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MIKEL OTXOTEKO, Artist and researcher

Born in Donostia in 1981. Mikel Otxoteko carries out artistic research projects located at the intersection between history and experimental anthropology by means of image production. His doctoral thesis Audiovisual Arts and Neo-materialism (UPV-EHU) received an international mention with an invitation from filmmaker Manuel DeLanda as a visiting researcher at the Pratt Institute of Art & Design in New York.

He has developed projects such as Dance & Drill and Algunos cabos sueltos, leading to screenings and exhibitions in venues such as the Musée d’Art Contemporain Les Abattoirs in Toulouse, the Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea in Valencia and The Rag Factory, London.

His documentary film, Invierno (2019) was screened at international festivals such as Cinespaña, Toulouse and Zinebi, Bilbao. For his project Aquí hay dragones (Here be dragons), shown at the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastian, he has carried out artistic production residencies on the islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and Puerto Rico supported by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Coastal Studies and the Sea Grant Programme, both of the University of Puerto Rico and the Basque Government.

This website has received support from the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government.

Mikel Otxoteko

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Los Dragones Blandos

— 2022, 16', HD video

Biologist Herlé Goragher is leading a project in which artificial intelligence is being used to monitor sea cucumber stocks. After the collapse of the Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre stocks due to overfishing by cod fishing boats, sea cucumbers are emerging as a promising industry capable of making new generations of Saint-Pierre residents to look to the sea once again. In order for this industry to last and not be destructive to the ecosystem, firm controls and regulations are required.

Featured biologist: 

HERLÉ GORAGHER

 

Camera 1:

IONE ATENEA LAMEIRO

 

Camera 2: 

MIKEL OTXOTEKO

 

Animations and credits:

MIKEL OTXOTEKO

 

Idea, filming and sound:

MIKEL OTXOTEKO

 

Assistance on the island of Saint-Pierre: 

MAURICETTE MAHÉ and JEAN-LOUIS LEGASSE

 

Artificial Intelligence System developed by:

JULIEN SIMON of the Laboratoire Technologie Biologie Halieutique, Lorient (Brest)

 

Slide collection of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and Newfoundland on loan from

XABIER SANCHEZ ERAUSKIN

 

Underwater images of the seabed on the Saint-Pierre Bank on loan from

Ifremer

 

In collaboration with L’Institute Français de Recherche pour l’Explotation de la Mer (Ifremer); Capitainerie du port de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon; Direction des Territoires de l’Alimentation et de la Mer (DTAM).

 

Financing:

Basque Government and San Telmo Museum in Donostia

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