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.
Along paths and through boreal forest areas, Jean-Paul Apesteguy, a forest ranger in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon throughout his life, tells us about the historical moment when the aborigines who inhabited these subpolar lands first met the Basques face to face; he sings to the sea and to the land, whistling repeated melodies like a flute player. As he goes along, he names the plant varieties in Basque, the language of his ancestors.
Featuring:
JEAN-PAUL APESTEGUY
Camera 1:
IONE ATENEA LAMEIRO
Camera 2:
MIKEL OTXOTEKO
Filming:
MIKEL OTXOTEKO
Financing:
Basque Government and San Telmo Museum in Donostia