Daniel Canogar presents a exhibition of 24 canonical works of media-art. 'Fluctuations' refers to the inevitable transformations that technology will continue to provide. The old oppositions of analog versus digital, body versus means, have disintegrated to form units that cooperate with each other within a single system. The exhibition offers a reflection on a world in flux: a world of fleeting memories, changes in the media and data streams in constant growth.
Among the works presented highlights "Sikka Ingentium", a large-format video installation composed of 2,400 films in DVD format that forms a large abstract audiovisual mosaic based on our cinematographic past. The first of the words "Sikka" alludes to the gold coins that in Biblical Babylon were sewn to clothing, a kind of antecedent of the sequins; and the second "Ingentium" alludes to the construction of the piece.
In the words of Canogar, it is a "huge job", the result of two years of field work in which he "searched" in markets around the world, in second-hand stores and video stores that closed to get the 2,400 films in format DVD that make up the work. Tapes that he envisioned with his team and with which he has built a detailed file of each one.
Installation composed of 5 projectors, 5 multimedia players, amplification system, 12 speakers, 2 subwoofers, 2,400 DVDs, network connections.
Dimensions.- 270 x 1,800 cm.
Duration of the loop video projection.- 36´30".
Sikka Ingentium is a sculptural video installation made with 2.400 recycled DVDs. This multi-thematic piece was inspired by “sikka”, the gold coins sewn to clothing dating back to Babylonic times that eventually became the shiny plastic objects we know today as sequins. They were worn to remind onlookers of the wealth and power of those wearing them while also evoking the light of the divine. Similarly, the surfaces of the DVDs flash back at us images born from the glamorous world of Hollywood where image is converted to a kind of currency.
By projecting the contents of the DVDs back onto their surfaces the artist continues to investigate both new uses for discarded objects as well as his interest in combining the phantasmagorical properties of cinema with its physical elements. In this case, film segments were selected from each of the DVDs for their color, shape and movement value, forming a digital palette from which the final projected loops were constructed. The accompanying soundtrack is the resulting composition created by layering the soundtracks from the actual segments being projected. The final effect is that of an audiovisual mosaic that reflects on our culture, the technologies that we use to store information and their survival in today´s world.
Artistic engineering.- Diego Mellado
Sound composition.- Alexander MacSween
The remaining 23 pieces complete the route of the exhibition, highlighting among them the ones titled "Cannula" and "Echo". The first was created from the most watched videos on YouTube to project a related composition supported by abstract expressionism. The second "Echo" is an installation of LED screens with animations that react in real time to the information of different actions.
