FairPlanet Feature
FairPlanet Places A La Luz Under the Spotlight
“In an era of enormous bewilderment, growing fear, and prevalent indifference about the declining state of our planet, our connection to nature, and the role we play in tipping the ecological balance - it is important to shine the spotlight on creative works that can tap into our psyche, rattle our emotions, and spark action.”
We’re delighted to have been featured by FairPlanet – a non-profit journalistic platform and news organisation – whose mission it is to speak up for humanity. They’ve published an article discussing our work.
Yair Oded interviewed Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar (co-founder of A La Luz) about what motivated him and artist David Cass to embark upon this environmental and artistic project. Read the article below.
Banner image © David Cass & Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar | From the project 'El Bosque Encarnado' (2015)
Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar Romero
Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar Romero studied Audiovisual Communication BA (Hons) at the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain. During those years he was awarded an Erasmus grant that allowed him to study Film and Communication at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris. He lived and worked in Lisbon thanks to a Leonardo Da Vinci grant and in London. Gonzaga has also developed his work in the UK, Spain, France, Morocco, India and Malta. He has exhibited in Spain, India and the USA. He is currently the Co-director of A LA LUZ, an arts organisation that focuses on documenting contemporary art with film and photography and disseminating it to a global audience. He also works with ‘Joya: arte + ecología‘, a non-profit arts organisation based at Cortijada Los Gázquez, in the Sierra María-Los Vélez natural park (Almería, Andalucía), where he collaborates with artist and scientists from all over the world. Gonzaga also collaborates in audiovisual projects as director of photography and film editor.
