{"uid":"WWiP0sH1la2BhNAY","type":"artist","tags":["videoinstallation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Novel","summary":"The video-making process was caught exactly at the beginning of the quarantine, in Spain. This swayed the direction the characters (Lola, Rosa, Carmen and her Mother) were developing towards; so much time at home made them start to question their inner selves out loud \u2013talking both to their selfies on screen and inanimate objects. The girls go through an introspective journey, in a lockdown, accompanied by their devices. \"Novel\" is an inner drama focused on the external and internal views we have of ourselves and the masks we wear. Sometimes we write fiction therapeutically. Gossip is the precursor of language, but, has been confirmed unreliable since the 18th-century men said women made it so. These girls gossip to find meaning; trees, jobs and animals fill their words. I would love to read something written by a tree on Wikipedia, would love to hear their gossip. Carmen is continuously worried about the reaction people have towards change. Life depicted through the screen is a turmoil in itself. The frontal camera on our phones wants to show us an introvert version of the view. She shares it with us like we share ourselves on Skype, Zoom and FaceTime. The phone is the little black mirror we carry around. New media invents new gestures. Face filters invented the tilt of the head to apply our masks back on.","space":"\"Novel\" works as a simple video installation 16:9 where a big projection screen will show the video whilst the audio of it can be listened through a phone that lays in front. The phone is a personification of the smart phone, it looks like a smart phone but bigger and decorated, the screen shows a little animation and when you put it to your ear you hear the audio of the video piece. For now this piece has only been exhibited as a video piece as the phone character is not yet finished.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5Bye7i9zQg","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":3,"names":"Carmen","surname":"Roca Igual","email":"carmenrocaigual@gmail.com","dni_type":"DNI","dni":"20972436R","address":"carel renierszkade 189","city":"Den Haag","nacionality":"Spanish","country_id":"169","birthdate":"1998-03-18T23:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1998-03-18T23:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+34 634218409","web":"www.carmenrocaigual.com"}