TRASVER

Space sponsored by Òmnium Terres de l’Ebre

TrasVer – which in Spanish means either seeing through or misinterpreting what is seen – is a fusion of architecture and painting. It is based on a pyramid structure of recyclable cardboard boxes. This acts as a support for different aesthetic proposals that plays with spatial perception on each face.

On the front of the structure is a trompe l’oeil that makes it seem as though a sphere is floating in the middle of the patio. On the sides are dreamlike spaces where the visible parts appear to be painted in blue, altering the perception of the space. Finally, on the back of the structure is a distortion created by a material that partially reflects the elements in the patio.

THE AUTHORS

Daniel Vera has a degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad de Zaragoza. As a professional muralist, he has created works and workshops in different locations across Spain and taken up artistic residences abroad. To date he has received several awards: first prize in Urban Art at Binéfar 2020; third prize at Jóvenes Creadores Aragoneses 2021 (Young Creators of Aragon); and other accolades at festivals such as Pinta Malasaña 2022 and Galería Cincuenta 700. Notably, he received a grant from the art promotion initiative A3RTE (Aragón Acelera el Arte).

Valbona Fejza is an architect from North Macedonia. She completed her Master’s in 2018 at the University of Skopje and worked there as an associate professor for a year. She co-designed the Macedonia Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture and was a member of the Future Architecture Platform and the LINA Platform. She is also co-founder of Puzzle, an architectural research collective. Valbona has participated in 15 international workshops and spoken at various conferences.