Javi Cruz y Andrés Izquierdo
The residency of Javi Cruz and Andrés Izquierdo at Collegium was shaped by an exploration of found materials and by their relationship with the landscape as an active interlocutor in the process. Throughout their stay, both artists assembled an inventory of elements drawn from their surroundings: refrigerators salvaged from an illegal dumping site, objects encountered along the way, and materials that seemed to emerge in response to the context itself.
Andrés developed a sculpture based on a broken fridge intervened with poppies, as well as ceramic poppies fired at the pottery workshop in Portillo. His practice is grounded in a logic of transformation of found materials, understanding them as part of an open dialogue with the environment.
Javi continued his Moonrise project, initiated in 2021, focused on the search for the image of the moon through a wide range of materials. On this occasion, he worked with two materials closely linked to the province of Ávila: mica (locally known as espejuelo) and oak charcoal, producing 28 iron discs as 28 attempts at representing the moon from an expanded pictorial approach.
Together, both artists developed Farolinos: a series of interior rear-view mirrors recovered and transformed into lamps through the addition of light. These pieces evoke the presence of the sun or the moon accompanying a car journey, extending the idea of a landscape in motion and of travel as a shared experience during the residency.
Javi Cruz (Madrid, 1985) works between visual arts and experimental performance. His practice unfolds through paintings, publications, jewellery, installations and public programmes, often developed collaboratively and in response to specific contexts. He has been part of collectives and initiatives including Elgatoconmoscas, PLAYdramaturgia, Bosque Real and Dorothy Michaels, and was previously part of the team of Teatro Pradillo. His work has been presented at institutions including Museo Reina Sofía, CA2M, La Casa Encendida and Patio Herreriano. He represented Spain at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space and has collaborated with TBA21, Artium and the Altamira Museum.
Andrés Izquierdo (Madrid, 1993) works through sculpture, drawing and furniture design, exploring the material and symbolic conditions of specific places and environments. His practice brings together found materials, domestic forms and reused elements to create works that move between the organic and the constructed, the ritual and the everyday. Clay, bone, flowers and accumulated objects often appear in sculptural arrangements that remain open to transformation and reinterpretation. Through these processes, his work reflects an interest in memory, observation and the relationships between landscape, material and lived experience.
Andrés developed a sculpture based on a broken fridge intervened with poppies, as well as ceramic poppies fired at the pottery workshop in Portillo. His practice is grounded in a logic of transformation of found materials, understanding them as part of an open dialogue with the environment.
Javi continued his Moonrise project, initiated in 2021, focused on the search for the image of the moon through a wide range of materials. On this occasion, he worked with two materials closely linked to the province of Ávila: mica (locally known as espejuelo) and oak charcoal, producing 28 iron discs as 28 attempts at representing the moon from an expanded pictorial approach.
Together, both artists developed Farolinos: a series of interior rear-view mirrors recovered and transformed into lamps through the addition of light. These pieces evoke the presence of the sun or the moon accompanying a car journey, extending the idea of a landscape in motion and of travel as a shared experience during the residency.
Javi Cruz (Madrid, 1985) works between visual arts and experimental performance. His practice unfolds through paintings, publications, jewellery, installations and public programmes, often developed collaboratively and in response to specific contexts. He has been part of collectives and initiatives including Elgatoconmoscas, PLAYdramaturgia, Bosque Real and Dorothy Michaels, and was previously part of the team of Teatro Pradillo. His work has been presented at institutions including Museo Reina Sofía, CA2M, La Casa Encendida and Patio Herreriano. He represented Spain at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space and has collaborated with TBA21, Artium and the Altamira Museum.
Andrés Izquierdo (Madrid, 1993) works through sculpture, drawing and furniture design, exploring the material and symbolic conditions of specific places and environments. His practice brings together found materials, domestic forms and reused elements to create works that move between the organic and the constructed, the ritual and the everyday. Clay, bone, flowers and accumulated objects often appear in sculptural arrangements that remain open to transformation and reinterpretation. Through these processes, his work reflects an interest in memory, observation and the relationships between landscape, material and lived experience.
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