What Are the Trucks of PhotoESPAÑA and Truck Art Project Like?
Discover the artists and works added to the Collection
Tanit Plana, Ana Palacios, Manuela Lorente, and Bubi Canal are the photographers whose works will travel on Palibex trucks through Madrid, Santander, Valladolid, and Zaragoza, as part of the collaboration between Truck Art Project and PHotoESPAÑA.
Thanks to this initiative, four trucks from the urgent transport network have become traveling galleries, covering commercial routes in four cities where this festival has a prominent presence.
The artists are emerging talents who tell stories through documentary photography and research projects that capture everyday life, explore fantasy worlds, or highlight social issues such as social exclusion and migration.
ZARAGOZA TRUCK
The artwork displayed on the Zaragoza truck is by Tanit Plana, a Catalan artist specialized in photographic research projects.
The Catalan photographer is a founding member of the NoPhoto collective and also helped create PingPong Therap, an initiative aimed at helping children develop critical thinking about images.
CANTABRIA TRUCK
Behind the artwork displayed on the Cantabria truck is Bubi Canal, a Santander-born artist who now lives in New York and works with photography, video art, and sculpture. His works have been exhibited in galleries worldwide, such as the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati and the Munch Gallery in New York.
In the ‘Horizon’ project, Bubi’s images invite us to dream and explore the unknown, with characters that seem to come from other worlds full of playfulness and spontaneity, blending the real with the fantastic.
She studied Fine Arts in Bilbao and later in Madrid before moving to New York in 2011. Her works address themes such as identity and personal history in an original and playful way.
VALLADOLID TRUCK
The impressive trailer in Valladolid has been transformed by Ana Palacios, a documentary photographer and journalist from Zaragoza who advocates for art as a powerful tool to achieve social change and improve people’s lives.
In her project “Art in Movement,” the jump symbolizes the liberation of children who have overcome social exclusion in places like Kampala, Uganda, where the artist uses music, dance, circus, graffiti, and photography to help young people from poor neighborhoods create a better future.
After working for more than fifteen years in international cinema, she shifted her focus to social projects. Her works center around Human Rights and animal protection.
MADRID TRUCK
The young Madrid-based artist Manuela Lorente is the creator of the works displayed on the truck traveling through the Spanish capital. Through documentary photography, she tells stories using eccentricity and mischief as the main threads.
On one side of the truck, titled “He Plays the Music, We Dance”, she tells the story of two delinquent brothers who dream of becoming mobsters. After receiving a tip-off, they travel to Galicia in search of a great fortune.
On the other side, titled “And Who Kills This Rat?”, we encounter the story of four mattress workers who are tasked with demolishing the stadium of their beloved Atleti, where they will find something completely unexpected in its ruins.
A graduate in Architecture with a Master’s in International Photography and Project Management, her works explore themes such as local customs, popular culture, personal relationships, tradition, and the identity of Madrid.
Collaboration between Truck Art Project and PHotoESPAÑA
The Truck Art Project collection, which brought together the latest trends in painting, drawing, and urban art in Spain, has embarked on a new journey as a result of its collaboration with PHotoESPAÑA, one of the leading photography and visual arts festivals in the world.
Founded in 1998, PHotoESPAÑA showcases the work of top national and international photographers and visual artists. It also highlights the work of galleries, serves as a space for reflection, a professional meeting point, and a platform for young creators to reach new audiences.
In its 26-year history, nearly 16 million people have visited the festival, which has organized over 1,800 exhibitions featuring more than 4,000 authors. Although its heart lies in Madrid, PHotoESPAÑA is also present in other cities such as Segovia, Alcalá de Henares, Almería, Cartagena, and Mexico City, where, thanks to the festival, photography has become a part of everyday life for its residents.
This collaboration, framed within the theme of PHotoESPAÑA’s 2024 edition “Perpetuum Mobile,” focuses on emerging creation, offers new audiences access to photography, and decentralizes the festival, making it accessible in various locations across Spain.
