A Haystack for my Needle

Eva Perez

Finding a needle in a haystack is tough, but isn’t it tougher to look at your needle and try to find out where the haystack is?

What does it mean to be a citizen of the international web? To be attached to multiple spaces but never truly belonging anywhere. To diversify yourself, to explore diverse topos developing an intangible network of interconnected distant spaces, but never finding refuge. A cosmopolitan needle trying to find its haystack.

A HAYSTACK FOR MY NEEDLE is an analog installation emulating the new-media phantasmagoric illusion, providing distinct realities through different interfaces. Buried among spaces, lines, destinations, routes and boundaries, I found myself trapped between heterotopic familiarities, building my own Polytopia.

This project delves into concepts of belonging and becoming, roots and routes, employing the psychogeographical attributes inherent in the dérive practice in an attempt to deconstruct and reterritorialize daily spaces. In a rhizomatic journey between the cities of Málaga and Berlin, the present project sews paths and relations among both city dynamics. A new Polytopia emerges.

A site-specific intervention surrounding an analog drawing comprised by thirty-three A3 cellulose papers, experienced through the use of a series of artifices provided. Parks, lips, streets, eyebrows, buildings, eyes, water, skin. My city and I.

Eva Perez

Born in the year 2000 and with a background in Fine Arts, I have been playing around and exploring the boundaries of my own body and the spaces constructed around it. I am driven by my insatiable need of quest, penetrating into my deepest self to document hidden worlds, as part of an intense, profound and interminable introspective.

With my automatic graphics I capture the effect my era has had upon me and our societies; the evolution of reason, embodiment and experience. I present my intrinsic multiplicity, faraway worlds far off the physical or tangible; new familiarities.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

Finally based in Málaga, Spain, I hope that my efforts on constructing an artistic network between Málaga-Berlin has expanded to other Spanish and German cities, creating never ceasing community-empowering events.

What is a good design for you?

Clear. Conscious. Emotive. Bold. Effective. Creative.

What was the most challenging experience during your studies?

I had serious health difficulties during my last semester. Being focused and having a clear mind was the most challenging, but with effort and perseverance everything is possible.

Who or what inspires you?

My mum. My friends. My teachers. The love, hope and faith people have in me. It is all the strength I need.

How do you approach a new project?

I ask myself the 5 questions:

1. What is the key word or anchor behind the project?
2. What feeling or sensation do I want to transmit?
3. What is the tone or perspective?
4. What are the (theoretical + practical) references?
5. Why am I doing it? What is the goal or aim?

After this, the project just flows.

What advice would you give to students who just started studying in your programme?

Youtube tutorials will save your life. Get a good computer. Find one key text that resonates with you. Find one key concept that obsesses you. Talk to people. Co-work!

Have you changed during your studies? How?

I have matured. I have so many new skills, attitudes, abilities and thinking processes. Because of the splendid work of my teachers and colleagues, I felt their support and faith in my work, which has helped me developed strong bonds.

Why did you choose to study in your programme?

I wanted to study a Master course in English, so I was in between different European cities. I finally decided Berlin because of its cultural and artistic background, and specially, the music scene.

What are you not going to miss in your studies?

No sleep. Long nights writing the thesis.

How are you going to celebrate your graduation?

Wild party.

Svea Pfitzner