HIT AND SUNK
Year 2024
LIMITED EDITIONS
100 Units 13 x 16 inch
€125 including VAT and shipping*
There are nights when your bed isn't a refuge, but an ocean that drowns you. It's not that you dream of water; it's something much drier and more suffocating. It's that feeling of trying to scream or breathe and realizing there's an invisible but unbreakable barrier between you and the rest of the world.
Sometimes we drown in a glass of water, but other times the shipwreck is much more real. We sink under the weight of decisions we don't make, words we keep silent, or a pace of life that leaves us no room to breathe. The strange thing is that, often, we are the ones who spread the plastic, layer by layer, until the situation becomes unbearable.
Is it fear that suffocates us, or is it our inability to break free from the shell and surface? Perhaps being "sunk" is not the end of the game, but a warning that we need to change our strategy before they tell us the final coordinates.
It's clear Gonza spent a night in deep anguish searching for a way out. As for me, I worked my fingers to the bone to make sure every fold was exactly where I wanted it; now I just hope someone will help me fold it, because there's no way this is going to fit in the closet.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND PUBLISHING COMMITMENT
If you have decided to purchase a unit of Hit and sunk, you've made an excellent choice. You're not investing in just another photograph: i don't sell catalog prints. While a large print shop might produce 100,000 copies of a blank image for any waiting room, I'm limiting this essay to a select few. It's the difference between decorating a wall and imbuing it with an identity shared by only a small group of people.
Why such a small edition?
- Workshop Warranty: Limiting the series allows me to personally certify that every cotton fiber and every drop of ink is exactly where it should be.
- Finitude: Just as an honest conversation can't have a thousand participants at once without getting lost, these pieces are limited in size so that the dialogue between the paper and the viewer remains intimate. We don't want to trivialize ideas that have taken years of study as if they were just a merchandising product.
Display standard
- Paper: I only use the best exhibition photographs papers: Canson Baryta 310 g/m² and similar.
- Authenticity: Each work includes certificate of authenticity signed by hand and a system of double void hologram to ensure the integrity of the copy.
File note: Apart from the 100 limited editions, there are 2 AP and 3 large format museum edition copies (Giclée process).
Printer's Note: I apply standard museum margins (10% on the sides/top and 20% on the bottom). The artwork is signed on the right margin, but if you prefer it signed on the back or without the signature, I can adjust that. What matters is the idea.
Shipping: I'm deliberately overly cautious with the protection; it personally pains me to see a piece arrive damaged. Inside the package, you'll find the artwork wrapped in acid-free tissue paper, a certificate of authenticity, care instructions, cotton gloves, and a few other surprises. I also use recycled wood and cardboard with as little plastic as possible to make the packaging environmentally friendly.
* Shipping included within mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands. For other areas, shipping costs are calculated automatically before payment.