https://elenagallen.com Elena Gallen Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:13:15 +0000 https://elenagallen.com en https://elenagallen.com/works-highlights Mon, 29 May 2023 20:56:18 +0000 Elena Gallen https://elenagallen.com/works-highlights <img width="2364" height="1330" width_o="2364" height_o="1330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ba75e8048a19122b0946cf022eb8b87f2f1ac8613836c4068ac6a1ea2adb5b9/charlotte-taylor-soft-world-sharp-edges-london-design-festival-2025-hero-2.jpg" data-mid="238489727" border="0" alt="Videos on display at Soft worlds, sharp edges exhibition, London Design Festival - Photo by Andy Stagg" data-caption="Videos on display at Soft worlds, sharp edges exhibition, London Design Festival - Photo by Andy Stagg" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ba75e8048a19122b0946cf022eb8b87f2f1ac8613836c4068ac6a1ea2adb5b9/charlotte-taylor-soft-world-sharp-edges-london-design-festival-2025-hero-2.jpg" /> Highlights <img width="1080" height="1442" width_o="1080" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e9c74f80375b95bb8d83b9deb92ede3f53658edc27a4a7e6aaa006f91e2347a/Soft-Worlds--Sharp-Edges-this-week-tiwa_select-brompton_design_district-l_d_f_official-.jpg" data-mid="238467427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e9c74f80375b95bb8d83b9deb92ede3f53658edc27a4a7e6aaa006f91e2347a/Soft-Worlds--Sharp-Edges-this-week-tiwa_select-brompton_design_district-l_d_f_official-.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3780" width_o="3024" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce0c65ab773e2c55b9e67e804602c5d17e35350c8c377b447fc6556393b51160/4.JPG" data-mid="238474351" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce0c65ab773e2c55b9e67e804602c5d17e35350c8c377b447fc6556393b51160/4.JPG" /> <img width="1080" height="1442" width_o="1080" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ade4c5aaf2248fa666159b3720c23dbc05d352d17b409d7d2b02fa5e8a43472b/capuccine-1.jpg" data-mid="238466907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ade4c5aaf2248fa666159b3720c23dbc05d352d17b409d7d2b02fa5e8a43472b/capuccine-1.jpg" /> <img width="2844" height="3557" width_o="2844" height_o="3557" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6ca25cf673b1dd827755bbb4df6ca1852000df1cf8ce9660aefceb746d75f05/IMG_1747.JPG" data-mid="238467717" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6ca25cf673b1dd827755bbb4df6ca1852000df1cf8ce9660aefceb746d75f05/IMG_1747.JPG" /> <img width="1350" height="1718" width_o="1350" height_o="1718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6843a2ee343c4867964f7e4520f0a174ad69dcbbe6b63986d4124f46f4ad1053/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-11-22-a-las-13.38.08.png" data-mid="240971563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6843a2ee343c4867964f7e4520f0a174ad69dcbbe6b63986d4124f46f4ad1053/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-11-22-a-las-13.38.08.png" /> <img width="2792" height="3490" width_o="2792" height_o="3490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4846e19394f6fe54b98832328db6ac95c8e3cf36cbfc83e7bce1c0f7e799ab2a/IMG_1722.JPG" data-mid="238474352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4846e19394f6fe54b98832328db6ac95c8e3cf36cbfc83e7bce1c0f7e799ab2a/IMG_1722.JPG" /> <img width="1080" height="1442" width_o="1080" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e652c4e3d2440c565fafa06298e5b352eab7b49cb036158120faa13c0ab57a76/Soft-Worlds--Sharp-Edges-this-week-tiwa_select-brompton_design_district-l_d_f_official--2.jpg" data-mid="238467433" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e652c4e3d2440c565fafa06298e5b352eab7b49cb036158120faa13c0ab57a76/Soft-Worlds--Sharp-Edges-this-week-tiwa_select-brompton_design_district-l_d_f_official--2.jpg" /> Soft worlds, sharp edges&nbsp;Exhibition, London Design Festival September 17–19, The Lavery as part of A Softer World, curated by Alex Tieghi-Walker for Brompton Design District at London Design Festival.PRESS ︎ Financial Times, dezeen Curated by Studio Charlotte Taylor with over 30 female designers, Soft Worlds, Sharp Edges transformed domestic space from a passive backdrop into a site of agency and subversion. For the exhibition, I developed a five-act filmic cycle—conceived through a script and a series of video pieces—that unfolded in parallel with the room’s shifts in light and spatial arrangement. Anchor objects migrated from the screen into the physical space, blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality. This project expanded my ongoing research on the femme fatale: through five video works, I explored how cinematic language can reframe this archetype beyond its traditional narratives of danger and seduction. In dialogue with Charlotte’s design interventions, film and spatial design operated simultaneously as both stage and actor, re-scripting and choreographing dynamics of desire and control. Original music by Yu Su shaped the atmosphere of the films, helping to articulate a new narrative around the femme fatale. <img width="669" height="843" width_o="669" height_o="843" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed4a518a22b6fe5dc4269384d41f507bdaeb388ff8aa0180c7c70d1db46b1c5e/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-27-a-las-12.39.59.png" data-mid="237531497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/669/i/ed4a518a22b6fe5dc4269384d41f507bdaeb388ff8aa0180c7c70d1db46b1c5e/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-27-a-las-12.39.59.png" /> Gallen’s flash talk at Decididas Summit in Mexico City, 2025. El Diablo es una mujer by Elena Gallen (Book)&nbsp;Title: &nbsp;El Diablo es una mujer Year: &nbsp;2021 Illustrator: Sara Herranz Publisher: Lunwerg Editores, Grupo Planeta Buy online: ︎ Partly film theory, partly cultural analysis essay and memoir, El Diablo es una Mujer&nbsp;restores the cinematic myth of the femme fatale reexamining historical figures like Lilith or Mata-Hari, and films spanning from Hollywood pre-codes to 90s neonoirs, french horrortica to rape-and-revenge. The book rethinks established paradigms about ‘bad women’ on and off screen, prompting discussions around historical narratives and the impact of gender roles in individuals, as well as critically explores a range of profoundly hot topics that include cancellation culture and the biased representation of sapphic characters and storylines in film and literature. From blockbusters to European arthouse, films like Basic Instinct, Promising Your Woman or Under the Skin are reinterpreted as portrays of feminine power and sexuality but also as a product of masculine fantasies and frustrations that rather feed on their fears and insecurities. <img width="2250" height="2906" width_o="2250" height_o="2906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55f5c0649dc054e8102ba2c09327cd1c53a8887c13864918db313d35de4ea90b/cartel1-2025.jpg" data-mid="237531523" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55f5c0649dc054e8102ba2c09327cd1c53a8887c13864918db313d35de4ea90b/cartel1-2025.jpg" /> Les Malignes Film in developmentA mediterranean folk horror drama, set in rural Europe. Screenplay by Elena Gallen Festival and film lab Selections Cinema Pendent de L'Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival Terror Molins Horror Film Festival (winner) CIMA Pitch 2025 Pitch deck and full script upon request. <img width="2936" height="3914" width_o="2936" height_o="3914" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2de6fbb96a8c280a932bb72973949ad87c8f7505f5794dcda06dbe1e0abf91b4/IMG_3629.jpg" data-mid="238489726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2de6fbb96a8c280a932bb72973949ad87c8f7505f5794dcda06dbe1e0abf91b4/IMG_3629.jpg" /> Poems I will never releaseLa Casa EncendidaLa Casa Encendida invited me to offer a tour of the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to Italian artist Chiara Fumai (Rome, 1978 – Bari, 2017) whose occult and satirical body of work resonates and dialogues with my