Residency: Hugo Martínez-Tormo
Hugo Martínez-Tormo project produces 'nanoEsencia_Grafeno', winner of the production grant olorVISUAL
Representation by Hugo Martinez-Tormo carbon atom and ranking in the periodic table, displayed in color on the nanoscale. Photo courtesy of the artist.
The Valencian artist Hugo Martinez-Tormo developed during his artist residency nanoEsencia_Grafeno, is an immersive audiovisual installation of generative art, which allows the viewer to enter into the depths of matter, in this case graphene and perceive the colour of the atoms that make it up and its analogous sound, thus triggering new sensations. The artist will produce this work during a two-month residency at Plataforma 0. Centro de Producción de LABoral. Then, it will be shown in an exhibition that will take place since July 9, will be shown in a dialogue with other pieces of the collection olorVISUAL.
Based on graphene, a nanomaterial made up by pure carbon, with atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern creating a one-atom-thick layer, Hugo Martínez-Tormo proposes a research aimed at finding out what do atoms smell like. He wants to answer questions such as What would happen if we were the size of an atom, how would we see and perceive the world around us and what colour is matter at this scale.
