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Lux Nieve = Lucía SánchezMadrid, Spain, 1990

luxmasaro@gmail.comhttp://cargocollective.com/luxiernagahttp://vimeo.com/luxmasaro

HIGHLIGHTS/

1// The Wire People

The Wire People is an ephemeral public installation that situates human-like sculptures, made of inter-twined wire and recycled electronic cables, in public places: There they pose staring at their transparent phones, similarly to the people around them. It reflects the connected disconnect of the daily, while evidencing the astonishing amount of electronic waste thrown away. The Wire People is a production by NMU collective and it is set in San Francisco for the time being. It has been awarded by The Awesome Foundation (March 2014) and featured in Berkeley, Oakland and other loca-tions in the East Bay of San Francisco.(see web: http://cargocollective.com/nmu)

Fig 1, 2, 3, 4: Clockwise: Fig 1: Wire person (detail); Fig 2: Wire people installed in Union Square, San Francisco; Fig 3: Wire person on BART, San Francisco Bay Area; Fig 4: Wire people in stu-dio, Berkeley.

2// Graphic workMy drawings are fueled by unknown stories: A wonder about the connections between things that surround us, between things we make, between ourselves. How easy it is to build up stories departing from little things: wondering who lives in the house across the street and telling yourself their fragmen-tary facts, imaginining it all. Yet some truth lays beneath as it lays at the bottom of any human activity. As well as rendering a distinct point of view through the drawings, I aim to include a narrative into them, an intention of what is being said. But above all, for me, drawing is a tool for observation.

Left of the page: Fig 5: Oakland. Drawing, mixed media. 42 x 30 cm; Fig 6: China Town, SF. Drawing, watercolor and ink. 45 x 32 cm; Fig 7: Bernal Heights, SF. Drawing, watercolor and ink. 120 x 120 cm; Fig 8: Little Italy, SF. Drawing, ink. 30 x 30 cm.Bottom of the page: Fig 9: Wurster. Watercolor and ink on watercolor paper.120 cm x 120 cm

Top left: Fig 10: Market Street, SF. Ink, 29 x 21 cm. Top right: Fig 11: China Town, SF. Ink, 21 x 15 cm. On the left, large: Fig. 12: Cafe Medi-terranean. Ink and coffee, 35 x 25 cm. Fig 13: Red. Ink on colored paper, 30 x 30 cm. Fig 14: Blanche. Ink, 30 x 30 cm.

3// IllustrationI work in illustration taking real references, and also from pho-tography and images of my own production. I use a variety of wet techniques, as well as oil-based and a combination of mediums, de-pending on each project. I work with different formats, from field notepads to large canvases.

Left: Fig 15: Mad Noise in Kroeber. Ink, 75 x 47 cm. Top of the page, Fig 16: Izzy’s P2 in Castro. Colored ink, 35 x 23 cm. Bottom, Fig 17: Valencia street, SF. Marker and ink, 35 x 23 cm.

VISUAL/art exhibitions

I have exhibited my graphic work in solo shows at various locations in Oakland, Berkeley and San Fran-cisco. (more info in my personal website stated above)

I’ve also done group shows and collaborations within the net Miles-km London-Madrid. I’ve self-edited and published Alzamiento Truequing zine and acted as art curator at Centro Lista, Madrid.

AUDIOVISUAL/commissioned work

I have done freelance video work and videography for projects I was involved with. (Videography for NMU, Direction of Photography for Cáscara Rota, Kill Free-man, Z-Lab). I filmed the series SUM, and have experi-ence with short film animations.(All of my video portfolio is available at http://vimeo.com/luxmasaro)

To the right: Fig 18: Solo Show in The New Parkway Theater, Oakland; Fig 19: Honor Show, Berkeley; Fig 20: Solo Show at Actual Cafe, Oakland; Fig 21: Solo Show at Nabolom, Berkeley

THEATRE/scenography & space

1// scenographyI have worked creating stage designs within the theater group Caín. All the members collaborating in designing and constructing every set, working towards reutilization of materials and clean pictures. Giving the nature of theater, I can say I am experienced in build-ing structures/stage sets under stress conditions, in short time and with disparate resources.

2// building structuresIn 2014 I participated in the Hello Wood Art Camp which took place in Csórompuszta, Hungary. I went with a team led by EMBT architects that built a structure made entirely out of wood timber, with no nails or screws, responding to a theme ‘balance’.

In 2013 I collaborated with Tomcat Designs in constructing and set-ting a stage Haunted House for Hallowe’en, themed ‘Grimm brothers and Edward Gorey’. This was a reversible construction structured by 2x4 dimensional lumber and held inside of a large garage. (video available online)

Below these lines: Fig 22: ‘Labyrinth’ in Hello Wood 2014 [Play with Balance]To the right: Fig 23, 24, 25: Moments of Tabula Rasa, with Caín Teatro, 2014

THEATRE/performance

With Caín Teatro:

2014 Una Merienda in Plaza de Matadero, Madrid2014 Tabula Rasa in ETSAM2014 Mesa de Hijos de Puta in ETSAM2013 AIDA in TalentMadrid, Teatros del Canal, Madrid2012 Almacén in Aula Museo, ETSAM

With Cáscara Rota:

2014 Collaborations with Investro2013 Vida in Festival di teatro di Strada San Casciano, Florence2012 Nada in Espacio Islandia, Madrid; La Tabacalera de Lavapiés; Festival di teatro di Strada San Casciano, Florence 2010 Cómo vivir cien años, BBAA UCM, Madrid.

Below: Fig 26: Puppet and actor from Vida (2013);To the right, from top to bottom: Fig 27: Almacén (2012); Fig 28: AIDA (2013); Fig 29: Mesa de hijos de puta (2014)