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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle in "Ecology"
Born in Madrid to a Spanish father and a Colombian mother whose work lives were primarily in Chicago, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s interest in architecture, politics, and science underscores much of his work.
The documentary follows Manglano-Ovalle to an exhibition of his work in New York; his Random Sky (2006) façade in Chicago, for which computers process weather data at the installation site to generate a visual representation of climate conditions; and La Tormenta/The Storm (2007), a large-scale sculpture of two thunderstorm clouds, installed at the Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Chicago, which serves as a metaphor for the U.S. immigration process.
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s technologically sophisticated sculptures and video installations use natural forms such as clouds, icebergs, and DNA as metaphors for understanding social issues such as immigration, gun violence, and human cloning. In collaboration with astrophysicists, meteorologists, and medical ethicists, Manglano-Ovalle harnesses extraterrestrial radio signals, weather patterns, and biological code, transforming pure data into digital video projections and sculptures realized through computer rendering. His work is attentive to points of intersection between local and global communities, emphasizing the intricate nature of ecosystems.
“If art for me is a platform from which to speak, but not tell you something, that’s good.”
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Artist at Work
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle