MIGUEL PALMA

Miguel Palma’s (1964) artistic works often present the world as a model in a dream or nightmare – technically constructed and absurd. In a seemingly playful manner he examines certain aspects of artistic reality or the general human situation, although this is usually marked by a deeply sceptical and pessimistic world view. 

His installation Autofocus (2006) initially appears to be a technical implementation of a futuristic imagination, similar to the works we know from other ages, e.g. Leonardo da Vinci. A propeller-driven rail vehicle with a video camera at its tip moves like a satellite “around” the earth in motion. The resulting picture is shown on a screen, which, as Palma phrases it, forms an analogy to Google Earth.

Portugal Agora –
À propos des lieux d’origine
16/12/2007 - 07/04/2008

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