Ester Partegàs
Ghost, 2009Single-channel video projected on cast polyurethane196 × 112 × 3 cm (77 5⁄32 × 44 3⁄32 × 1 3⁄16 inches)
1' 30''
Projected on what looks like a discarded piece of styrofoam, the video Ghost (2009) shows a pile of industrial waste lying next to a puddle of water, in which a billboard is reflected advertising an I-Pod. The advertisement screen changes color and a dove takes flight. Despite its desolation, a certain beauty emanates from the sinister. Partegàs addresses the theme of publicity as generator of empty necessities, its power to seduce as a hint on the impermanent condition of material life. In a happenstance choreography, the elements of this urban ecosystem function as a reminder that revelations arise, unexpectedly, in the ordinary.