own practice. An exhibition aimed to delve into the body of work of an artist who developed the languages of performance and feminist aesthetics of the 21st century. ︎ Read more <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/926ce2c015b6ec05a482c9a18578229a10628339fdad1b2cc4c5bb56315eebbe/screencap0.jpg" data-mid="239085538" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/926ce2c015b6ec05a482c9a18578229a10628339fdad1b2cc4c5bb56315eebbe/screencap0.jpg" />Genre: short experimental film Running time: 7 min Shot in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, DMZ, Mureung valley Winner of 3위작 prize at the Short Film Competition 2025 of the Korean Cultural Center Gear: I shot this with a Blackmagic Pro 6K with my dad's vintage Canon 28mm f2.8 and edited and colorgraded in Davinci Resolve The knives of hell to lotus flowers&nbsp;(shortfilm) Inspired by a templestay at Samhwa-sa, in the Mureung valley aka “Arcadia” for its influence on eastern ancient poets and scholars, the film unfolds as a cinematic-vow—challenging us to embrace rituals of presence. Opening with a excerpt from the Buddha’s Fire Sermon, highlighting our enslavement to the senses—yet reframing image and sound as tools for contemplation— it guides us through the visual richness of South Korea: from Seoul to Busan, Daegu, DMZ, and the Taebaek mountain range by the Sea of Japan.&nbsp; The knives of hell to lotus flowers encapsulates a duality between daily sufferings represented by the knives, contrasted with the potentiality of rebirth symbolised by the lotus flowers, known for their ability to grow in the mud after extended periods of dormancy. <img width="1669" height="2337" width_o="1669" height_o="2337" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57bfee2af48f02a68eed9be1c07b69b7dc8edded24fb7427c2f6905fa4b4ceae/IMG_6882.jpg" data-mid="245653611" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57bfee2af48f02a68eed9be1c07b69b7dc8edded24fb7427c2f6905fa4b4ceae/IMG_6882.jpg" /> Ode to Phyllis Dietrichson: Meditations on Temptress in Film (video-essay) Inspired by my non-fiction book, El Diablo es una mujer, this film is a speculative exercise in reconstructing the "femme fatale" from a contemporary perspective. What if deadly women were but a consequence of patriarchy? Fragments of films, sounds and voice over interact, ranging from Garbo's silent films or Barbara Stanwyck's 'Baby Face' to post-punk cult classic 'The Hunger', 90s blockbuster 'Basic Instinct' to European’s horrortica, delivering a lucid vision on bad women across the history of cinema.︎ Watch online https://elenagallen.com/Information-3 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:26:41 +0000 Elena Gallen https://elenagallen.com/Information-3 AboutSpanish writer, visual artist, researcher and filmmaker, Gallen&nbsp;graduated in Audiovisual Communication from Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull to then attend film school at The New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Her work has been shown at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair, the European Culture Congress, and Center for Creative Communications in Japan. She has lectured at La Casa Encendida or Fundación Mapfre in Madrid, and more recently, at Decididas summit in Mexico City, alongside voices like playwright Eve Ensler (V), yoga instructor Adriene Mishler and producer Adrienne Becker. <img width="1278" height="851" width_o="1278" height_o="851" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bd9327dbfef319091c24dedf6395722448dc036bd6a3a83a2b6e6280db6dea1/portrait.jpeg" data-mid="172982270" border="0" alt="Gallen in her studio photographed by Suffo Moncloa. " data-caption="Gallen in her studio photographed by Suffo Moncloa. