OXYGEME by Pablo Pro
16/01/2013.
MONDO GALERÍA [MAD] Spain. Opening Thursday 7 February – 20h.
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
In the words of Pablo Pro "Oxygeme is a journey into the origin of life that comes from my need to discover forgotten feelings."
Five questions to Pablo Pro
What is Oxygeme?
Oxygeme an audiovisual project.
It is a project in which I use the bubble as a metaphor for life.
The bubble travels upward path until you reach the surface. A harmonious Itinerary, without putting up resistance to the process, which ends when it arrives.
End of life cycle and other begins again
Where does Oxygeme?
Oxygeme is a journey into the origin of life that comes from my need to discover forgotten feelings.
How important is this work today?
Oxygeme is a series of visual metaphors.
The parallel, which I make between the bubble and ourselves, I believe the being, also a unit, consists of thousands of particles. We, however we resist the process, and we build mental barriers that hinder the harmonious ascension.
What's Oxygeme before and after?
A much deeper understanding and a need to continue exploring, I want build bridges between artist and audience.
Who is behind Oxygeme?
I come from film photography, I have worked for years as a cinematographer and camera operator in New York, Los Angeles and Madrid. "Oxygeme" is my audiovisual project in which the dancers with the support of the Asociación Cultural Inspiral Ibiza think the metaphor of the bubble. My previous series was "Desiertos sobre Desiertos" and am currently working on a new project on Shamanism and lost traditions.
Dates.- 07/02 >12/03/2013
Venue.- c/ San Lucas 9. 28004 Madrid. Spain. T. +34 91308 2325
Pablo Pro (Madrid, 1968), director of photography, photographer and camera operator. He graduates from U.C.L.A., Los Angeles with a degree in Cinematography in 1993. For the following 8 years he works in film and lives between Los Angeles and New York. He specializes both in nature as well as social oriented documentaries working on various projects for National Geographic, BBC, Canal Plus France and Discovery Channel. Upon his return to Spain he works as a camera operator for the following productions: “El lapiz del Carpintero” by Antón Reixa, “Canícula” by Alvaro Capello, “Lazos de Sangre” by Pedro Costa and “Al otro lado de la noche” by Patxi Barco. As DOP for advertising, he later works for Coca-Cola, Acuafina, Nike and Telefonica, among others. He is the recipient of Best Photography Awards for “La China” by Diego Postigo, 2007, “En el hoyo” by David Martin, 2008 and “El Palacio de la luna” by Ione Hernandez, 2009.
His international work continues in film and documentaries with numerous producers such as Tessa Livingstone (Executive Producer, BBC for “Child of our Time”), Christy Hanna (“Earth Story”) and Claude Gaignara (“On the Road). Between 2003 and 2007 he teaches Photography courses at the Film School in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. After his enrichining experience as a teacher, he decides to return to his roots as photographer with the aim of sharing his experiences and concerns.
“I have the ambitious dream to create portraits of my experiences thru light and the photographic frame. I seek subtleness, the ephemeral, everything that is revealed before the eyes that come across it.”
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