Shelter from Loneliness

Installation
Madrid, Spain
2018
Wood.

Collaboration with Dagoberto Rodríguez, co-founder of Los Carpinteros, for the realization of this specific work for the exhibition La NO Comunidad.

As an artistic proposal against loneliness, a “Refuge against Loneliness” is presented, taking up the idea of ​​the hermitage as one of the icons of the Spanish landscape. Mythically dedicated to hermits or monks in solitude, their widespread abandonment and conversion into the center of the festivals of all towns are the best reflection on the destruction of communities in favor of the contemporary individual.

Taking these as a basis of inspiration, they propose the construction of this refuge against loneliness as a place to escape from the mobile phone; a meeting place, intimate and at the same time open, where anyone can enter, ready to be approached by anyone, to chat, comment, lament or laugh. An architecture of complex geometry, inspired by spy planes that manage to be invisible to radar, which welcomes the viewer with an atmosphere of urban sounds and light inspired by the sunset, that moment of the day when one comes out of oneself to observe what surrounds them, share it, enjoy it, comment on it, feel it or hate it.

The NO Community was open from October 24, 2018 to January 27, 2019.
Refugio contra la Soledad was located outside, right in front of the entrance to Centro Centro and can be seen and inhabited until January 2, 2019.

The construction of the Shelter was carried out by Mimétrica.