“cajas de música” es un proyecto fotográfico que revisita los espacios de celebración en el rural gallego tomando los palcos de orquesta como elemento articulador.
estas construcciones, levantadas por los vecinos del lugar, sirvieron durante años para acoger a todo tipo de conjuntos musicales durante las fiestas parroquiales. se muestran aquí vacíos, abandonados o en letargo, permitiendo así al espectador contemplar la variedad de sus formas, el paisaje que los rodea e imaginar que, en un tiempo pasado, estuvieron llenos de música y de gente.
(proyecto seleccionado para la bienal de fotografía y arquitectura de Bruselas 2010)
"music boxes" is a photographic project that revisits the open air stages used for orchestras and concerts during the yearly local festivals in rural Galica, in northern spain.
these simple constructions, put in place by the people of each town or village, served for years as the place of celebration, hosting all types of musical performances and festivities. The project documents these structures and their environment, now disused and in deterioration which in past times were cental to the lives and the history of the local people. Now they lie empty and abandoned, having been replaced by modern mobile stages. Leaving the spectator only with their imagination to contemplate the activities of which these places were once the heart.
(selected project for Brussels photography and architecture biennial 2010)