Different images, the same place. Ibidem by María José Gurbindo
11/04/2021.
Oteiza Museum [Pamplona] Spain 18.03 > 02.05.2021
metalocus, KRYSSTELL MARÍN
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The architect and photographer María José Gurbindo has presented the Ibidem, Museo Oteiza exhibition, located in El Polvorín room at La Ciudadela de Pamplona (Spain). This exhibition has a total of 32 photographs, of which 21 are in color and 11 in black and white, and exhibited on 50x75 cm Dibond plates.
This exhibition was opened to the public on March 18 and will remain active until May 2. The building designed by Sáenz de Oiza is the main protagonist of this series of snapshots, where the photographer sought a new perspective on it. The photographs were taken during 2020, although there were some (outdoor ones) that were taken in 2017.
This exhibition was opened to the public on March 18 and will remain active until May 2. The building designed by Sáenz de Oiza is the main protagonist of this series of snapshots, where the photographer sought a new perspective on it. The photographs were taken during 2020, although there were some (outdoor ones) that were taken in 2017.
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem by María José Gurbindo. Photograph by María José Gurbindo
Ibidem is the name given by María José Gurbindo to the set of photographs that comprise this exhibition. Although the word of Latin origin "ibidem" means "in the same place", Mª José Gurbindo has tried to convey the opposite. In this way, he seeks a different look with each of his photographs, even if they are from the same place.
The presentation is made through an interesting set of triptychs.
The architect and photographer started from the theme of light to subdivide the work into three different aspects: first, a sequence of black and white images where the volumes stand out at the same time that a play of light and shadow is generated; second, a series of color photographs that highlight the reality that the museum itself reflects, highlighting its architecture; Finally, with the help of a photographic game where the zoom is increased, it focuses on the entrance and exit zones of the different areas of the building that are reminiscent of Russian Constructivism.
Description by María José Gurbindo
This work on the Oteiza Museum is part of the IBIDEM project, in which I seek to portray well-known buildings from a personal point of view.
IBIDEM means 'In the same place' and is used to refer to something already named and that is repeated. I have appropriated the term to indicate the opposite; there is no repetition in the photographer's gaze even if his lens points to the same place.
The challenge of the work is to provide new visual records of buildings with an already consolidated image.
The Oteiza Museum in Alzuza, Navarre (1992-2003), was the project that the architect Sáenz de Oíza carried out to house and enhance the work of his friend Jorge Oteiza. A project that, as in on other occasions, he had the active complicity of the sculptor.
Without prejudice, without the initial conditions that accompany the commission of an architecture report, only from the experimentation of the Museum spaces through the objective, three different lines of work have emerged.
In all three, light is the protagonist but in a different way.
In the series of black and white photos I have looked for radical backlights to define the volumes of the architecture, eliminating the textures as if they were sculptural forms of Oteiza.
The second series focuses on how light, which is full of colors, nuances and enriches the perception we have of the sculptures and of the architecture itself. Light and color are important protagonists in the Museum.
The third series is focused on the area of the access ramps to the different floors of the museum. For she bears some resemblance to Russian constructivism in its forms that they seem to expand. The light also strongly marks the forms. These sensations I exaggerate with movements of the camera's zoom.
Russian Constructivism and Suprematism actively influenced Oteiza's work.
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Architects
Organized by
Culture and Education Area of the Pamplona City Council.
Collaborators
Coordination.- Javier Manzanos. Assembly.- Global Cultural Services. Image printing.- AC Imagen S.L. Graphic design and catalog.- Elena Moreno.
Client
Pamplona City Council.
Developer
Pamplona City Council.
Dates
18/03 > 02/05/2021.
Location
Sala El Polvorín at La Ciudadela de Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
Photography
María José Gurbindo
María José Gurbindo, studied architecture at the University of Navarra and, as she likes to say, works as an architect from the field of the image.
In 1995, she moved to Barcelona where she specialized in 3D architectural imaging, a field of representation that started then and that allowed her to work from his studio for important studios and promoters.
Fifteen years later, she begins her career as a photographer and bets on the potential of the real against the invented reality.
As an architecture photographer, she combines her most commercial work with carrying out personal projects.
In 1995, she moved to Barcelona where she specialized in 3D architectural imaging, a field of representation that started then and that allowed her to work from his studio for important studios and promoters.
Fifteen years later, she begins her career as a photographer and bets on the potential of the real against the invented reality.
As an architecture photographer, she combines her most commercial work with carrying out personal projects.
