Sandro Setola

video , to draw , international , installation , Documentary , Conceptual , sculpting , Audiovisual , Abstract

My work can always be reduced to a fascination for certain natural phenomena or processes: death and growth, expansion and isolation, metamorphosis and crystallization, these are frequently recurring motifs. Architecture is a connecting visual element. She places the associations that the works sometimes evoke with architectural proposals in a twilight zone between wish and reality that raises questions about their function or meaning. On the one hand, these proposals can be seen as a commentary on our everyday and urban environment in that they seem to aim to express feelings of discomfort, spirituality or a lack of ideology or function. In other works architecture undergoes a transformation that thus forms a parallel with a mental process or is a reflection of a state of mind or personality.

Loose Ends #8 - pastel and charcoal on blackboard, 305/150 cm, 2019
Loose Ends #5 - Pastel and charcoal on blackboard, 305/150 cm. 2018
Junction - Still from: “Junction” Year 2019 medium: computer animation, Duration: 30 min. (excerpt via the link) In the film and installation “Junction” interviews with patients and employees of healthcare institutions are linked to animations of a shape-changing geometric structure. The viewer must continue to search for its meaning and the connections with the spoken text. The film as a whole questions the role pattern that everyone takes for granted in a healthcare environment. Made in collaboration with UMC Utrecht. With thanks to CBK Rotterdam, MondriaanFonds, Voordekunst and many others.
Corridor - “Corridor” (interior), 2015, Wood, 3D printed and laser cut objects, lighting system, paint, vinyl, +- 3/3.5/13 mtr. Through a set of doors one sees a long, sterile-looking corridor, dimly lit by ceiling spotlights. Various parts of the corridor are illuminated at intervals and show the further parts of the corridor in a state of increasing deterioration. When you walk around the corner you see the construction that creates this illusion of depth. See the link for a video registration.
Gas Station - Charcoal and pastel on black paper, 2011, 185/85 cm. From the "Big Sleep" series
Guard House - Charcoal and pastel on paper, 2012, 65/35 cm. From the "Big Sleep" series. Private collection, NL
Beachhouse (the early years) - Ceramics, 2009-2014, variable size. Casts of various models made while working on the “Beachhouse” series, sorted by size, show an apparent evolution (or regression) of this structure. In the background are some drawings from the series of the same name.
Beachhouse (night) - Pastel, chalk and charcoal on blackboard, 2008, 300/150 cm. From the "Beachhouse" series. Collection Leiden University, NL
Beachhouse (interior #1) - Charcoal and pastel on gray paper, 280/100 cm. 2008 From the "Beachhouse" series. Kunstsammlung des Kantons Basel-Landschaft
Retreat (I know I can't win) - 3D laser sintered model dimensions. 35/35/60/ cm, perspex, pedestal, single channel video installation with sound duration: 7 min. Click on the link for an excerpt. The 3D model shows a chaotic system of underground corridors and spaces. The video shown in the same or adjacent room shows the interior of this architecture. The virtual camera moves from the bottom of the construction back up in a fast, retreating movement. In between, a few rooms are shown in a slow camera movement. These spaces are disorderly and deserted as if something dramatic has happened. Music for this film was composed by me and performed by opera students from the Codarts music school. (Private Collection/Schunck Collection). Thanks to CBK Rotterdam, Mondriaan Fund and many others. Private Collection, BE Schunck Collection*, Heerlen, NL

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