23 november 2007
19 january 2008

The landscape faker is hiding somewhere between all these stones.

He makes calculations, meesures distances, tries to understand all those colours.

He stops, comes closer to me and whispers in my ear: “where does it finish, where does the landscape start?”

He turns around to face it and adds: “we won`t call the things by their names anymore, now will call the names by their things”
The landscape fakir, chapter of Life in this desert. Daniel Cuberta.

Life in this desert (notebookof Mitzpe) is the title of the work of video-artist Daniel Cuberta (Seville, 1972), presented in JM Gallery.  Together with the series of British photographer Adrian Tyler, we are displaying this 35 minute, cinematic production.  It is composed of eleven chapters and was developed between August and September of 2006 in the Mitzpe Ramon desert in Neguev, Israel.  Cuberta organizes his series of stories in a poetic fashion, utilizing different animation techniques.  He establishes a narrative through a series of notes about daily situations, where word and image strike up a dialogue that blurs borders and transforms reality into fiction.  Cuberta presents us with a world in opposition, conflicts of existence, and the fears and truths that are seen in the mirror.

Daniel Cuberta studied audiovisual communication in Seville, specializing in video production.  Throughout his career, he has experimented with different formats, genres, techniques and technologies.  In the last few years, his work has been shown in various cities in countries such as France, Mexico, Israel, Venezuela, Argentina, Russia, Portugal, England, and Cuba.  In Spain, we have been able to see some of his recent projects in "El Marco de Vigo" and "La Casa Encendida" as well as in his various appearances on "Metropolis TVE".