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LOLA LORITE
ABOUT ME
STATEMENT RESUME DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN (MOTIVATION AND RECOMENDATION LETTER)
STATEMENT THIS IS ME Well, this is actually a notebook, but it contains all the ideas that come through my mind, even the silliest ones. Making projects my whole life makes me realize that even the smallest detail, the tiniest and daily thing can be the starting point, the spark for a project. Because since we are children we make projects: we see a dinosaur in the TV and we want to draw it, we go to the zoo and we need to have something made by us on the paper which completes the experience of being in that place. Isn’t this similar to playing? Making our brains work and put things together, trying new concepts, winning and losing sometimes, learning from our mistakes to play better next time... Making a project is playing a game. Even though nowadays we have a lot of very cool electronic games, the need of making something physical inspired in the experiences we have is still alive.
STATEMENT I see parallels in my early works as the growth of the Rata tree. These trees start life as an epiphyte in the branches of another tree. Eventually it replaces the host when it dies. Like the epiphyte rata, I create a new way of working from evolving the first idea I plant. Even if my early works look different from new projects, all of them come from the same roots: motherhood, the notion of home and nature contrast with developing nature. I can get inspiration from a book, a documentary, an art work, a regular conversation, but also from how a table is made, why people believe in a specific god or how a laundry machine works. I have studied Fine Arts, which means I not only know about techniques and art theory, but also how to take a different approach with each new challenge. From the most classical painting to programing, I try to learn as much as possible, always looking for the way to make a hybrid, a ‘creative Frankenstein’ of everything I make.
RESUME EDUCATION
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011- 2016 FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY MALAGA, SPAIN Specialitation in painting and graphic design
2015 - 2016 FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA MALAGA, SPAIN Internship 8 months Graphic design, web design
2014 - 2015 KONSTFACK STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Autumn semester exchange Art and Learning Department
2015 LA TÉRMICA, ESPACIO DE ARTE Y CULTURA MALAGA, SPAIN Internship 3 months Graphic design, web design, cultural events organization
2008 - 2011 SAN TELMO ART SCHOOL MALAGA, SPAIN Introduction in the art field
2015 CENTRE POMPIDOU MALAGA, SPAIN 84 hours volunteer Colaboration with the artist Kader Attia
2005 - 2008 CHRISTINE PICASSO MALAGA, SPAIN Preliminary and Secondary school
2015 KONSTFACK, UNIVERSITY OF ARTS CRAFTS AND DESIGN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Teacher in “Installation workshop”
RESUME COURSES
EXHIBITIONS
LANGUAGES
COMPETENCES
Don’t make art unless you have a good reason 40 hours workshop with the photographer Francesc Torres Fine Arts University Malaga, 2015
UPCYCLING: Photocontest Selected. Exhibition in EFTI: International Center of photography and cinema Madrid, Spain, 2015
SPANISH Native
DESIGN SOFTWARE Capable to work with Adobe programs like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, as well as modelling software as SketchUp and Linux software (Gimp and Inkscape).
Installation workshop 16 hours workshop with the artist Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm 2014 Photography today: Advanced 3 months course with the photographer Eduardo D’Acosta Contemporary Art Museum Málaga 2013 Introduction to programming: HTML, CSS, JavaScript 3 months online course, Acamica, 2013 Painting course: study about composition, shape and colour 7 years painting course Universidad Popular Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Málaga, 2003 - 2010 Advanced Photography and Photoshop Course 6 years Photoshop and photography course Universidad Popular Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Málaga, 2005 - 2011
LEAVING, INTRUDING, ESCAPING: Advanced Art and Learning exhibition Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm, Sweden, 2015 14/14 Bolsa de compra de Bellas Artes Selected. Exhibition in Rectorado Universidad de Málaga Málaga, Spain, 2015 Glow Art School Photo Adward Second prize. Exhibition in Glow Art School Salamanca, Spain, 2013
ENGLISH Cambridge First Certificate in English (B2) Exchange in Stockholm English Academy for 5 years Writing: High Speaking: High Listening: High FRENCH 5 years in school Writing: Medium Speaking: Low Listening: Medium
PROGRAMMING Knowledge in programming HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. ELECTRONIC Ability in Arduino and Processing languages and Software. HAND CRAFT Painting, drawing and scultpting skills. Knowledge in shape, colour and composition. TEAM WORK Communication and critical thinking. Ability to adaptat.
DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN MOTIVATION LETTER I made contact with the art world when I was a small child. As any kid, I was a huge fan of painting and drawing with my best pencils, and I’ve never stopped doing that. When the first computer arrived home I was 12 and very curious about how webpages worked. I started to research about it and after a few tutorials I started to make my own ones by something called “HTML”. My first website was a visual representation of a story I wrote about people living in a fantasy country with a language called “Lore ipsum”. The pages were made with very bright colors, shining banners and the slowest gif’s. When I realized I could use a scanner to copy the drawings made with my favorite pencils, I couldn’t stop making webpages adding them as backgrounds for my webs. That moment I realized I could combine crafts and skills to make something entirely new and adapt them to the world we live in now. That is the main reason why I want to make the master of information design, for developing my creative skills and have a deeper knowledge about how to communicate with images and information improving, at the same time, my way of collecting and playing with them. I see the Design Academy Eindhoven as a chance to exchange experience, concerns and knowledge. A school with the perfect international atmosphere for crossing physical borders but also the ones between art and design.
DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN RECOMENDATION LETTERS I had the opportunity to be Lola’s teacher in Konstfack’s course Konst och Lärande / Advanced Fine Arts and Learning. As a foreign student she could communicate and integrate with the others very good, giving some new and different ideas to the group. She has a very personal point of view which always makes group works very interesting. Victoria Brännström Artist and teacher in Konstfack, University of arts, crafts and design.
As a graphic designer I can say it is always very fresh and comfortable having a different perspective in graphic design coming from the art world. The innovative and creative ideas Lola had makes her different from the other graphic design interns we have had in this company. Miguel Gómez Graphic designer in La Térmica
Lola demonstrates deep knowledge to analyse, reflected on and discussed her own and others’ works on the basis of interpretation, theories and practices within the contemporary art field. Lola has a deep knowledge in contemporary art and very good skills in painting, sculpture and installation. She is a hard working girl who never stops until she gets what she wants. Salvador Haro Dean in University of Fine Arts, Malaga
DESIGN
INTERNSHIP WORK PRODUCT DESIGN EDITORIAL DESIGN
INTERNSHIP WORK
LA TÉRMICA AND ART UNIVERSITY
Working as an intern in the graphic design field I could learn so many things I couldn’t learn in school or in courses. For the first time I could learn from a graphic designer who owns an Editorial Design company and who taught me how that business works. I had the chance not only to make the posters of La Térmica, but also to edit some books my boss was designing for his company. La Térmica is a place with so many and different activities so I had the chance to, even though I had to adapt to the identity rules, have some freedom to make different things, from a bus stop poster to a tiny ticket. On the other hand, working in the graphic design department of the Fine Art’s University of Malaga gave me a big knowledge about how to make a good end result as well as some printing tips.
PRODUCT DESIGN
LIMITLESS Limitless, based in one of my artistic projects, has two main motivations: being friendly with the environment and being accessible for everybody. It is an ecological product because it is made of recycled paper, low-power LEDs and solar panel, as well as economic because it is made with material suitable for all budgets. This lamp is able to adapt to different types of situations, the brightness of the light can be regulated by folding it. Being wireless makes it perfect for travelling, it can be turned on everywhere and it is easily portable when it’s folded.
EDITORIAL DESIGN
NOTEBOOKS Made from a drawing in which a lot of bodies are accumulated until their shapes disappear, these notebooks have a pattern which is repeating with no end. Sewed manually, they were made especially for the Konstfacks Julmarknad 2014. It is made in different sizes (210 x 297 cm, 148 x 210 cm) and different colors (white and brown). This pattern was also sold as 400 x 400 cm posters.
EDITORIAL DESIGN
RECIPE BOOK “Recipes in 10 minutes and a bit more�, this book contains 50 different recipes, all of them with information about the ingredients, the step by step recipe and a tasty photo of the end result. There are three different categories, as the three phases every Spanish meal has: first courses, second courses and deserts. Each category has its own color (yellow, blue and orange) and an introduction page.
IDENTITY DESIGN ATENEO M Á L A G A
ATENEO IDENTITY Difusión
Participación
ATENEO M Á L A G A
Accesibilidad
Ateneo is a cultural institution where a lot of cultural events take place. Designing this identity the most important characteristic in the briefing was the opening/welcoming one, because it is looking for visitors of all ages and interests, with the aim of making culture more accessible. For communicating this feeling, the most inspirational thing for making the logo was the image of the door of that place open. Then you can see the lines on the ceiling which invites you to enter. So then, the final image was an A as the initial of Ateneo’s name with some stripes simulating the pattern of the ceiling. As for the color, red and black were selected, to make the identity warm but elegant at the same time.
