Big Crunch

Seventeen photographs that interpret each of the poems in «Big Bang», a literary work by Cuban writer Severo Sarduy (1937-1993) published in 1973. The images show drops of oil poured into water, illuminated with polychromatic light and photographed with a macro lens.

Work exhibited in:

Lift-Off Global Network

Pinewood Studios (Reino Unido)

From 20/10/205 to 02/11/2025

Format: video

Yila'ob Centro Cultural Digital

Mexico City (Mexico)

From 20/11/2023 to 10/12/2023

Format: digital

Luis de Morales Museum

Badajoz (Spain)

From 11/11/2022 to 22/11/2022

Format: print

Short film

The work reflects on the cycle of creation and extinction inherent in every existential process. It draws inspiration from the cosmological theory of the Big Crunch, in which the universe, following a period of expansion, collapses in on itself to begin another cycle with a new Big Bang. The audiovisual structure offers a sensory experience that moves between origin and end, between vigour and stillness. Form, colour, texture and sound intertwine in a choreography that evokes transience and cycles.

The short film was selected for the official Lift-Off Sessions 2025 Volume 10 - Trailblazers Shorts (Lift-Off Global Network, Pinewood Studios, UK) independent film festival.

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