TRIP 1 - HASTA LA VISTA
Gabriel presents Trip I - Hasta La Vista. This video is an exploration of technology and its function as a mediator of experience. Shot with a smartphone, the camera moves along the screen and photographs become animated. Simulating the eye of the viewer passing along the landscape. The shifting colours bordering the central video place central natural imagery literally in the artists hands, and the bedroom window view puts the viewer in the perspective of the artist and speaks to their combined role as artist and viewer, consuming their own creation as a sort of Ouroboros. The audio tracks are a combination of sound from various locations including Iceland, Chile, and Gabriel’s own backyard visible through the window.
Gabriel Esteban Molina
Gabriel Esteban Molina is a visual artist from Edmonton, Alberta who graduated from the University of Alberta in 2013 with a BFA in Fine Arts. In 2015, he completed his Masters of Art in Fine Art at the Chelsea College of Arts in London, United Kingdom. His practice is concerned with the influence of technology on our perception and relationship to the natural world. His work walks the line between analog and digital, incorporating a variety of old and new media including sculpture, photography, video, and installation. He has had numerous exhibitions in Edmonton and London, including a solo at Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix in London and a collaboration with Kyle Terrence for his film ‘Berta Boys”. He recently finished a residency at ArtsIceland with a solo show at Outvert Art Space in Ísafjörður, and will be showing new print and video works at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Alberta in 2021.