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Trágame nube is conceived as an art installation in which two twin films are projected on the two sides of a screen, inviting the viewer into a circular experience of the space of projection. The single point of view has been deconstructed, implicating the body into a complex, dialectical cinematic space. The film is inspired in José Val del Omar’s ideas on cinema and perception. Val del Omar is probably the most important Spanish experimental filmmakers of the 20th century. Shot with Bruno Delgado Ramo, the two films have an exact complementary structure divided into three parts. The first one is a play tag with Delgado Ramo at the Alhambra palace in Granada, where Val del Omar shot some of his first emblematic films. The second and central part is devoted to activating in playful ways Val del Omar’s original documents, held at the library of Reina Sofia Museum. The film apparatus is presented on the third part as sculpture and performance in a loose association with Val del Omar's studio PLAT (Picture-Luminous-Audio-Tactile).

Esperanza Collado creates performances and installations that weave together film ideas and sculptural elements, activity she combines with creative writing and lecturing. Her work often explores intersections between art and theory. She has published “Things Said Once” (CA2M, 2024), “Paracinema. La desmaterialización del cine en las prácticas artísticas” (Trama editorial, 2012) and “Cerca de aquí” (Centro Guerrero, 2019). She has carried out postdoctoral scholarships at Anthology Film Archives (2009-2010) and Taiwan Fellowship (2020) with research projects around expanded cinema. She co-founded the record label LEVE (León) and the Experimental Film Club (Dublin). She has presented work in art centers, museums and film contexts around the world such as Museum of the Moving Image, Microscope Gallery, CCCB, Matadero Madrid, Image Forum, Taiwan Film Institute, Luis Adelantado, The Film-Makers Coop, Hangar, MNCARS, Tate Modern, Anthology Film Archives, MUSAC, Art Cinema OFFoff, Havana Biennial, Scratch Expanded, Images Festival, EMAF, Close Up Cinema, etc. She lectures at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cuenca (UCLM) and MasterLAV (Madrid).