Aitor Ortiz

Aitor Ortiz - Starlings 006

Technique: Printing on aluminum with frame 70x70cm with anti-reflective glass -75%UV

Artist Biography: Bilbao, Spain. 1971 Beyond the documentary photography of architecture and industry, claiming the dilution factor and the transmutation of reality that is associated with photographic representation, Aitor Ortiz works with space, architecture and objects as elements that give rise to a series of visual and cognitive unknowns. Ortiz is repeatedly interested in posing a series of dilemmas between representation and interpretation (perception) and establishes a relationship between the content of his images, the physical properties of the materials on which he reproduces his work and the position of the pieces in the exhibition space. Aitor Ortiz seeks to establish a broad spectrum of works and the relationships between the photographed places, the conscious and subconscious mechanisms involved in the process of manipulating an image: the eye (interpretation, framing, contextualization...), the camera (focus/blur, optical distortion, transmission of movement...) and the brain (the limitations of an imperfect artifact in the interpretation of data and empirical abilities: experience, association of concepts...) that culminate in the exhibition space, where the physical experience once again transcends the content of his photographs as part of a process of constant interaction between representation and the viewer's perception. Among his latest solo exhibitions are those held by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (2011); Fotografiska (Swedish Museum of Photography, Stockholm, 2012) and the Community of Madrid at the Sala Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (2012). His work has earned him, among others, the City of Palma Award, the ABC Photography Award, Grand Prize of Honor at the Biennale of Art of Alexandria (Egypt), First Prize Villa de Madrid of photography. His works are part of collections such as MNCARS, Fundación La Caixa, ARTIUM, CAB, IVAM, AXXA, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, MACUF, Foto Colectania, Fundación Telefónica, etc.

 

Beyond the documentary photography of architecture and industry, claiming the dilution factor and the transmutation of reality that is associated with photographic representation, Aitor Ortiz works with space, architecture and objects as elements that give rise to a series of visual and cognitive unknowns. a series of visual and cognitive unknowns. Ortiz is repeatedly interested in posing a series of dilemmas between representation and interpretation (perception) and establishes a relationship between the content of his images, the physical properties of the materials on which he reproduces his work and the position of the pieces in the exhibition space. Aitor Ortiz seeks to establish a broad spectrum of works and the relationships between the photographed places, the conscious and subconscious mechanisms involved in the process of manipulating an image: the eye (interpretation, framing, contextualization...), the camera (focus/blur, optical distortion, transmission of movement...) and the brain (the limitations of an imperfect artifact in the interpretation of data and empirical skills: experience, association of concepts...) that culminate in the exhibition space, where the physical experience once again transcends the content of his photographs as part of an exhibition. content of his photographs as part of a process of constant interaction between the representation and the viewer's perception. Among his latest solo exhibitions are those held by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (2011); Fotografiska (Swedish Museum of Photography, Stockholm, 2012) and the Community of Madrid at the Sala Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (2012). His work has earned him, among others, the City of Palma Award, the ABC Photography Award, Grand Prize of Honor at the Biennial of Art of Alexandria (Egypt), First Prize Villa de Madrid of photography. His works are part of collections such as MNCARS, Fundación La Caixa, ARTIUM, CAB, IVAM, AXXA, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, MACUF, Foto Colectania, Fundación Telefónica, etc.Estorninos focuses on the observation of the properties of structures and the questioning of their own nature, a recurring theme in the work of Aitor Ortiz for years. Estorninos consists of a series of photographs made from the formations created by large masses of birds that, isolated from their natural background, create spots on a blank canvas. The aim is to create a parallelism through art of social behaviors and how they manifest themselves, and to be aware of the implicit difficulty or even incapacity in trying to represent and visualize (and therefore understand) complex structures.