No habrá servicio los Domingos ni en el Cumpleaños de la Reina Victoria
Installation with Virtual Reality experience, found mining samples, river water, interactive plinths and interactive pipe-drawer, micricontroller and sensors
2016
Installation based on my research in an abandoned mining complex in southern Spain. The work explores the transformation of a landscape that, after over 5,000 years of extraction, has turned into something almost extraterrestrial.
Combining analog and digital materials, the installation connects real stones and objects from the mine with a virtual environment created from the 3D scanned terrotory of the mine and developed for VR (HTC Vive). Actions in the physical space influence the virtual one — and vice versa — creating a dialogue between matter, memory, and simulation, so that the actions of visitors will resonate in the VR game.
The project reflects on the colonial history of the Rio Tinto mining company and the traces of human, natural, and mythical layers that remain in the terrain.
Special thanks to Rafael Mayorga, Pablo Fernández, the Fundación y Museo Minero de Rio Tinto, and Aquilino Delgado and Paco Alcázar for their invaluable help and knowledge.