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bd9327dbfef319091c24dedf6395722448dc036bd6a3a83a2b6e6280db6dea1/portrait.jpeg" /> Her debut book El Diablo es una mujer (2021), published by Grupo Planeta, blends film theory and memoir to reclaim the femme fatale myth, and is set for screen adaptation. Gallén’s film scripts—spanning from period folk horror to historical biopic—have earned recognition from L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival, CIMA Pitch, Terror Molins Horror Film Festival, or&nbsp;The Black List,&nbsp;where her spec GARBO scored an 8.&nbsp;Every other moon, she writes essay, poetry, contributing articles and edits independent artists’ books, now under The Arch. Hailed in her early 20s as one of Spain’s high-profile creatives, starting her own fashion–art label in 2007, which she later balanced with comissions as a creative director and manager. Gallen debuted internationally in 2011 with her solo artshow Kyrie Eleison in Aix-en-Provence. Later cross-media works were shown at&nbsp;Longing for Tesla in BWA Wrocław Gallery as part of the European Culture Congress&nbsp;or Contemporary Art Museum of Castille &amp; Leon (MUSAC). She was a judge to ADG Laus Awards and a professor at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED). She then entered cinema as production designer for award-winning Disco Inferno and Goya-nominated Oscuro y Lucientes (Tourmalet Films, RTVE, France Télévisions), both celebrated for their strong aesthetics, before moving into writing and filmmaking.&nbsp; Gallen’s practice examines narratives through screenwriting, design, film, installation and other media. With a distinctive visual language, symbolism and conceptual rigor, she transcends storytelling, conjuring history, personal and cultural memory and engages in dialogues on representation within arts.&nbsp;Rooted in a spectrum of disciplinary artistic fields, her corpus of work has sustained a commitment to contribute to a thought-provoking creative landscape. https://elenagallen.com/Exhibitions Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:30:03 +0000 Elena Gallen https://elenagallen.com/Exhibitions Exhibitions 2025 Soft Worlds, Sharp Edges London Design Week The Lavery London, UK 2014Atelier Des Jeunes, La Fabrica Madrid, SpainAtelier Des Jeunes, La Fresh GalleryMadrid, Spain Longing for Tesla, Design BWA gallery European Culture Congress Wrocław, Poland 2013OffGallery, JustMad Art FairMadrid, Spain 2011Kyrie Eleison (solo)KULTE&nbsp;Aix en Provence, France 2010Estoril FashionArt FestivalEstoril, Portugal 2009Sacred Geometry,Urban OutfittersManchester, UK 2007In An Absolute World, Sala OfflimitsMadrid, Spain Workshops 2012 LIBROS MUTANTES: Perspectivas MutantesLa Casa Encendida Madrid, Spain Talks&nbsp; 2025 DECIDIDAS SUMMIT Flash talk about my book El Diablo es una mujer as part of a summit promoted by Olga Segura, Barbara Arrendondo and Karina Ojeda.&nbsp;Four Seasons, Mexico City 2022 POEMS I WILL NEVER RELEASEGuided visit to Chiara Fumai retrospective exhibition&nbsp;La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2018 MARY SHELLEY screeningby&nbsp;Sunset CinemaCentroCentro, Madrid 2017 VEIN GIRLS Round tableIED Visual Communication, Madrid ArtBook FairsArts Libris, CCCB and ARCOmadridBarcelona and Madrid:ndex Guadalajara Art Book Fair,Guadalajara, Mexico Printed Matters, NY Art Book Fair, MOMA PS1New York City, USASprint (Salone di editoria indipendente e d'artista) Milano, Italy The Center for Creative Communications (CCC) Shizuoka, Japan Libros Mutantes, La Casa EncendidaMadrid, Spain Film curation2025Charlotte Taylor’s&nbsp; Home from Home Noura Residency, 3 days of design, Copenhagen, Denmark Book curation 2025INCADAQUES Photo FestivalCadaqués, Costa BravaCatalunya(with The Arch)Art Curation Girls! Why did you decide to start a band?