The world wants just a little extra Escif. The illusive however extremely productive Spanish artist has been engaged on collection of work and drawings for years now, however one of many threads he has been exploring in current occasions is works in collaboration together with his younger son, Otto. A part of this concept is about uninhibited expression, and in addition an exploration of the rebellious freedom that comes from graffiti and the way that may be utilized in spirit to a baby making artwork. Now Escif has taken. this to a complete new stage with OTOITO at CTAV, Valencia, Spain, the place Escif has curated a present of latest works alongside collaborations with each his son and his father, Ito.
The area between Ito and Oto occupies 70 years, 60 cm and 50 kg of distance. It’s a formless and altering area that gathers an infinity of variables and doable coordinates. It’s a anonymous area by which all phrases match. It’s an summary and multidimensional area. It’s the area of silence by which this challenge takes place.
Ito is my father. Oto is my son. Otoito is an train of search and encounters. Primarily of encounters. Ito finds Oto. Oto finds Ito. I discover the encounter between two positions. Oto paints. Ito attracts. I prepare and observe. I stay attentive. I’m shocked. I let myself be carried away by the unsure. We meet. The three of us, we meet.
The area between Ito and Oto occupies 70 years, 60 cm and 50 kg of distance. Between the kid and the grownup a 3rd language sprouts. It’s not the sum of them. It’s not the subtraction. It’s the mist that enables the kid to be an grownup and the grownup to be a baby. —Escif
