Films
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Trailer
Synopsis
Since more than twenty years, the artist Miquel Barceló lives over long periods in Africa. This is where he learned to paint between vermins, before the heat and the wind sign his work. In the very high scarps of Bandiagara, Barceló presents the performance THE DOUBLE STEPS together with the choreograph Josef Nadj.
- Screenplay:
- Isaki Lacuesta, Isa Campo
- Cinematography:
- Diego Dussuel
- Sound:
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz
- Edit:
- Domi Parra
- Music:
- Gerard Gil
- Cast:
- Barceló Miquel, Nadj Josef, Mahe Alain
- Production Company:
- Tusitala Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., Bord Cadre films
Gallery
Director's statement
In The Clay Diaries, I sought to merge art, memory, and landscape by following stories shaped through clay and earth. By blending fiction and documentary, I wanted to show how creation preserves traces of identity and history. The film proposes that clay is both fragile and eternal, like memory itself. Each gesture of molding becomes an act of resistance against oblivion. The work invites viewers to reflect on how art holds the imprints of lives lived, and how storytelling, like clay, is constantly reshaped. The Clay Diaries is about preservation, transformation, and the persistence of memory.