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In Spain “La España Vaciada” has become a national conversation and a point of contention in issues ranging from declining infrastructure, environmental catastrophe and the use of natural resources. With the purpose of connecting this
subject to the intricate social fabric that bonds the whole of Spain the artist visited over thirty so-called emptied towns. Starting from Madrid and drawing an approximate 200 km radius around the city, Sanchez-Burr documented
areas that confirmed the rural decline. The presence of serene and beautiful landscapes parallel to the stillness of longstanding and history drenched rural edification leaves a strong impression. The change that will overtake the
countryside is unclear, the artist hopes that memory, history and the fundamental cultural resonance of these regions can exist in the Spanish present and future, without doubt these regions will form a new chapter in the coming
years.
The exhibit is a combination of digital collage, immersive video, sound and mixed media.
Dates January 18th – February 21st 2024
Exhibition Reception Thursday January 18th 4:00pm to 7:30pm
Lake Forest College
Durand Art Institute
Sonnenschein and Albright Galleries
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Associate Professor of Art
Lake Forest College
2009 Masters of Fine Arts University of Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada
Studio Art Concentration in New Media
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia
Concentration in Painting and Printmaking
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Born Madrid, Spain
David began his experimental sound and visual work in Richmond, Virginia while studying at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has exhibited and performed his work widely at museums, art centers, cultural spaces, and many non-traditional venues and locations nationally and internationally. David interweaves pedagogy, curatorial projects, and his own work to examine the social, economic, and cultural implications of technology in the 21st century. He has received grants and awards from The Nevada Arts Council, The Media Arts Project, ISEA, the Art Production Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. David Sanchez Burr has taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Maryland, University College, and New Mexico Highlands University. He is an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Expanded Media at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Artist Statement
Influenced greatly by the seismic shift of migrating to the United States at an early age, my work is guided by the social, political, cultural, and economic dynamics that have evolved since the 1980s. To research the depths by which art can demonstrate the spectacle of our time has been a long term pursuit. Through site specific installations, time-based media and performance, I intentionally seek to create a complex blend of cacophony and harmonics to illustrate the times in which we live.
