In a world where fleeting attention is captured by spurious information, truthful news are often overshadowed. Vértice is a symbolic representation of light as a metaphor for the clarity that journalism strives to uncover. Through their work, journalists illuminate the chaotic darkness of the world in order to give it meaning. Their testimony is a quietly heroic act that often puts their lives at risk.
Vértice invites us to honor the journalists who are no longer with us, as well as the words and images they created in their effort to help us better understand our reality. It is a living monument in constant transformation, a tribute to the 15 journalists who died while carrying out their reporting work in conflict zones. The piece redefines the traditional concept of a monument, typically associated with eternal values cast in stone or bronze. Instead, it takes the form of a luminous sculpture in continuous evolution.
The screen has been symbolically oriented toward the headquarters of the Association of the Press of Madrid, located at the corner of Calle de Juan Bravo and Calle Claudio Coello, thus connecting the work with the organization that commissioned the monument.
The piece displays a hypnotic abstract animation whose colors evoke the refraction of light created by an optical prism. Positioned within the urban space, it appears as a beacon that helps guide us in our daily lives. Intermittently, the names of the honored journalists appear sequentially on the screen as superimposed text, before dissolving into an abstraction that merges with the background. Echoing the traditional obituaries found in newspapers, the appearance of these names creates a contemplative experience and an opportunity for the public to reflect on the journalists, with their full names and identities, who lost their lives while carrying out their reporting work.
LED screen, methacrylate panels, metal structure, computer, generative software.
Vértice invites us to honor the journalists who are no longer with us, as well as the words and images they created in their effort to help us better understand our reality. It is a living monument in constant transformation, a tribute to the 15 journalists who died while carrying out their reporting work in conflict zones. The piece redefines the traditional concept of a monument, typically associated with eternal values cast in stone or bronze. Instead, it takes the form of a luminous sculpture in continuous evolution.
The screen has been symbolically oriented toward the headquarters of the Association of the Press of Madrid, located at the corner of Calle de Juan Bravo and Calle Claudio Coello, thus connecting the work with the organization that commissioned the monument.
The piece displays a hypnotic abstract animation whose colors evoke the refraction of light created by an optical prism. Positioned within the urban space, it appears as a beacon that helps guide us in our daily lives. Intermittently, the names of the honored journalists appear sequentially on the screen as superimposed text, before dissolving into an abstraction that merges with the background. Echoing the traditional obituaries found in newspapers, the appearance of these names creates a contemplative experience and an opportunity for the public to reflect on the journalists, with their full names and identities, who lost their lives while carrying out their reporting work.
LED screen, methacrylate panels, metal structure, computer, generative software.