MURO
Wall
2005, DVD, color, silent, 1’ 07’’
Camera and steadycam: Emi Atrio. Edition: José Táboas. Lighting: Juliana González, Emi Atrio. Production: Juliana González, Xocas López, Alfredo Rodríguez. Location: Santiago de Compostela. Premiere: Os homes só contan ata tres, Centro Dramático Galego, Santiago de Compostela, 2005.
Stone laid on stone a wall rises up and increases in strength, impassable, marking out its course on the earth and mapping paths. And here, standing before it: What to do? What lies beyond this immovable mass?
An enigma that convulses existence. The wall plays with hope. To jump over is to pursue an illusion, to act in vain. It might be better to run from the uncertainty of what this solidity conceals – or protects? – an uncertainty that compels a search for a window or a door, an exit or perhaps an entrance…
