Mikel Otxoteko. Artist, researcher, and UNIR Master’s professor
Develops artistic research projects at the intersection of experimental anthropology and image-making practices. His PhD 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 developed projects such as Dance & Drill and Algunos cabos sueltos, presented at institutions including Musée d’Art Contemporain Les Abattoirs (Toulouse), Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea (Valencia), and The Rag Factory (London). His film Invierno (2019) screened at festivals including Cinespaña and Zinebi.
His project Aquí hay dragones, shown at San Telmo Museoa and Centro Cultural Montehermoso, was developed through research stays in Newfoundland and Puerto Rico. He is currently working on a new project in the Mojave Desert (California).
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.