Moraton, Yanagi and Mora reflect in La Gomera the spirit of the Art Biennal

Moratón, Yanagi and Mora Reflect in La Gomera the Spirit of the Art Biennial

The Gomera whistle language and nature are the focus of the works by these three creators

In front of the sea that crashes on Gomera shores, three artists turn their gaze inward for the Canary Islands Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial: David Moratón, Japanese artist Miwa Yanagi, and José Román Mora.

After a week of presentations, the Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial is now installed in La Gomera. There, in the Colombina Island, the works of David Moratón, Miwa Yanagi, and José Román Mora converse in the same space—Moratón’s synthesized landscapes, Yanagi’s captured nature in black and white, and Mora’s tribute to the silbo gomero (Gomeran whistle language).

“Each of these three creators represents the spirit of the Biennial,” explained the project curator, “a project that settles in each of the seven islands and brings a new reading of nature.”

In the case of David Moratón’s work, the artist combines nature and the digital world to create a video installation where “the visual experience functions as a trigger for states of consciousness.” According to Moratón, his aim is to create “a space where everything is suspended in time,” through both video and photography taken in the Teide National Park. His work, titled Satori, is a poetic exploration of inner illumination and stillness.

“Both the video and the photographs are based on a digital montage process,” Moratón explained. He captured real locations in Tenerife, digitally processed them, and composed them to create a silent, meditative audiovisual piece.

Miwa Yanagi, the Japanese artist, brings to La Gomera a video titled Suna Onna, or “Sand Woman,” recorded in the Cañadas del Teide. The piece tells a mysterious and symbolic story of a grandmother and granddaughter, conveyed through delicate monochrome images that reflect the artist’s well-known perfectionism.

Lastly, José Román Mora uses the wind and landscape of La Gomera

La Opinion, Tenerifem Spain
2 December
2006