The Polling Station Section from Davis Museum Barcelona

What/who inspired the work?
I was inspired by the book Fluxus, a collective portrait of George Maciunas, 1931-1978, which described his nonconventional ideas of the artistic movement. In many of Fluxus events, the public was not only a spectator but also an active participant, becoming co-authors of the presentation. Additionally, the work Les Aveugles by the French artist Sophie Calle, a series of photographs of blind people accompanied by their answers to the question "What is beauty?", also inspired this section.

What do you hope your viewers will feel/think?
I anticipate that the viewers will understand that this section serves as a physical space for the encounter, visualization, and generation of opinions pertaining to the displayed works. Additionally, I hope that they recognize the interchange of roles that this section engenders, such as the urn that transforms into a museum, the artist who transforms into a voter, the work that transforms into a vote, the director who transforms into a photographer, the visitor who transforms into an interviewee, and later, the work of art. This succession of displacements constitutes an online "guestbook" that allows for anyone to have access to it, any time.

Why did you choose the medium, the matter, the style?

The Davis Museum's various sections have all been created using digital media, with their respective documents and formats published on different websites or social media platforms. For the Polling Section, I chose to publish its "guestbook" on an Instagram profile. As the main subject, I chose to feature the portrait of the visitor in order to dignify and humanize the museum experience. I chose a direct, casual, and spontaneous style for these photographs.