‘ARRIBA ABAJO DENTRO DENTRO’ IS A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT DIALOGUE WITH EACH OTHER, TELLING A STORY OF DISTANT GEOGRAPHIES, MEDITATIVE MEMORIES AND IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS.
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AFTER A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM HOME, CARLOS GOT INTERESTED IN THINGS THAT ARE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY DON ́T REALLY BELONG, AND HOW OBJECTS, IMAGES AND PLACES BUILD UP OUR MEMORIES AND IDENTITIES. THE EXHIBITION IS CONCEIVED AS A GAME OF SUBTLE CONNECTIONS AND RESONANCES BETWEEN MATERIALS, COLORS AND NARRATIVES. CONNECTIONS THAT REVEAL THEMSELVES SLOWLY, DURING A CALM CONTEMPLATION.
THE TITLE (SPANISH FOR “UP-DOWN-SLOW-SLOW”) REFERS TO A GUIDED OR INSTRUCTED CHOREOGRAPHY. IT RELATES TO HOW THE ELEMENTS IN THE SHOW RELATE TO EACH OTHER, AND ALSO TO THE WAY IN WHICH THEY CREATE A WAY TO STAY IN SPACE ON DIFFERENT SCALES. FROM COLORS THAT REPEAT IN THE EXHIBITION TO OBJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM DISTANT LOCATIONS TO TABLEAU ́S GALLERY.
CARLOS ÁLVAREZ CLEMENTE (B. 1990) IS A SPANISH VISUAL ARTIST, EDUCATED AS AN ARCHITECT. HIS PRACTICE IS WITHIN THE FIELDS OF SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN.
HE HAS DEVELOPED HIS CAREER THROUGH SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS MATADERO MADRID, FOTOGRAFISK CENTER (COPENHAGEN), THE LANZAROTE ISLAND COUNCIL, NIGHT SHIFT – VOORUIT (GHENT), CAAM (ATLANTIC MODERN ART CENTER, LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA) AND THE LISBON TRIENNALE. ALSO IN GALLERIES LIKE WESERHALLE (BERLIN), SHARP PROJECTS (COPENHAGEN) OR ZULO (LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA). AND FESTIVALS LIKE COPENHAGEN LIGHT FESTIVAL OR EUFÒNIC (TERRES DEL ́EBRE)
HIS PRACTICE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH GRANTS AND PRIZES INCLUDING BILLEDKUNST ARBEJDSLEGAT (DK), YOUNG ART PRIZE GIJÓN/XIXÓN (ES), ARKITEKTUR REJSELEGAT (DK), RESIDENCY AT SVFK (DK), INJUVE YOUNG CREATION GRANT (ES), OR RESIDENCY EL RANCHITO MATADERO MADRID-AECID (ES), AND MORE.
