Isabel Muñoz uses Epson technology to experiment with the moving image

In this video interview, made by Digital AV Magazine on the occasion of the exhibition "The anthropology of feelings", the artist explains how Epson EB-L1755U projectors have allowed her to push the boundaries of the still image and take her work to the world of video.

Isabel Muñoz, National Photography Award 2016 and ambassador of Epson, exhibits in The Main of Tabacalera (Madrid) ‘The anthropology of feelings‘, A sample where it is exhibited, until next time 17 June, a selection of 97 photographs of his production and six audiovisual installations.

On this occasion, Digital AV Magazine ha realizado una vídeoentrevista en la que la artista explica qué ha querido comunicar y transmitir con esta muestra y cómo la tecnología de Epson le ha permitido traspasar los límites de la imagen fija y llevar su obra al mundo del vídeo.

The exhibition, comisariada por François Cheval y Audrey Hoareau, cofundadores de The Red Eye, gira en torno a la representación obsesiva y heterogénea del cuerpo humano, desde los mismos orígenes de la humanidad, la espiritualidad, la locura, los límites y extremos del cuerpo, la dimensión social de lo corporal y, At last, la sexualidad y el deseo.

Esta es una temática que está muy presente en toda la producción artística de Isabel Muñoz. Since he began his work in the world of photography, She has always been fascinated by the study of the origins of humanity., los límites y extremos del cuerpo, as well as the sexuality and spirituality of different groups and cultures around the planet.

It is an exhibition where art merges with technology and in which Epson has had an important contribution as a technological partner.

the 97 Photographs that make up ‘The anthropology of feelings‘ have been printed using technology of the Japanese brand, using the equipment of the SureColor range. Its printing solutions have allowed to give a 'last brushstroke' to each photo to turn them into authentic works of art.

For its part, The audiovisual installations offer the visitor a complete experience. Among these stands out an imposing audiovisual installation that receives attendees at the entrance to the venue. For deployment, Epson's 3LCD professional projection technology has been used in high brightness.

Experimentation and learning

This artist is recognized worldwide for her portraits and bodies taken to the limit, that are reflected in photographs that use platinotype techniques. Isabel Muñoz always goes one step further in her search for experimentation and learning and has now taken her work to the world of video.

The author of this exhibition explains in this video interview conducted for Digital AV Magazine how technology has influenced her work how it has helped her "to give rein to a powerful creative explosion. When you're going to tell a story, the video gives you some reality that goes beyond what you're going to show in a still image.".

In his photographs he has always sought the highest quality of the image and this is what he wanted to find in this approach to the world of video.. Epson EB-L1755U projectors have provided it to you.

"For me this technology has been a discovery. I'm always looking for the focus, the detail, being able to make bigger images. El problema que tiene la proyección, and that it has always had it, is that it is very difficult to achieve that quality. I have been lucky to have these projectors to get the quality I am looking for in the still image".

The Epson EB-L1755U projectors have allowed you to experiment with the moving image to show everything that can be expressed with dance. "The body and dance are pretexts to talk about us. These are topics that I am passionate about and they are ways of talking about the human being".

With a laser light source and 15.000 Lumens, EB-L1755U offers high contrast, even under the overhead light that enters the room through a large skylight. In the room have been installed four screens-totems of more than three meters high that 'hypnotize' with the essence of butoh dance.

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