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Each 1 space for reflection, shows the back of nine characters (12/05/2010)

The Board's Autopsy shows former military hospital, until 20 June, the back nine characters depicted in portraits.

This installation presented this morning the Youth Councillor, Ruth Maria Collado along with the artist of this work, Ana Cortils, and Much More May coordinator, Patricio Hernández.

Cortils explained his work as an installation conceived as a space for reflection has 9 photographed portraits of his back placed in a circular room completely dark.

The hall has installed a speaker, facing the zenith of the dome, which plays every 18 seconds sel sound of a drop of water falling.

In addition, the room has an overhead light turns red, soft, every time they drop falls.

At the foot of each of the portraits is a drop of blood and Hernandez explained that it is a visual metaphor of our self attached to the mainland, that is, those characters are back this part of me they should not fear loneliness and are looking at the ocean.

Therefore, Hernandez believes that this facility tries to provoke an experience, linked at all times for personal reflection.

Cortils has suggested, people who visit your site, to remain in the room at least 20 minutes.

The work, installed in the autopsy room, you can visit from 14 to 23 May, from 10 hours to 14:30 hours and from 24 May to 20 June 1916 19:30 hours.

ANA Cortils

Cortils Ana has worked in New York for eight years as a designer, art director.

During that time he also worked

as a set designer and poster artist for theater Off-Broadway.

For six years living in Spain where alternating activity of its own study of visual communication and corporate design projects more personal.

In this aspect more personal creative visual book belongs Zibaldone of the Five Stages of Life, which has been considered by the Professional Association of United States Design (AIGA) as one of the 50 books in the world in 2009, defined it as iconoclastic, irreverent and magnificent.

It also has the Graphis Gold Award (New York) among other awards, and his work as a graphic designer is part of the design collections of the Denver Art Museum and the Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts of the Butler Library (Columbia University) for New York.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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