Gloria Jurado is GlogauAIR resident
from July, 2020 to September, 2020
Gloria Jurado was the Berlin Guest Resident for the Summer program of 2020. She is a Spanish architect and artist based in Berlin. Her work combines photography, sculpture and art installations with which she aims to raise awareness of the uncertain future of Berlin.
Meet the Artist
In her project Berlin Umbau Gloria selects identity buildings in Berlin which are planned to be torn down. She takes pictures of those buildings using 35mm analogic film. Each building has it’s own film which she saves undeveloped. After a while (weeks, months, or years…) she goes back to the space and takes new pictures using that same film. The result is a series of double exposure analogue photografies in which she represents the change and lost of identity that the city of Berlin is experiencing as a result of the gentrification process the city is immersed in right now. For her exhibition in GlogauAIR’s Project Space she also presented pieces of the materials those building were made of, such as pipes and stones, combining like that both photography and sculpture.
Statement
Berlin Umbau is a project in which the Spanish architect Gloria Jurado has been immersed for the last two years. In order to accomplish the role as interpreter, the artist devotes herself to the changing reality that surrounds her, sharing a deep sensitivity stimulated by the city’s transformation. Her work combines photographs, sculpture and art installations, through which the artist does not only want the observer to focus on the beauty of the shapes but also to rise awareness about the uncertain future of Berlin.
GlogauAIR Project
Starting from the urgency to incorporate a greater awareness of the uncertain future of Berlin and following a strategy based on time, I will intervene through analog photography, where the 35mm film will act as a “time capsule”, recording the transformation of the city through the double exposure technique. The intervention will also be composed with recycled building elements, allowing an approach to the different deconstructions that are being developed in the city. Thus promoting a reflection that invites the individual to use their capacity for transformation in the environment.
Architecture.
CV Summary
Education
- 2008-2015 | Seville, Spain
Master’s Degree
Dipl. Ing. Architect - 2012-2013 | Florianopolis, Brazil
Internship
Exhibition and Events
- March 06, 2020 – STILL RUNNING
Exhibition| Berlin, Germany
Solo Analog Photography Exhibition | Aufbau Haus - November 21, 2019
Installation | Berlin, Germany
Passage Installation | Tacheles - November 10, 2019
Installation| Berlin, Germany
Scaffolding Installation | Haus der Statistik - September 19, 2019
Competition| Seville, Spain
Selected by “Arquitectura a Contrapelo” to participate in the VII Edition Arquia/Próxima of Fundation Arquia “Inflexion point: Radical positions for a changing world”. - June 20, 2019
Exhibition | Berlin Germany
Solo Analog Photography Exhibition | Fundbüro
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