A site specific video installation for the FICA! independent cinema and visual art festival. The title is borrowed from the Greek philosopher Diogenes who advocated living in accordance with nature and who challenged societal norms by living in a large jar and walking around public spaces in daytime carrying a lit lantern “looking for a man” or “looking for an honest man”.
The inside of a giant wine barrel looks as if somebody has been living and working there. The furniture has decayed. On one wall a small screen, hung there like a clock, shows a video of arrow shaped seeds—locally known as “little clocks”—twisting around slowly, their natural movement once released. On the remains of the table, another video on a computer screen. A hand “unwriting” the sentence “Adonde se fue el tiempo?”, “Where did the time go?”. On the round wall opposite the desk, a poetic video shows a figure in a suit, wandering around in the area surrounding the barrel looking for something, at one point climbing inside the barrel.

FICA! festival, O Castro Art Village (ES), 2025