LOS CARPINTEROS: POLARIS

GCAC inaugurates its new Video Project Space with Polaris, single channel video and sound work by Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros.

Polaris describes the voyage of a musician who carries his drums through the Pyrenees. Shot in a real setting, it is essentially a sound piece that explores great areas of silence and noise, where the notion of pilgrimage takes on a central role as an abstract and personal ritual. 

Los Carpinteros live and work between Havana and Madrid, the collective founded in 1992 in Havana.  Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, was born on September 18, 1971 in Camaguey, Cuba. Graduated in 1994 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba. Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez, was born on March 6, 1969 in Caibarién, Las Villas, Cuba. Graduated in 1994 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba. Alexandre Arrechea Jesus Zambrano, was born on September 12, 1970 in Trinidad, Las Villas, Cuba. Graduated in 1994 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba. He was part of the group until 2003.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website