We bring a new exhibition of one of "our photographers' most interesting. This project in Tokyo, reflects on the value of privacy, understood as the private realm of each person from a physical standpoint and also emotional. And, beyond what the laws say, mutual respect for this "space" is made ​​possible in a society that is perceived as a common good. 
 


Surely the first thing that comes to mind in Tokyo, are images of crowds, seemingly chaotic, and urban freeways that run between glittering skyscrapers and haughty. But there is another reality that goes almost unnoticed by the naked eye where the silence, stillness, respect for others and the community are present permanently.

¿por qué un proyecto sobre la “intimidad”?

Quizá por el momento social o económico que estamos viviendo, o quizá por el momento de mi vida en el que me encuentro, cada vez estoy más sensibilizado frente a lo que podríamos llamar contaminación “sensorial” o  “emocional”; que se podría definir como esas incontables interferencias o violaciones que, nuestra “intimidad”, nuestro “espacio privado”, sufre a diario sin que podamos hacer nada para evitarlo.

¿por qué en Tokio?

La idea de este proyecto se gestó en la capital japonesa entre los años 2007 y 2009,  mientras estaba desarrollando dos proyectos anteriores: Ashimoto y Kagami. Viviendo en la megalópolis experimenté un grado de “intimidad” inimaginable antes para mí, y algo que todavía hoy no deja de sorprenderme: Mi “espacio íntimo” se mantuvo intacto durante todos los meses que pasé allí. Nadie lo atravesó sin mi permiso. Ni un solo día, ni un solo instante.

Una sensación muy alejada del concepto de soledad, que poco a poco me fue cautivando, se convirtió en un sentimiento cada vez más profundo, y motivó mi vuelta a Tokio para intentar expresar esa emoción en imágenes. Las imágenes del proyecto que ahora presento.

César Ordóñez.

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César Ordóñez. (Barcelona, 1964). His work is focused on the human condition, the beauty of existence and its fragility. Exploring how our thoughts and attitudes influence our environment, and vice versa. With a vital and intimate style, his works move between the reality and the metaphor, between lived moments and dreamed ones.

Since the early 90s he combined the growth of his artistic career, with the work as a fashion and advertising photographer, and his labour in the board of Spain's Professional Photographers Association (1999-2007). From 2007 (when he created "Ashimoto" series) until today, he focus his activity on projects that he mainly develops in Tokyo, his city-lab, which highlights the participation (since 2012) in Tokyo-Ga, a large international project featuring this metropolis.

He has exhibited in more than 15 countries, among them: Spain, Mexico, France, Italy, Japan, China and Russia. In art centers like UCCA (Beijing, 2009), Manege (St. Petersburg, 2011), Songwon Art Center (Seoul, 2013), Sala Canal Isabel II (Madrid, 2017) y CCEMx (Mexico City, 2019). He has held more than 15 solo exhibitions and more than 60 group ones. His works are part of the collections of Fundació Foto Colectania (Barcelona, Spain), Auer Photo Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland), Fundación Unicaja (Malaga, Spain), San Telmo Museoa (Donostia, Spain) and several private collections in Europe and America.

http://www.cesarordonez.com


 

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Published on: September 16, 2011
Cite: "LA INTIMIDAD" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/la-intimidad> ISSN 1139-6415
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