Ricardo Trigo

Installation view “The spark in the flame” 2018
Off-site Show at a private garden, Palafrugell

Blowing out numbers No. 5, 2018
Paraffin and candle wick

Blowing out numbers No. 2, 2018
Paraffin and candle wick

Blowing out numbers No. 1, 2018
Paraffin and candle wick

Piece dressed up as a gift, 2018
12 x 41 x 50 cm

Piece dressed up as a gift, 2018
15 x 31 x 41 cm

Installation view “The spark in the flame” 2018
Off-site Show at a private garden, Palafrugell

Blowing out numbers No. 7, 2018
Paraffin and candle wick

The Spark in the Flame, 2018
Piece dressed up as a gift, candle and high voltage transformer (DC 3v to 400kV) and candle

Installation view “The spark in the flame” 2018
Off-site Show at a private garden, Palafrugell

Blowing out numbers No. 9, 2018
Paraffin and candle wick

Download: The Spark in the Flame (text) [jpg]
Download: Dating Creativity: Euphoria and Disappointment, 2018-... [csv or pdf] (Last update: January 21, 2019)

Installation view “Informational Performance” 2018
Off-site Show at a private garage, Palafrugell

When Animal Impulse Produces Cultural Objects No. 1. (Feedback, 2/2), 2018 + Eraser Work Addition No. 1, 2018
PVC panel bitten by human, Fischer wall plugs bitten by human, cushions, dog food bitten by human
132 x 86 x 21 cm

Untitled, 2018
Dog food bitten by human

When Animal Impulses Produce Cultural Objects No. 1. (Feedback, 1/2), 2018
Dog bed, wall plugs made in China and bitten by dog, Serrano ham fat, plastic chinese soup food container bitten by dog
90 x 60 x 20 cm

Oriented Combustions (Sketch Research No. 2. Feedback, 1/2), 2018
PVC bucket, natural charcoal scrawl on paper, laser photocopy, high voltage transformer (DC 3v to 400kV)
Ø 26 cm x 31 cm

Oriented Combustions (Sketch Research No. 2. Feedback, 2/2), 2018
PVC lid, PVC hose filled with toner, natural charcoal
Ø 26 cm x 7 cm

Oriented Combustions (Sketch Research No. 2. Feedback, 2/2), 2018 + Eraser Work Addition No. 2, 2018
PVC lid, PVC hose filled with toner, natural charcoal
Ø 26 cm x 7 cm

Installation view “Informational Performance” 2018
Off-site Show at a private garage, Palafrugell

Installation view “Informational Performance” 2018 (detail)
Off-site Show at a private garage, Palafrugell
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Installation view "This exhibition was titled Panorama, I know, it's a shitty title" (2017) at La Galeria, Palafrugell
Collection of paintings from Palafrugell Public Library, wooden trestles, bucket lids, dirty paint blanket, bubble wrap, paint, digital printing on acrylic sheet, painter tape and dust
Installation. Variable size

Press release [pdf]

Plexiapp No. 1, Demo, 2017
Two panels of polymethylmethacrylate, printing on paper, wooden trestles and painter tape
180 x 89 cm
Web App

Installation view Bad Weather for Mechanical Habits, Good Weather for Drunks (2016) from group show Crisis? What crisis? at TEA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Curated by Ramón Salas and Beatriz Leucona. All photos by Maria Laura Benavente Sovieri

Serial Deduction No. 2, 2016
Bitten polymethyl methacrylate panel, bitten Fischer wall plugs, industrial screws and wall dust
175 x 95 cm

Handy Rule No. 5, 2016
Polymethyl methacrylate panel, cork stoppers, PVC hoses, bulk wine and wall dust
175 x 95 cm

Preresolution No. 6, 2016
Broken panel of Polymethyl methacrylate, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), wall plugs and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Bad Weather for Mechanical Habits, Good Weather for Drunks, 2016
Bioethanol fireplace, bioethanol, Fireproof ABS filament for 3D printing, cork stopper, 3D-printed screws (cooper), Fischer wall plug, wall dust and artificial snow
77,2 x 45,8 x 21 cm

Oriended Combustions (Mechanical Miracle), 2016
Two polyester panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), Fireproof ABS filament for 3D printing, Laser cutting on plastic, soot and wall dust
180 x 95 cm

