Esther Mañas and Arash Moori have been collaborating artistically since 2005 with spatial sound works that investigate the acoustics, history and symbolic characteristics of the place, the result of the interaction of the individual practices of both artists.
Arash Moori (1977, Birmingham) Bachelor of Fine Arts (MH) from the University of Central England and Master of Fine Arts (MH) from Kuvataideakatemia, University of Helsinki, Finland. Moori, a multidisciplinary artist based in Madrid, uses experimental research based on electromagnetic interference, light, electricity and sound to form the foundations of his work. He highlights his debut album ‘Heterodyne’ (2015), label Type Recordings and his exhibitions and performances; Repro Tableau (2004), The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh; Parasitic Noise (2015), Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm; Descension (2012), Moonride Festival, Košice, Slovakia. Esther Mañas (Madrid 1974) is a doctoral candidate in Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Master in Fine Arts, Time and Space, from Kuvataideakatemia, University of Helsinki and Graduate in Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Mañas, works with the experience of the place and the relationship with its socio-cultural connotations through drawing or expanded sculpture. Sculptural or pictorial materials and processes take presence in the intervened space and dialogue with it. Some of his outstanding exhibitions and projects; Use and Disposal (2006) La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Encrucijada (2013) MNCARS, Madrid; Future Plans (2007) Baluarte Contemporary Art Center, Pamplona. The collaborative work of Mañas & Moori has been presented in; Art Center/South Florida and A/CE, Spanish Cultural Action. Interstate (2015) Miami; Joan Miró Foundation, Espai 13, Invoking a Demon Landscape, Implicit Sound (2010) Barcelona; CA2M, Madrid and LaboraL, Gijón, Estación Experimental (2011); Frieze Art Fair. Resovision Stand at Resonance FM (2010) London; Kuntsverein Leipzig, Alles für das Wohl des Volkes (2009) Leipzig; HAP, Hammarby Artport Gallery, Composition for Five Rooms (2007) Stockholm.