CUESTIÓN DE EXTREMIDADES
An artistic and audiovisual collective that transcends formats and disciplines, espírituescalera (Madrid, 2014) is organically and horizontally structured around colleagues and friends who take on different areas and tasks within the creative and production process, depending on the nature of the projects. By rejecting self-centred narratives, espírituescalera seeks out spaces of conflict and collective convergence. Alchemically combining activism, ethics, aesthetics and social commitment, their projects have been presented at numerous festivals and art exhibition venues. They are currently developing films and projects such as Laguna El Ministro, La muerte no pudo con él, En la madrugada del nueve de enero, Lectura íntegra de La sociedad del espectáculo en Atenas a la primera and Los subrayados, among others.
In this meeting, two members of the collective will share and question the different facets, possibilities and coincidences of their creative and working processes by always avoiding excessive self-help, self-indulgence or moralising messages and conclusions.
Antonio Llamas (1992, Madrid), director, scriptwriter and editor. A founding member of espírituescalera filming collective and Carnicería creative and research space based in Madrid. His short films (such as La insurrección que viene or Romance del robo del sacramento) have been screened at various international festivals. The collective’s first feature film, Mitología de barrio, premiered at FID Marseille and, in Spain, at Documenta Madrid. He has exhibited projects such as Habent sua fata libelli at NAVESIERRA. With the espírituescalera collective, he develops projects such as Laguna El Ministro, En la madrugada del nueve de enero and Lectura íntegra de La sociedad del espectáculo en Atenas a la primera, among others.
Ximo Peris (1993, Valencia), scriptwriter and editor. A founding member of espírituescalera filming collective and Carnicería creative and research space based in Madrid. He has written and developed various projects, including both short films and feature films such as Mitología de barrio. As part of espírituescalera collective, he is currently working on the screenplays for various films and other projects, such as Laguna El Ministro and La piedra de la locura. At the same time, he is writing several books and conducting editorial work.