26 January-25 February 2024
Hollow Pond was comprised of an 8mm film with surround sound and sculptural works.
‘Hollow Pond is not a work specifically about climate change or impending environmental disaster. Here Ferrando Giraut seems more interested in the act of closely looking and capturing images in an indexical way, applying that same phenomenological acuteness to the aural dimension by employing surround sound. Light and texture are also key, and the way his gaze is mesmerised by the shards of light and how they flicker on various surfaces is redolent of the pictorial style of the Impressionists. In this sense, Hollow Pond can be seen as both a point of departure and comeback to art making for this artist, who has spent the last few years focusing on the fields of sound and music as well as directing videos for several bands’.
excerpt of text by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso
David Ferrando Giraut lives and works between London and Gijón ES. His practice mainly includes video, installation and sound, and focuses on the hybridisation of natural elements, technology and sociopolitical organisation. He holds a MFA from Goldsmiths College, London, and was selected for the LUX Associate Programme, London, in 2010.
