Video installation "Travesías", January – June 2010, Brussels

(2009 12 30 16:02)

The installation created specially for the atrium of the Justus Lipsius building of the European Union Council uses a LED screen.
 

In words of Daniel Canogar (Madrid, 1964), "Travesías is a response to the profound territorial, economic and social transformations that the European Union has undergone in the last few years. This permanent state of transition inspired me to create a passage in the air that suggests vertigo, risk and also delight. Travesías seeks to create a daring version of the passage through the atrium, reminding the users and visitors of the building of the obstacles, uncertainties and effort required to advance in times of transition, and the satisfaction of discovering new paths".

The 33 meter long and 1.65 meter wide sculptural screen has an undulating shape and includes a full loop. The screen resembles a pathway suspended in mid air.

 

The screen displays videos of people walking or crawling, taken with an overhead camera. The images mirror the constant flow of people that cross the atrium. The workers, politicians, advisers and visitors of the European Council animate the building and, consequently, the European project.

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