In Interior 9Manuel Calderón revisits self-portraiture and the exploration of space through drawing, this time incorporating movement as a key element. Using rotoscopy, a historical animation technique, he creates a series of 650 small drawings that, when projected in sequence, form a 2-minute video piece.
The animation depicts a character—once again a self-portrait—on an endless journey through schematic spaces reminiscent of a residential building. This sense of relentless movement is reinforced in the installation, where all the drawings are displayed in a grid on the wall, visually mirroring the structure of housing complexes.
With this work, Calderón expands his investigation of inhabiting space, using drawing not only as a representational tool but also as a means to question the relationship between the body and preconstructed environments. The repetitive action of the character, trapped in an ongoing motion, evokes a routine marked by dissatisfaction, adding a temporal dimension to his exploration of space.
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