Bloc de notas
Exhibition | José Ferrero
Opening Saturday, October 3, 11h
October 3 / December 19, 2020
Opening to the public
Wed, Thu and Fry from 10:00 to 10:30
Sat from 11:00 to 14:00
THE HIDDEN FACE OF THINGS
Nicolas Cancio
What makes the moon more beautiful is knowing that it has a hidden face that we are forced to imagine. It has always been in the distance, unreachable, with no apparent practical use. That has provided inspiration and longing for sailors, the absent-minded and others who wander and ramble.
It is the everyday what we trust to know without hesitation, that which has concrete utility, that seems to hide nothing from us. It goes unnoticed most of the time even though we interact with it every day.
It is the mysterious that is difficult for us to classify, that which has facets that are not clearly seen. This refers to just about everything inaccessible to reason and therefore can seem risky, exciting or scary, and arouse curiosity or rejection.
When something mysterious is also beautiful, a great force of attraction is created. A doubt appears with which we want to live. If, in addition, this beauty and mystery reside in common objects, we will realize that a new world has unfolded. The moon is beautiful and mysterious, but we see it every day, which means that this mystery is related to our way of being in the world and it enriches our lives. That is why the moon lends itself so much to dreams and poetry.
To transform the ordinary into the mysterious, it is necessary to stop thinking about its usefulness or meaning, and to make it seem strange, to make it a bit incomprehensible. For this transformation, we must take what we have in our environment and move it a bit beyond our reach. Recognizing the beauty of the common requires looking with intention, hoping to find some good qualities where most see monotony. Sharing that gaze is the act of generosity of someone who alerts us of the potential everything around us hides.
José Ferrero plays with these factors when he uses his camera. He takes little bits of the world and reconfigures them creating new realities that we almost recognize, but not quite. He creatively uses the photographic technique to frame the most relevant part of the motif, waiting for the most interesting moment and working the light in such a way that some facets are highlighted and others are hidden.
Is it the world we walk in the one we see in these images? Entering an exhibition space and seeing these photographs is like signing a new contract with reality.
For a few minutes, we agree to forget about what we think we know about the world and in return when we go out, if we have known how to take advantage of the time, we will observe our surroundings with a little more freedom and perhaps even ask ourselves; What is more real, what I have always seen or what the camera reveals?