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.
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