IDENTITY DESIGN RE-DESIGNING SAN MIGUEL Since its creation, San Miguel is the main commercial area in Torremolinos, not only for a huge range of different shops, but also for restaurants, bars and even hairdressers or other local business. After experiencing how San Miguel works, I could see all the information together and tried to analyze how graphic design can help to improve this street making its good side more visible. There is a problem with the traditional establishments, they are closing because the low-cost stores get all the attention. You can find a lot of cheap figures of bulls and flamenco dancers, but, beneath all those layers of business claiming attention, there is a piece of heritage which is not only exclusive from Spain, also for the Andalusian area. Geometrical patterned tiles are all over the street, but we don’t realize it, ignoring the big story behind them. Those tiles show how the street was in its origin, with tiles all over the facades of the stores. San Miguel has still this piece of heritage in every corner and by using the image of the tile, we can recover all the beauty of the quality and the tradition, focusing on the handmade value of making, adapting, at the same time, to the days we are living in, respecting the identity of innovative business. As a sign of the freshness of being close to the sea and, at the same time, having the atmosphere of innovation, a color scale of blues and greens make the corporative image natural and clean. San Miguel provides the best quality goods to visitors as well as a comfortable place to rest, stimulate the memory of the region, bringing back a part of a heritage we ignored and reinvigorate this street with fresh watercolors.
EXHIBITION DESIGN LEAVING, INTRUDING, ESCAPING Leaving, Intruding, Escaping is the final exhibition of the Advanced art and Learning group in Konstfack. The leitmotif of these three projects is how even the smallest decision can change the outcome and how we as humans face with daily decisions in our life and act around it. The exhibition had two walls, in the end and the beginning of the exhibition with a text in which Some of us are anxious to leave, some of us are intruders. Some of us escape. Daily decisions taken in the moment, crucial or not. How can you predict the outcome? The three holes represents the artists and close to each work there was a small text related with it with the correspondent hole above.
ART
A DIGITAL WORLD MOTHER NATURE FERTILITY
A DIGITAL WORLD Technology has its origin in the greek words τέχνη (art) and λόγος (treated). Today’s society is characterized by a technological revolution, in which each passing year advances in science and electronics are growing faster and faster. It is a factor that has certainly contributed to create a crisis of values, which is not on the same level as advanced technology. In my early works I was obsessed with the idea of technology and how it affects to our society. Speaking about communication and behaviors but also about how despite the non-stop changing world we are living in, we as humans are still making questions about our origins and the outcome.
A DIGITAL WORLD
MIND-BLINDNESS Mind-blindness plays with the idea of the difficulties to reach something. The impossibility in the communication. In a large vertical black screen there is an Alice in Wonderland’s poem with its specific shape. When the spectator gets closer to read it, the screen turns white and all the words start to move. The text is not readable anymore. Mind-blindness Installation with fabric, programming with Processing, Arduino, motion sensor, computer, projector 190 x 63 x 168 cm 2013
A DIGITAL WORLD &#9829 The main purpose of this project is making a critic about public manifestations of love, as we can see in graffities of couples in the streets. When people write this kind of text, they think they are different, they feel they have the most authentic and true love in the world, but they do not realize this way of acting is like the rest of ordinary couples have. So this romantic language is as impersonal and universal as a computer code. The way of making this critics is placing stickers specially made for each graffiti. An HTML code is written, telling information about the font, size, color of the background, ascii characters and some equivalent things of the real thing in HTML language. Instead of the corresponding text, we can read some ironic comments (for example, if we see two names and one of them has been strikethrough, the text is ‘place here the names of the repentant couple’). (Next page) &#9829 I15 photos 10x15 cm and 15 respective stickers with HTML codes, variable dimensions 2012
A DIGITAL WORLD
A DIGITAL WORLD GOD God is about how in all the human history we have been searching for an explanation to our forthcoming and our origins. Since millions of years ago men have been looking for a deity to answer all their questions. However, this is still a contemporary problem. We still looking for god. But we never reach him. In this installation there are small projections of all the different gods the human race have had in all its history. But when the spectator wants to get closer to see the image, the projection is gone, and all you have is an absolutely black. The nihilism’s emptiness. God Programming with Processing, Arduino, motion sensor, projector 5 x 5 cm 2013
MOTHER NATURE Our civilization is marked by living a strong industrial development and a consequent ecological crisis. Man has set a clear rule on any element in the world, without respecting any balance. Projects like Memosyne, Falling and Limitless arise from the need to bring the people of this generation to a more natural and respectful world, a reconciliation with nature and our distant past.
