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

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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.
 

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