Handy Rule No. 6, 2016 (detail)
Two polyester panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), Fireproof ABS filament for 3D printing and wall dust
180 x 95 cm

Serial Deduction No. 3, 2016
Two polyester panels, cork board, artificial snow, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), and wall dust
180 x 95 cm

Bad Weather for Mechanical Habits, Good Weather for Drunks (feedback, 1/2), 2016
Wine barrel, 50 liters of wine and sodium polyacrylate (artificial snow)

Bad Weather for Mechanical Habits, Good Weather for Drunks (feedback, 2/2), 2016
Wood box, 2 liters of wine, 2 cork stoppers, sodium polyacrylate (artificial snow), polymethyl methacrylate, 3D-printed screws (ABS) and wall dust
20 X 10,5 X 34,2 cm

Uncorked, 2016
Natural cork stopper

Uncorked, 2016
Synthetic stopper

Download Drunk Arial [otf files] here
Ricardo Trigo por Ramón Salas [pdf] aquí

Photos by Pep Herrero from Background Immunity (2016) at La Capella, Barcelona

Background Immunity, 2016
HD video, 15 min

Handy Rule No. 4, 2016
Two polymethyl methacrylate panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), soap and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Handy Rule No. 3, 2016
Two polymethyl methacrylate panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), soap and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Preresolution No. 3, 2016
Broken panel of polymethyl methacrylate, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS) and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Preresolution No. 6, 2016 + Eraser Work Addition No. 3, 2018
Broken panel of polymethyl methacrylate, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS) and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Handy Rule No. 2, 2016
Two polyester panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), commercial aspirin, domestically synthesised aspirin and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Handy Rule No. 1, 2016
Two polyester panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), commercial aspirin, domestically synthesised aspirin and wall dust
180 x 100 cm

Oriented Combustions (Bayer in Leverkusen, 1988, and Bayer in Elberfeld, 1881), 2016
Two polyester panels, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), soot and wall dust
170 x 90 cm

Background Immunity, 2016
Pellet stove and 3D copper screws

Download: Conversation between Ricardo Trigo and David Armengol, 2016 [pdf]

Video Still from “Informacionalismo. Formas de colonización del progreso técnico sobre prácticas artísticas” 2017

“Informacionalismo. Formas de colonización del progreso técnico sobre prácticas artísticas. 2010 – 2016”; Performance during the conferences of PROTOTYPES & PLASTICITY, METHODOLOGIES AND TRANSFER PROCESSESS AROUND MATTER (2017). Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona.

Informacionalismo. Formas de colonización del progreso técnico sobre prácticas artísticas. 2010 – 2016 (Phd) (ESP) (pdf)

Destreza y torpeza, X, 2017
Chopsticks and bitten Fischer wall plugs

Exhibition view Destreza y torpeza común (2017) at Cosa, Madrid. Curated by Maria Menchaca and Alejandro Castañeda. All photos by Ignacio Leal

Press release [pdf]
Spam to Spam [pdf]

Serial Deduction No. 4 + (mosquito gif addition No. 3), 2017
Four wooden boxes for transporting commercial wine, 16 bulk wine bottles, natural cork stoppers, synthetic cork stoppers, broken plexiglass panel, 3D printed screws, industrial screws, 3D printing filaments, dried pork intestines, detergent with enzymes and wall dust
140 x 40 x 40 cm

Destreza y torpeza, Y, 2017
T-shirt with wine stains washed with enzymatic detergent

Destreza y torpeza, Z, 2017
Ultrasonic Insect repellent and Ultrasonic mouse repellent
Audio, 3 min

Serial Deduction No. 1 + (mosquito gif addition No. 2), 2016
Polymethyl methacrylate panel, industrial screws, detergent and pork casings
150 x 150 cm

Preresolution No. 5 + (mosquito gif addition No. 1), 2016
Broken panel of Polymethyl methacrylate, industrial screws, 3D-printed screws (ABS), wall plugs and wall dust
150 x 100 cm

Performing Attachments, 2014 - on going
Wall plugs and screws 3D

Exhibition view What’s Up Glitches (2016) at Area 60, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes. Artists: Javi Corzo, Alby Alamo, Ricardo Trigo. Curated by Nestor Delgado. Photos by Teresa Arocena

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