Mikel Otxoteko. Artist, researcher, and UNIR Master’s professor
He develops artistic research projects at the intersection of experimental anthropology and image-making media. His doctoral thesis Audiovisual Arts and Neo-materialism (UPV/EHU) received international distinction and included an invitation from filmmaker Manuel DeLanda as a visiting researcher at Pratt Institute (New York).
He has exhibited his work at institutions such as the Musée d’Art Contemporain Les Abattoirs (Toulouse), Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea (Valencia), The Rag Factory (London), San Telmo Museoa, and Centro Cultural Montehermoso (Basque Country), and has undertaken research residencies in Newfoundland, Puerto Rico, and Bakersfield. His film Invierno (2019) was screened at festivals including Cinespaña and Zinebi.
He will soon present a solo exhibition at MUNTREF, Museum of Immigration and Contemporary Art Center (Buenos Aires, Argentina), as part of the EAZ/EZE program.
This website has received support from the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government.
Installation with records and video pieces on food sovereignty in the archipelago of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
L'Etoile. Light sculpture built for the exhibition 'Aquí hay dragones'. The red star of light is a replica of the star placed in the center of the dance floor of the discotheque L'Etoile, which operated for the sailors and inhabitants of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon during the 1970s.
The installation was originally designed for the exhibition Aquí hay dragones / Hemen dragoiak daude produced by the San Telmo Museum in Donostia in 2023.