Opening of In the Blink of an Eye by Lorena Ruiz Pellicero

In the Blink of an Eye is a video installation that transforms the exhibition space into an immersive journey through the concept of blinking and the fragility of our vision.

In a time before code, the bit, and the algorithm, there already existed a rhythmic and binary way of processing the world: the blink. This minimal and constant physiological gesture constitutes the most elemental unit of our relationship with the image. In that interval, the brain reorganizes, completes, erases, and rewrites what it sees: it composes vision. To blink is to remember that we are still body, and not only interface.

This exhibition is made possible with the support of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Sala Razzmatazz @razzmatazzclubs. Music by ETHR @its_ethr

Lorena Ruiz (Barcelona, 1991) is a visual artist and researcher. Her practice spans photography, installation, and video art to explore the boundaries between reality and fiction, between the physical and the virtual, between the visible and the imagined. Her work reflects on perception and the tensions between the body, technology, and the world.

Her works have been presented in solo exhibitions at the Museu de la Mediterrània (Torroella de Montgrí), Centre Cívic Guinardó (Barcelona), Centre d’Art Can Castells (Sant Boi de Llobregat), and Onkaf Gallery (New Delhi), as well as in group shows at venues such as La Capella, Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich), Centre d’Art Contemporani La Sala (Vilanova i la Geltrú), and Centre Cívic Can Basté (Barcelona).

She has developed projects in residencies such as Piramidón Centre d’Art Contemporani, Casa d’Artistes de Menorca, Lichtenberg Studios (Berlin), Werkstattwoche (Lüben), Casa R.A.R.O (Barcelona), and Fabra i Coats Fàbrica de Creació (where she is currently working). She has also participated in the Art Photo Bcn fair and in festivals such as Festival Mirades de l’Empordà, Encontros da Imagem (Braga), Stripart (Barcelona), and Proyector Videoarte (Madrid).