2025–2027
Barcelona
IRONWILL is a moving-image installation about endurance. Across three looping films: labour, repetition and rest unfold without a fixed narrative. Metal, breath and silence shape a work about men carrying physical and social weight, and the forces that allow them to continue.
THE FORMAT
IRONWILL is a multi-channel moving-image and sound installation accompanied by a series of large-format Polaroid portraits.
The central installation consists of three independent looping films. Each channel explores a different register of pressure: physical labour, psychological endurance, and the rituals of faith, brotherhood and recovery.
The films do not follow a fixed sequence or resolve into a single narrative. Their relationships shift continuously as separate images, gestures and sounds coincide unpredictably. A body under strain may appear beside a moment of prayer, silence or rest, producing new meanings with each cycle.
The sound composition combines metal, breath, street noise, testimony, prayer and silence. Each channel retains its own rhythm while contributing to the wider spatial environment. The photographic series comprises twelve original 8 × 10-inch Polaroids produced in a restricted black-and-yellow palette. The portraits act as still counterpoints to the moving image, removing the subjects from the flow of labour and confronting the viewer directly.
Technical Specifications
- 3 independent looping video projections
- Spatial multi-channel sound
- 12 original 8 × 10-inch Polaroids
- Variable installation dimensions
Behind The Scenes
IRONWILL took shape slowly across Barcelona, through months of gaining access and trust. These images document that process.
The work developed slowly through time spent with the men, observing their routines and understanding the conditions surrounding their labour. Trust had to be earned in places where being seen can carry a cost.
