Isaki Lacuesta’s audiovisual installation, inspired by lines of Louise Glück poetry (‘A faint retroactive light’ and ‘But the light will give us no peace’) combines Ylia’s electronic music and  Alondra Bentley’s voice in a fully immersive experience.

What appears to be a simple reflection reveals itself as a projection that begins to subtly desynchronise from visitors’ real movements, inviting us to mirror ourselves in other people, including our own past absences and presences. The work engages in dialogue with classic video art from the 1970s and 1980s. In the end, the light fades, yet the reflections linger enigmatically in the mirror: visitors cannot see their bodies in the darkness, but they can see their reflections. This blurring of the lines between reality and reflection confronts us with the elusive nature of perception and memory.

With the collaboration of Benito.

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Isaki Lacuesta is a renowned filmmaker and visual artist who directs fiction films, documentaries, and video installations. The most recent of his twelve feature films is Segundo Premio. His work, which explores the intersection between cinema and other artistic disciplines, has been exhibited at prestigious international institutions such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the National Gallery in Washington, the MoMA in New York, the CCCB, and the Venice Architecture Biennale. This installation was created in collaboration with Albert Coma, an audiovisual coordinator and software designer with over two decades of experience in new media. The music is by Susana Hernández, Ylia, a leading figure in electronic music known for her ability to combine experimental rhythms with visual narratives, and the British singer Alondra Bentley (WDA, Walking Disaster Area), who lends her voice to the soundtrack.