Artists: Darío Alva x Diego V Navarro
Medium: Wool scarf 100% acrylic
Edition: 100 units
Size: 130 x 20 cm
Date: 2024
Signature: The scarf will be delivered along with a card designed by the artists
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This edition by Darío Alva and Diego V Navarro responds to both artists’ interest in the sports imaginary, in particular the iconography and mythology linked to football. Behind the hegemonic narrative of this sport lies a series of socio-cultural narratives inspired by the national and European heraldic tradition, which are recovered by the artists to reflect on the political conditions of sport and its mystical dimensions. The symbols and patterns present in the scarf recreate the role of these creatures and icons in shaping a virtually universal imagery, a series of cultural traces that have transformed or lost their original function.
Darío Alva is a digital artist based in Madrid who develops a research oriented to audiovisual creation and CGI (computer generated imagery). His artistic practice is influenced by a wide range of media and disciplines, mainly focused on image-time studies or attentional economies. He has collaborated with creatives such as Diego Navarro, Holly Herndon or Jon Rafman, and in the production of works and design for artists such as Lady Gaga, 100 Gecs, Travis Scott or Yves Tumor, among others. For digital media, he has produced audiovisual projects for clients such as Adult Swim, Braindead and MTV.
Diego V Navarro is a multidisciplinary researcher and artist born and based in Valencia whose production is mainly focused on the field of sound, through music production and sound design for linear and interactive audiovisual media and influenced mainly by the aesthetics of video games and fantasy. He is currently developing a doctoral research on the relationship between Japanese ambient music and the musicalisation of virtual spaces. In the past he has collaborated with creators such as Dario Alva, Sevi Iko Domochevsky, Theo Trian and Baris Cavusoglu, both for digital media and for stage and television production, with work commissioned by clients such as Adult Swim and MTV. His sound production has been featured nationally at festivals such as Mira and Sonar.
