Alvaro Urbano
with Petrit Halilaj
Álvaro Urbano’s work involves an archeology of desires and past intentions. By creating atmospheres that replicate specific spaces and architectural gestures, the artist explores the narratives that are embedded in these built bodies. Urbano borrows strategies from theater and filmmaking–such as lighting, sound and costumes–in order to explore new formats of immersiveness, his projects are often structured as scenes or sequenced chapters. The interweaving of different media is used to generate situations that approach liminal and oniric dimensions transforming the exhibition space into a vessel of phantasms and apparitions. Álvaro Urbano lives and works between Berlin and Paris.
EDUCATION
2012
Universität der Künste
Berlin, Germany
2006
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
JURY
Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
FINAL PROJECT
