Regina de Miguel
Nekya. Una película río | Nekya. A film river, 2022

Regina de Miguel

Nekya. A film river

Single-channel video, color, sound
74 min
Commissioned by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary

There is no longer a spectacle to contemplate from the safety of a (magical) circle; now, the natural and the supernatural converge in a non-place, an atmosphere, an atmosphere in which the characters are immersed,  a sinister ether of unknown dimensions. The center of the circle is now everywhere, and its circumference is  nowhere. 
Eugene Thacker, In the Dust of This Planet

Regina de Miguel's film, commissioned by TBA21, takes a historical, critical, and poetic look at Riotinto, a region located in the province of Huelva, Spain. This territory, absolutely unique from a geological and biological point of view, an analog of Mars on our planet, contains a millenary chain of colonization and exploitation, as well as a highly singular paradigm that questions us about the beginning of life in the Universe.  Based on archaeological vestiges and a review of Tartessian mythologies, the story begins with the cults of the underworld goddesses, such as Hecate and Persephone.
 

CURRENTLY ON VIEW:

Group show: Clear, Lucid, and Awake - Spanish Artists from the TBA21 Collection

Curator:  Chus Martínez

Venue: Exhibition at Art Sonje Center, Seoul

Date: May 9 – July 20, 2025

PAST EXHIBITIONS:

Group show: Remedios

Curator: Daniela Zyman

Venue: C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba
Date: April 14, 2023 -  March 30,  2024