physical presence in the public space led to what we now call "social distancing", a euphemism and a contradiction in terms which we have ended up accepting as a new concept along with "new normal" or "easing lockdown". Daniel G. Andújar, true to his incisive gaze on the not always transparent movements of the system, reflects on highly varied aspects that have arisen during or been amplified by the pandemic: ranging from social isolation to public safety or gender violence, as well as dehumanization caused by technology in certain areas, especially control of the population and personal freedoms. Daniel G. Andújar recovers his forensic technique previously used in his series Infiltrados, (2024) presented at the Reina Sofia Museum in 2015 and Torture, (2017) exhibited at the last documenta14 in Kassel, to produce 3D image animations. In reaction to heroic, patriotic or flattering images of misinformation this series El silencio es nuestro. Distancia social (The silence is ours. Social distancing) immerses in the opaquest parts of the confinement and isolation caused by the Covid-19 crisis. Andújar looks for empathy by converting images into a visual document with great verisimilitude and impact. Parting from real events these images search for the essence in themselves, their universal representation, the desperation, that which cannot escape from the comfort of the glass bell jars covering our social media, the destruction of everyday life, the spread of erroneous information, political manipulation, the true victims of the tragedy, the anonymous people, the loss of liberties and, of course, the people who do not have the means and resources to face this situation.
Apoiado - Supported
Parceiros de Meios - Media Partners
