Concerned about the future of the planet, Spanish artist Dionisio González imagines possible responses to global challenges. His carefully executed digital photomontages present futuristic architecture designed to protect people from climate-related natural disasters. Although some of these surreal structures look as if they have emerged after catastrophe, they can also serve as inspiration for sustainable projects. We invite you on a journey into Dionisio González’s dreamlike world.
The Futuristic Architectural World of Dionisio González, Where Beauty and Chaos Coexist
The Yusto/Giner Gallery of contemporary art in Malaga, Spain, presented the conceptual artist’s work. “Arquitectura de Resistencia,” or “Architecture of Resistance,” was his first solo exhibition there and included two projects of digitally manipulated surreal images: “Dauphin Island” and “Interactions.” Both show imagined landscapes integrated into urban development plans. His surreal world includes robust structures exposed to extreme weather.
The surreal world of Dionisio González welcomes you
González works deliberately with emotions such as tension and exhilaration, allowing recurring impressions of chaos and resistance to appear across very different scenarios. His concern for social issues drives a constant search for places where physical beauty and chaos coexist.
An art project for environmental awareness
Dionisio González imagines futuristic architecture as a form of protection against disaster. “Dauphin Island” is set in the Gulf of Mexico, a place repeatedly exposed to devastating cyclones. Impressed and motivated by the resilience of people who rebuild again and again after nature destroys what they have made, González designed sustainable, habitable structures. In this breathtaking landscape, a futuristic “fortress” rises from the water between the islands. Concrete and iron replace unstable wood, and González’s residential structures appear in an impressive variety of forms.
“Dauphin Island”: futuristic, ecological architecture
González said he gave habitable structures new form in perceptual voids left by devastation.
Robust construction for disaster prevention
Futuristic fortress of concrete and iron
Architecture of resistance
Photo collection “Interactions”
The second image collection is called “Interactions” and represents the dynamic relationship between people and the environment. The black-and-white photographs describe structures that merge with their surroundings and promote the sustainable use of natural resources.
Surreal residential structure
The houses and the environment form a single body
Utopian home
Futuristic building on stilts
Large-scale structures
In 2011, González’s image series explored urban favelas with futuristic and abstract houses. His focus is architecture and the perception of social asymmetries.
Dionisio González explores urban spaces
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Utopian spaces
Yusto/Giner Photo Gallery
Graciela Giner video
Yolande A. Bow
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Taus Kishiev
Anna Lohan
