CREADORES 2023 ARGAMASA

In these months of residency, the artist investigates these fortified spaces through the warlike and historical elements that define them to understand the role they play today. Spaces such as the Castillo de San Francisco, Castillo de Mata or the Castillo de la Luz itself, where the Martín Chirino Foundation is located, are the starting point to understand how these spaces are built, what their uses and states are, their materiality and monumentality. , and how these fortifications can be taken as allegories of current problems for contemporary artistic creation.

In addition, he also works on how the fortifications are linked to the monument. Both in how castles themselves become monuments of certain milestones, and in the way in which sculptures end up inhabiting these spaces. It is the example of the work 'El Alisio' by Martín Chirino, located next to the Castillo de Santa Catalina in Santa Cruz de La Palma or the work of the sculptor present in the Castillo de La Luz.