A more introspective look at ‘dear ida, dear vuelta’

Guided visits to the exhibition ‘dear ida dear vuelta’ by Laura Valdivieso and Raquel Vázquez will be on Thursdays 11, 18, 25 January and 1 February from 17-20h at HYPER HOUSE. The rest of the dates, visits by appointment.

dear ida, dear vuelta is a digital correspondence with open reflections on the territories we inhabit and which inhabit us. It delves into the representation of our environments through a letter that travels from mailbox to mailbox in .blend format. It operates as a digital archive of a series of personal visits to places that arouse our curiosity or environments that we travel through in our daily lives. It forms a digital space in continuous expansion, a strong dialogue between two friends that opens up a possibility of speculative design where bodies, spaces and affections are related.

Correspondence, understood as a vulnerable space of exception, is part of a tradition of subjective writing along with memoirs, diaries and autobiographies. Writing letters or sending postcards are analogue emotional experiences that build intimacy and camaraderie between people; their content informs us about the impressions we gather about ourselves or about our particular view of things.

It always involves at least more than one person. Small fragments of the world seem to be decoded when we write to each other, barely contained on a 10×15 cm sheet of paper. The contemporary world, however, is going through a period of intense techno-scientific transformations and ecological imbalances that often distance us from the slow and reflective rhythms that accompany these processes. This project aims to explore an affective and non-individualistic dimension of creative work with digital tools.

Laura Valdivieso and Raquel Vázquez were the winners of the open call HYPER HOUSE 2023, and the project has been designed specifically for the space. The installation is an immersive sensory experience that aims to recreate the intimate and affective space of correspondence for the viewing of correspondence. It consists of three main elements: the screen support, the soft support and the body itself.

This exhibition is part of The Wrong Biennale 2023/24.