CLOSE-UP | PRIMER PLA - 2021
An Immersive Cinematic Art Installation
by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
Conceived and created by Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger
Original music by Nana Simopoulos and Enrique Granados
Cinematography and Editing by Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger | Additional footage by Xavier Tarrida Ibars
White Space Gallery Chelsea - New York, NY - November 15-16, 2021
Coral Gables Museum, Miamia, FL - November 17, 2021
“Close-Up - Primer Pla" is a visual narrative memoir, looking back and looking forward, a filmic poem of future nostalgia and selective memory. Capturing the instant, going back to the origin, a memory in act.
The piece departs from three major themes for the visual storytelling: Place + People + Values.
Unveiling a sensorial “viatge” as a “spiral”, we created an oneiric journey merging and juxtaposing the essence of these thematic concepts as a triptych video installation.
With a cinematic style, using mathematic patterns in nature like spiral, fractals, voronoi, the symbolic tradition of Castells, the textures and shapes of modern architectural landscapes of Catalunya; a visual storytelling materializing thoughts, allegories, scenic metaphors and imaginary skylines. Our focus was also on the rituals of togetherness and solidarity, images of embrace and openness of a community.
The gaze is on the details, the poetry, the beauty of the senses and the longing for an inclusive and sustainable future. A path forward – unveiled through collective traditions and multiculturalism.
"In a world in which one is tempted to forget or ignore too much, the reconquest of our collective past should be among our first projects for our future.” Umberto Eco
Commissioned by the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the United States of America & Canada
Presented with the support of Office of Turism of Catalonia
Produced by Laia Cabrera & Co.
Close-Up - Primer Pla | New York - Miami, November 2021
Film Directed by Laia Cabrera
Skyline Illustration and Animation by Isabelle Duverger
Music composed by Nana Simopoulos featuring “Stories of the Young” by Enric Granados
Cinematography, editing and visual effects by Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger
Assistant production: Isabel Cabrera
Second unit drone operator: Ramon Godia Cabrera
Projection mapping design: Isabelle Duverger
Additional Castells de Girona and Llança footage by Xavier Tarrida Ibars
Escaldarium Caldes de Montbui, courtesy images of VOTV
Special thanks to: Isidre Sala Queralt - Maria Pilar Pérez Ordoño - Magalí Muria-Tunon - Daniel Ricart Pons - Xavier Vila - Concepcio Ibars Pla - Rosa Godia Cabrera - Antoni Benavente - Raul Bonet - Ignasi Pinedo - Ana Maria Agusti - Eva Tarrida - Elisenda Tarrida - Carme Ibars Pla - Montse Agustí Vaeza - Mònica Agustí Vaeza -
Juanjo Martinez - Isidre Pineda - Emma Caldes - Clara Armengol - Cristina Castellà Figuera - David Maorel - Sara López - Aina Ferrer - Anna Bellorbí Vilaplana - Isabel Illana Corominas - Judith Pi I Riubrugent - Núria Caralps de Alós - Josep Manuel I Claramunt - Lidia Tobar - Sandra Hernández Morante - Amor Estadella Puigvert
Extensive thanks to:
Palau de la Música Catalana
Casa Batlló – Gaudí – Barcelona (www.casabatllo.es)
Casa Mila, La Pedrera
Sagrada Família
Park Güell
Oficina de Relacions Externes i Protocol Gabinet de la Consellera
La Seu Vella, Consorci Del Turó De La Seu Vella De Lleida
Cartoixa d'Escaladei
Centre del Romànic de la Vall de Boí - Sant Climent de Taüll
Castell d”Encus, the Pyrenees Winery
La Vinya dels Artistes, Mas Blanch I Jové
Penelles, The Street Art Village: Bkfoxx and Zeso WF – Rulo Lopez – Mina Hamada – Slim Safont
Museum and Termes Romanes de Caldes de Montbui
Marracos - Castellers de Lleida
© 2021 Laia Cabrera & Co.