Mikel Otxoteko. Artist, researcher, and UNIR Master’s professor
Develops artistic research projects at the intersection of experimental anthropology and image-making practices. His PhD Audiovisual Arts and Neo-materialism (UPV/EHU) received international distinction and included an invitation from filmmaker Manuel DeLanda as a visiting researcher at Pratt Institute, New York.
He has developed projects such as Dance & Drill and Algunos cabos sueltos, presented at institutions including Musée d’Art Contemporain Les Abattoirs (Toulouse), Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea (Valencia), and The Rag Factory (London). His film Invierno (2019) screened at festivals including Cinespaña and Zinebi.
His project Aquí hay dragones, shown at San Telmo Museoa and Centro Cultural Montehermoso, was developed through research stays in Newfoundland and Puerto Rico. He is currently working on a new project in the Mojave Desert (California).
This website has received support from the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government.
The cargo ship Nolhan Ava departs weekly from the port of Halifax in Canada for the French archipelago of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, where it unloads the containers holding the goods that satisfy all the needs of the inhabitants of these islands. With curiosity and patience, the camera follows all the phases of the work carried out by the port operators.
Camera 1: Ione Atenea Lameiro
Camera 2: Mikel Otxoteko
Filming: Mikel Otxoteko
Financing: Basque Government and San Telmo Museum in Donostia
In collaboration with the Capitainerie du port de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon; Direction des Territoires de l’Alimentation et de la Mer (DTAM).