&nbsp;MUSAC, Museum of Contemporary&nbsp; Art of Castille &amp; Leon, Spain2016 Ruben Brulat, Sharing Paths Espacio Valverde, Madrid, Spain 2013 Co-editor, FUEGO Barcelona, Spain2009-2012Press elDiario.esdezeen&nbsp; VARIETYFinantial TimesEl Comercio&nbsp;Tendencias.tvFucking YoungEL PAÍS LuxperienceVEIN Vanity FairVICE https://elenagallen.com/archive-production-design Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:13:15 +0000 Elena Gallen https://elenagallen.com/archive-production-design Archive of early works <img width="600" height="338" width_o="600" height_o="338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a18bf7bab818a08f659b73f888dec87dd978bb53004a5c4cad3a007c96f036ec/ezgif-5-2bb44c84d8.gif" data-mid="238502827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/a18bf7bab818a08f659b73f888dec87dd978bb53004a5c4cad3a007c96f036ec/ezgif-5-2bb44c84d8.gif" /> The aesthetics of Disco Inferno evoked silent cinema and were reminiscent of Georges Franju’s Les yeux sans visage. DISCO INFERNOFilm production design As production designer of award-winning horror film Disco Inferno (2015) starring actresses Aitana Sanchez-Gijón and Ana Rujas, I was impelled to design a personal fantasy. Hand in hand with the directress, I was in charge of the overall aesthetic as well as on set art direction and set design with mininum crew. I followed a monochromatic palette evoking silent cinema and reminiscent of Georges Franju, conceived opulent, baroque-set design rich in occult symbolism, and drew inspiration from Illuminati balls for both wardrobe and props. Every detail was personally curated in a long pre-production with tight budget, which was a challenge. Written by Oscar-winning Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo &amp; Alice Waddington, the shortfilm toured over 60 international film festivals and was praised for its aesthetic. ︎ View trailer or watch on demand <img width="1280" height="738" width_o="1280" height_o="738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f5cd447a51197d27286d3e5f00fdad27b8c282fa39e901959b560cf70069182/k2.png" data-mid="238501036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f5cd447a51197d27286d3e5f00fdad27b8c282fa39e901959b560cf70069182/k2.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/060bef14dc93d5d8ca331ef6ae5fec1051f72562ee13f15aeffc624ccb2e399b/still_3_3_1920x1080.png" data-mid="238501063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/060bef14dc93d5d8ca331ef6ae5fec1051f72562ee13f15aeffc624ccb2e399b/still_3_3_1920x1080.png" /> <img width="1280" height="738" width_o="1280" height_o="738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53624b05a4aae5addf1ceeba0ac5c759c9fe3a02d60c6ff13d7b60c9c2c904f3/vlcsnap-2018-12-23-16h10m49s862.png" data-mid="238501037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53624b05a4aae5addf1ceeba0ac5c759c9fe3a02d60c6ff13d7b60c9c2c904f3/vlcsnap-2018-12-23-16h10m49s862.png" /> <img width="2938" height="1654" width_o="2938" height_o="1654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f56175563f3b08fb982367032b158db9bde390929ab267c60dca31c5d6ee97b/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.31.41.png" data-mid="238501047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f56175563f3b08fb982367032b158db9bde390929ab267c60dca31c5d6ee97b/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.31.41.png" /> <img width="2940" height="1644" width_o="2940" height_o="1644" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12bc83bdc567bc2f09f84c19ed0d5c749c978e9cbbb5c423b4b9d4e675f0ac1e/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.13.57.png" data-mid="238501053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12bc83bdc567bc2f09f84c19ed0d5c749c978e9cbbb5c423b4b9d4e675f0ac1e/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.13.57.png" /> <img width="2938" height="1650" width_o="2938" height_o="1650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56949d396d43cb65ab18798f86a7e85d75f2bc33904a87948c89a8d9ebca85ca/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.19.29.png" data-mid="238501052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56949d396d43cb65ab18798f86a7e85d75f2bc33904a87948c89a8d9ebca85ca/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.19.29.png" /> <img width="1280" height="738" width_o="1280" height_o="738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad1f1d032283d0cdcc361af2028831cd9cffe61fa4b4b821a3eb06d080d5dd6f/29.png" data-mid="238501038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad1f1d032283d0cdcc361af2028831cd9cffe61fa4b4b821a3eb06d080d5dd6f/29.png" /> <img width="1280" height="738" width_o="1280" height_o="738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce5e9f163253ff11e90410a93a6ddd35c2923a9e40ed73010f1fcf53999f979d/k3.png" data-mid="238501044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce5e9f163253ff11e90410a93a6ddd35c2923a9e40ed73010f1fcf53999f979d/k3.