Odd Body. DAVIDELFIN

11 JUNE-22 AUGUST

"Strange Body

Two in one

Me and the other

A collection that shows two sometimes veiled faces

A defence mechanism that protects us from the others, from ourselves

Unfolded clothes for a strange body".

Odd Body is an exercise in reflection upon the eternal and universal struggle between the conscious and unconscious, of their victories and defeats and the blurred line that separates them. In order that he might achieve this, David Delfín (born in Ronda, Malaga, 1970) and his team DAVIDELFIN have designed a vast "black box" for the CAC Málaga that envelopes the viewer, drawing them into an intimate, mysterious space in which limits seem not to exist.

Immersed in this static emptiness, the projection of a ballet dancer can be seen through a series of mannequins. In this installation, the images and an almost mad dance show up this unfolding process that, at first, seems to limit itself to a psychic level before finally affecting the whole physical sphere that encompasses the spectators. The combination of these elements, combined with the tension and anguish brought on by the audio soundtrack, serve to illustrate the inherent confrontation between the conscious and unconscious, provoking strong emotions in the viewer who forms a part of the piece.

The Odd Body installation is a further extension of the body of work that the artist DAVIDELFIN has created, examining the application of psychic phenomena to fashion. This investigation into the mechanisms that govern the workings of the sub-conscious and its many manifestations throughout human behaviour has been one of Delfín's central themes that have been the inspiration for both his artistic and design work, two fields that, as so commonly occurs with mental states, fuse together to such an extent that its impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins.

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