Images courtesy of nomad © Almudena Cadalso.

 

Socarrado,

Socarrado is an installation that transforms what was once lost into a space of encounter, reflection, and memory. Located within Parque Natural Sabinares del Arlanza–La Yecla, where a devastating wildfire swept through in 2022, Socarrado emerges as a quiet act of poetic resistance in a territory undergoing renewal.

Visual interpretation by Michael Heinrich


Socarrado & Michael Heinrich

Socarrado & Michael Heinrich

video by mike daitch

Conceived as a meditation anchored in the landscape, the installation is shaped by its elements and engages in silent dialogue with them. Crafted as a circular structure approximately 15 meters in diameter, it is built from rescued burned incense junipers. At its center stands a 3-meter-high dome-shaped space inspired by a Lobera — a traditional feature from the Castilian sheep-herding landscape used to protect the most vulnerable members of the flock from predators.

Socarrado draws attention to the invisible and the vulnerable, speaking to both ecological loss and the erosion of truth in the digital age. It embodies a poignant critique of modern disconnection from truth and reality—a time when curated avatars eclipse authentic experience, creating voids easily exploited by digital predators; a time when humans believe they have outgrown their own nature.

By offering a refuge for stillness and reconnection, Socarrado invites visitors to be present, nurture authenticity, and restore their intrinsic bond with the land.

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