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/060bef14dc93d5d8ca331ef6ae5fec1051f72562ee13f15aeffc624ccb2e399b/still_3_3_1920x1080.png" data-mid="238501063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/060bef14dc93d5d8ca331ef6ae5fec1051f72562ee13f15aeffc624ccb2e399b/still_3_3_1920x1080.png" /> <img width="2940" height="1650" width_o="2940" height_o="1650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f571473c9b756cfd0803645d55a726ebdd00d5d207fbf39c4775c879765a673f/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.17.41.png" data-mid="238529770" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f571473c9b756cfd0803645d55a726ebdd00d5d207fbf39c4775c879765a673f/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.17.41.png" /> <img width="2936" height="1654" width_o="2936" height_o="1654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/005909dc3a2fdd51d7323fbfaa15e5e0a9aa6ed5eee67a2c6c048e9d6c4186c9/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.13.15.png" data-mid="238501042" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/005909dc3a2fdd51d7323fbfaa15e5e0a9aa6ed5eee67a2c6c048e9d6c4186c9/Screenshot-2023-09-14-at-10.13.15.png" /> Styled and designed by Gallen with a refined minimalist aesthetic suiting the contemplative tone of the film. Oscuro y LucientesFilm Production Design Spanish-French creative documentary Oscuro y Lucientes (2018) aka Goya’s Skull, is a detectivesque film with a dose of dark humor that follows whatever happened to painting legend, Francisco de Goya, after his death in the French exile. Produced by Tourmalet Films, Marmitafilms in coproduction with RTVE and France Télévisions. With the help of&nbsp;ICAA Ministerio de Cultura y Comunidad de Madrid. I worked with a minimalist refined approach— elegant and subtly expressive in keeping with the documentary’s contemplative and poised tone. I styled everything with a muted palette and a pop of red, and recreated a crypt in Bordeaux Cemetery after it was vandalized and Goya’s skull stolen, capturing both historical detail and the poignancy of its desecration. I micromanaged indoor and outdoor scenes&nbsp;as we explored hidden corners of cultural heritage—from museum basements to the Salamanca’s library lined with philosophy manuscripts and celestial globes, ancient halls of castles like Castillo de Pedraza or inhabited spaces like &nbsp;nº 57 del Cours de l’Intendance (where Goya died) now&nbsp;L’Instituto Cervantes de Bordeaux. ︎ Watch on filmin.es https://elenagallen.com/archive-otros Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:52:51 +0000 Elena Gallen https://elenagallen.com/archive-otros Curatorial and object design <img width="4992" height="3328" width_o="4992" height_o="3328" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/010a01a55b099d0c38122291d762f9d0d631acd4f872d445a52212d8a9c25860/Vista-de-Chicas_Por-que-decidisteis-montar-un-grupo1-3.jpg" data-mid="237584250" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/010a01a55b099d0c38122291d762f9d0d631acd4f872d445a52212d8a9c25860/Vista-de-Chicas_Por-que-decidisteis-montar-un-grupo1-3.jpg" /> <img width="4992" height="3328" width_o="4992" height_o="3328" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb772f0cd40bb0c9683e565fefd02d8150121b0521bfe6464bb0f82fab347ef3/Vista-de-Chicas_Por-que-decidisteis-montar-un-grupo1-1.jpg" data-mid="237584249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb772f0cd40bb0c9683e565fefd02d8150121b0521bfe6464bb0f82fab347ef3/Vista-de-Chicas_Por-que-decidisteis-montar-un-grupo1-1.jpg" /> <img