MOTHER NATURE
FALLING Falling is a project that seeks occasion to reconcile with nature that created us, the one we are destroying. The drawing follows the structure of withered leaves, which are not dead yet but who will die soon. In them you can feel the life about to leave, the delicacy of what can die with sigh. Falling Paper, cardboard, pen and marker 217 x 115 cm 2010
MOTHER NATURE
LIMITLESS The spiders spin the same two-dimensional drawing again and again. They are looking for something, trying to capture something. Reality begins to dilate. Our perceptual experience is increasing. The structure is expanding, occupying the whole canvas. It is waiting for someone to look it quietly and to be caught into the tension of the lines. Limitless Acrylic on canvas 100 x 162 cm / 105x170cm 2013-2014
FERTILITY I overflowed the feeling of being separated from the womb (nature). My art is how to reestablish the ties that bind me to the universe. Ana Mendieta As a woman, questions about motherhood and pregnancy are sometimes in my mind. Even if we decide not to have children, the body reminds us we are made for that, every month, with blood. The concept of fertility has been one of the main issues in every religion. In fact, a lot of motherhood-related names are used in the Catholic Church. In projects like Claustro materno and Blood sisters, I make questions to myself and to the spectator, questions that are not going to be solved. Questions related with our nature.
FERTILITY CLAUSTRO MATERNO In Spanish we use the words ‘claustro materno’ to make a reference to the maternal womb. There is a paradox because of the religious connotations of the word ‘claustro’ which means ‘cloister’. The image of the cloister is chosen because of its symbolic value as a place where historically women who could not have children remained, being also the place where fertile women reject their reproductive condition. The shapes of these places create compositional rhythms which are also associated with the menstrual cycle itself. Also as a reference to the fertile condition of women, the paingins are made with a red palette based in a sample book made with my own menstrual blood. Claustro materno Oil on canvas 21 x 27 cm each 2015
FERTILITY
Limitless
Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 162 cm 105x170cm, 2013-2014
FERTILITY BLOOD SISTERS Who was she? Who is she? How was my life with her? How was her life with me? Why did she do that? What is that? Is the answer going to the mystics? Is Jesus the answer? Why can’t I feel Jesus? Why can she? Blood. We have the same blood. I am a woman. She is as well. We bleed because we are made to have children. Am I going to have children? Why does she refuse being a mother? Mother sister. Nuns are called Sisters. Important nuns are calle Mothers. Isn’t it ironic? Passing this work is like passing someone screaming without words. As its title, Blood sisters, the tents appear as a couple. Who is who ?, one pure white reflecting on family life and religious origin while the other one is bleeding and screaming in silence. I invite the spectator to enter something that feels like a private zone and reveals something that one should not speak about. Blood sisters Fabric, acrylic, dia projector, 80 private dias Variable dimensions 2015
FERTILITY POSTCARDS As in Blood Sisters boundaries between religious and common life are mixed, in these postcards both sides of daily life overlap each other. I printed a photography inside a convent and common photos my family sent me on the mobile phone in the other side of the paper. There is a transparence, you can see each one, but they are in different sides, the communication between both is impossible. Postcards (Blood Sisters part 2) Printed postcards 10 x 15 cm 2015
HIDE AND SEEK Hide and Seek is a pictorial project that suggests domestic interiors, inviting the viewer to complete the rest of the stay with his mind. This spatial suggestion is possible by showing a fragment of the place (the floor) and by the projection of a shadow which shows the trace of something that is outside the field, creating a never ending game of showing and hiding. By using the tile there is an emphasize of the domestic condition, showing, at the same time, a deep connotation of cleaning, by showing an element that could be dirty but has been cleaned. More than a open window into a narrative fiction, Hide and Seek is a calls of the curiosity of the viewer, who after observing the complex modular design, goes closer to see how it is painted, inviting him to not to see what happens in this fragment of the place. Open stories extend beyond the image itself.
FERTILITY The different series of Hide and Seek show us a fragment of a stay that tells us and hide us information at the same time. The viewer is involved into that game in which curiosity, search and hideout are constant. This project emerges as a rereading of Dutch 17th century painting, which despite seeming to show a narrative scene, something happens indoors, there something that goes beyond. Painting is not a representation anymore and becomes a presence, where the ultimate meaning is hidden in what Wölffin called “the attraction of hidden things”
Hide and Seek series Acrylic on paper 24 x 19 cm each 2016
FERTILITY
Thresholds shows a doorframe invites to observe what is not happening. It introduces the viewer in a bright vacuum in which, after all, there is nothing, just an unfinished painting. The ordinary tile as the main compositional element contributes in the same way to that intention of non-narrative, showing the ornamental, the decorative, as trivial, the empty, the superfluous, the complacent and devoid of meaning. Thresholds (Hide and Seek series) 41 x 33 cm each Oil on canvas 2016