GREETINGS TO THE AUDIENCE
19.01.18 - 16.03.18
Sala PTS, Granada (Spain)
2018
Catalogue
Everything is a lie. And yet, I turn a lie into a truth. In these processes of identification, use and abuse of images and their reception, Natalia Domínguez adopts a critical stance to analyse the subtext of a message, a set phrase, a song or a visual document about our culture. Sometimes truth is disguised as nonsense. And in that uncomfortable place where we feel strange and awkward, Domínguez explores the role of the reader. Greetings to the Audience addresses readers directly, involving, imploring and giving them tools to embark on an exploration of contemporary knowledge. In this way, the audience, becoming more than mere spectators, interact without realising that they are part of the work. In other words, they are confused manufacturers of a falsehood of true facts.
Fragment from Greetings from an Unknown Land. The Future Archaeologies of Natalia Domínguez, by Johanna Caplliure (2018).
GREETINGS TO THE AUDIENCE
Light sign
Ø 50 cm
2017
Second prize at XXXIV Muestra Joven de Arte en La Rioja (Spain)
BLACK HOLES
TRAVEL BACK TO YOUR FAVOURITE TIME IN HISTORY!
Imaginary board game
Edition of 50 copies + 1 P.A.
25 x 25 x 4 cm/unit
2017
Have you ever dreamed of travelling back in time, or wished you could witness an important historical event? BLACK HOLES, this wonderful game for the whole family, will solve all your frustrated fantasies. As easy as sticking a black hole on a clean and smooth surface, spin the wheel and? AND HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR LIFE!*
Each box contains:
- 10 black holes
- 1 wheel with 4 interchangeable discs
- Instructions for use
- An originality guarantee card
*Game slogan on the bottom of the box
HOLA Y SALUDOS A TODOS
[Hello and greetings to everyone]
2 engraved brass vinyls, 4 CD players, mixing table and headphones
30' played in loop
Medidas variables
2017
This piece is composed of different elements. On the one hand, there is the life-size reproduction of the vinyl casing on board the Voyager I and Voyager II spacecraft, which shows the instructions for playing the vinyl based on the hydrogen atom and the binary system.
On the other side, on the table, there are 4 discmans playing at the same time different welcome messages in 54 different languages. The mixer combines the 4 input audios and converts them into one, which can be listened to through the headphones. This generates an audio collage in the form of a multilingual mantra in which only occasionally are messages that we can understand (depending on the language(s) through which we communicate).
WARNING! THIS IS NOT A TRUE STORY
LED sign
66 x 10 x 4 cm
2018
The exhibition Greetings to the audience has been possible thanks to Fundación BilbaoArte (Vasque Country) and INICIARTE program (Andalucía, Spain)
GREETINGS TO THE AUDIENCE
Sala PTS, Granada
2018
Everything is a lie. And yet, I turn a lie into a truth. In these processes of identification, use and abuse of images and their reception, Natalia Domínguez adopts a critical stance to analyse the subtext of a message, a set phrase, a song or a visual document about our culture. Sometimes truth is disguised as nonsense. And in that uncomfortable place where we feel strange and awkward, Domínguez explores the role of the reader. Greetings to the Audience addresses readers directly, involving, imploring and giving them tools to embark on an exploration of contemporary knowledge. In this way, the audience, becoming more than mere spectators, interact without realising that they are part of the work. In other words, they are confused manufacturers of a falsehood of true facts.
Fragment from Greetings from an Unknown Land. The Future Archaeologies of Natalia Domínguez, by Johanna Caplliure (2018).
GREETINGS TO THE AUDIENCE
Light sign
Ø 50 cm
2017
Second prize at XXXIV Muestra Joven de Arte en La Rioja (Spain)
BLACK HOLES
TRAVEL BACK TO YOUR FAVOURITE TIME IN HISTORY!
Imaginary board game
Edition of 50 copies + 1 P.A.
25 x 25 x 4 cm/unit
2017
Have you ever dreamed of travelling back in time, or wished you could witness an important historical event? BLACK HOLES, this wonderful game for the whole family, will solve all your frustrated fantasies. As easy as sticking a black hole on a clean and smooth surface, spin the wheel and? AND HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR LIFE!*
Each box contains:
- 10 black holes
- 1 wheel with 4 interchangeable discs
- Instructions for use
- An originality guarantee card
*Game slogan on the bottom of the box
HOLA Y SALUDOS A TODOS
[Hello and greetings to everyone]
2 engraved brass vinyls, 4 CD players, mixing table and headphones
30' played in loop
Medidas variables
2017
This piece is composed of different elements. On the one hand, there is the life-size reproduction of the vinyl casing on board the Voyager I and Voyager II spacecraft, which shows the instructions for playing the vinyl based on the hydrogen atom and the binary system.
On the other side, on the table, there are 4 discmans playing at the same time different welcome messages in 54 different languages. The mixer combines the 4 input audios and converts them into one, which can be listened to through the headphones. This generates an audio collage in the form of a multilingual mantra in which only occasionally are messages that we can understand (depending on the language(s) through which we communicate).
WARNING! THIS IS NOT A TRUE STORY
LED sign
66 x 10 x 4 cm
2018
The exhibition Greetings to the audience has been possible thanks to Fundación BilbaoArte (Vasque Country) and INICIARTE program (Andalucía, Spain)