An exhibition co-curated and designed by Gallen, running from February to June 2016
MUSAC, Contemporary Art Museum of Castille and Leon
Girls! Why did you decide to start a band? was a multi-channel audiovisual installation designed by Elena Gallen and co-curated by her and the editorial team of Lados Magazine, whom initiated the project earlier that year to then then partner up with Gallen to work on a long-term exhibition within MUSAC’s Espacio Vitrinas.
Intertwining interview segments by music artists Fee Reega, Lorena Álvarez, Ainara LeGardón, LCC and PL Girls and graphism, the collective puzzle of women’s voices questioned gender equality within cultural industries. The show was held along parallel activities and a publication.
A narrative constructed by the randomness of encounters, places and bodies, meeting with utopia and hope in suspended moments.
︎ New York Times Style Magazine
︎ More about ‘Sharing Paths’ exhibition
︎ New York Times Style Magazine
︎ More about ‘Sharing Paths’ exhibition
Sharing Paths
Ruben BrulatInspired by Brulat’s research on the fragility of the human body in contrast with the primal forces of nature, I accepted his proposal of editing and designing his photobook for his famous series ‘Paths’ which documents the french artists’ journey from Paris to Paris, across Europe and Asia by land only, through Iraq, Iran, on-to Afghanistan, Tibet until Indonesia, Japan and Mongolia. I also curated his photographic exhibition and book launch for this project at Galeria Espacio Valverde in Madrid, soon after the book was presented at Urban Spree Galerie in Berlin. Exhibition was supported by Societé Perrier.
Major arcana tarot deck
concept and design
as part of the branding for
La Terraza Magnética.
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concept and design
as part of the branding for
La Terraza Magnética.
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La Casa Encendida
La Terraza MagnéticaMadrid’s avantgarde cultural center La Casa Encendida commissioned me for the branding of their film screening and concerts programme—where cutting-edge combo of experimentation, electronics, atmosphere and ritual radiated in confluence with cult movies about witchcraft, sects and aspirations of access to other realms. As part of the signage we designed a major arcana tarot deck, after obessing with the psychoanalytic study of tarot for over a year. In collaboration with Silvia Bianchi in 2016.
Gallen designed unique silk
scarves Woman in purple
and Glory Hole in 2008.
scarves Woman in purple
and Glory Hole in 2008.
Gallen x Cassiopeia
Barcelona-London-MoscowPursuing a multidimensional fusion between creative techniques and endevoirs after years working in high street fashion, Russian London-based print designer Irina Kikina invited me to design two unique piece silk scarves for her project Cassiopeia, inspired by Eastern European culture, arts, and produced ethically in London, Riga and Manchester.