This Saturday, October 4th, Oviedo’s Noche Blanca returns. Now in its thirteenth year in the Asturian city, this event aims to bring new artistic languages and contemporary artistic creation to citizens of all ages, backgrounds, and sensibilities.
The program of activities will once again feature the collaboration of L.E.V. (Laboratorio de Electrónica Visual) through the large-format light and sound performance installation PLEONEXIE, created by artist Maxime Houot and produced by Collectif Coin.
The work is based on a reflection on the concept of pleonexie, a term that refers to the insatiable desire to possess. From there, a visual investigation into excess and its consequences unfolds, both in our personal lives and in our immediate environment, highlighting its impact on consumer society.
The result is an installation composed of eight cranes rising in a space that evokes an uninhabited place. These elements are activated in a precise mechanical ballet, projecting lines of light and organic shapes that construct an immersive experience, both hypnotic and ambivalent, oscillating between the welcoming and the threatening.
Pleonexie represents the latent conflict between humans and nature, inviting us to question how these two spheres are intertwined and what tensions arise from this relationship.
During Oviedo’s Noche Blanca, it will be open to visitors at the Palacio de los Deportes, Gate 1 (C/ Río Caudal S/N) from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., with free admission.
You can check out the full program here.