width="4992" height="3328" width_o="4992" height_o="3328" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9eb717a5acc67d72c860183f1c6daba63f7a4a9ff44064d5af95179b912fb37a/Vista-de-Chicas_Por-que-decidisteis-montar-un-grupo1-2.jpg" data-mid="237584251" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9eb717a5acc67d72c860183f1c6daba63f7a4a9ff44064d5af95179b912fb37a/Vista-de-Chicas_Por-que-decidisteis-montar-un-grupo1-2.jpg" /> An exhibition co-curated and designed by Gallen, running from February to June 2016 MUSAC, Contemporary Art Museum of Castille and LeonGirls! Why did you decide to start a band? &nbsp;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. &nbsp;The show was held along parallel activities and a publication. <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad2becea45001d77a5d9457511b3af8b8a430f3d1a8fa59d5e18de19c567a479/paths01-1440x1800.jpg" data-mid="238500597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad2becea45001d77a5d9457511b3af8b8a430f3d1a8fa59d5e18de19c567a479/paths01-1440x1800.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f117c141cc0f3495109a2fa4efb220bb64a72fd62d62bfcc5a31e3ebbab55f83/2723d5df3812890ce51d8459d685bfe364d44ee5c39eff8d867002af415189ca.jpg" data-mid="238671130" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f117c141cc0f3495109a2fa4efb220bb64a72fd62d62bfcc5a31e3ebbab55f83/2723d5df3812890ce51d8459d685bfe364d44ee5c39eff8d867002af415189ca.jpg" /> <img width="818" height="1023" width_o="818" height_o="1023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bda95442affc092cd0b6b881ef6f4c2951a64533e1cc8214756a65ded364cdae/paths04.jpg" data-mid="238500596" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/818/i/bda95442affc092cd0b6b881ef6f4c2951a64533e1cc8214756a65ded364cdae/paths04.jpg" /> A narrative constructed by the randomness of encounters, places and bodies, meeting with utopia and hope in suspended moments. &nbsp; ︎ New York Times Style Magazine︎ More about ‘Sharing Paths’ exhibition Sharing PathsRuben Brulat Inspired 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. <img width="1000" height="625" width_o="1000" height_o="625" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/182ada224e545ad29379753617d866e5208ee3bd57cdc2515a8b79dd73c52a83/1.jpeg" data-mid="237584258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/182ada224e545ad29379753617d866e5208ee3bd57cdc2515a8b79dd73c52a83/1.jpeg" /> Major arcana tarot deck concept and design as part of the branding for La Terraza Magnética.&nbsp;︎ lacasaencendida.com La Casa EncendidaLa 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. <img width="1680" height="989" width_o="1680" height_o="989" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5ee84f4feeddadf4ce0365424492da1afe4f1efe956e7f00844b2b22251b9bc/ca.jpg" data-mid="238499650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5ee84f4feeddadf4ce0365424492da1afe4f1efe956e7f00844b2b22251b9bc/ca.jpg" /> <img width="1680" height="989" width_o="1680" height_o="989" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62db0ea00679efb111b4e57d0d4589a15a3553507e52881f38cbedcd69191189/ca3.jpg" data-mid="238499649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62db0ea00679efb111b4e57d0d4589a15a3553507e52881f38cbedcd69191189/ca3.jpg" /> <img width="564" height="717" width_o="564" height_o="717" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffb6b4b87155277546288c016d4543af5a59e903ed4849f442a7fabf75c87c2c/388509cae387c9e3420de78076dd62f1.jpg" data-mid="238499853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/564/i/ffb6b4b87155277546288c016d4543af5a59e903ed4849f442a7fabf75c87c2c/388509cae387c9e3420de78076dd62f1.jpg" /> Gallen designed unique silkscarves Woman in purple&nbsp; and Glory Hole in 2008. Gallen x CassiopeiaBarcelona-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. https://elenagallen.com/Showreel Mon, 29 May 2023 20:51:59 +0000 Elena Gallen https://elenagallen.com/Showreel Showreel Follow me on Vimeo