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PSJM is a team of creation, theory and management formed by Cynthia Viera (Las Palmas G.C., 1973) and Pablo San José (Mieres, 1969).

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The Hydrogen Island

«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Project illustration.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Project illustration.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Descriptive.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Descriptive.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Descriptive.

«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Video, 1’ 50’’

«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Sculpture, Sintered PA, 35 x 25 x 25 cm.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2010, Sculpture, Sintered PA, 35 x 25 x 25 cm.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2011, hostess with uniform inspired by a character in the novel.
«The Hydrogen Island», Publication of the novel, ©PSJM ©Empatía Ediciones, 2011.
«The Hydrogen Island», Publication of the novel, ©PSJM ©Empatía Ediciones, 2011.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2009-2012, Installation with 90 novels, sculpture and video, Artium, Basque Center-Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria, 2011.
«The Hydrogen Island», 2009-2012, Installation with 90 novels, sculpture and video, SAC, S/C de Tenerife, 2014
«The Hydrogen Island», 2009-2012, Installation with 90 novels, sculpture and video, CCC San Martín - CAAM, Las Palmas GC, 2013
«The Hydrogen Island», 2009-2012, Installation with 90 novels, sculpture and video, CCC San Martín - CAAM, Las Palmas GC, 2013
«The Hydrogen Island», 2009-2012, Installation with 90 novels, sculpture and video, CCC San Martín - CAAM, Las Palmas GC, 2013
«The Hydrogen Island, Utopian-entropic prints», 2012, Gouache and ink on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
«The Hydrogen Island, Utopian-entropic prints», 2012, Gouache and ink on paper, 40 x 30 cm.
The Hydrogen Island is a working progress which has been produced in different media types. The project starts with a work for public space, an utopian and relational monument: a mini power plant with a Canary Island garden, a pond, a rest area and a consumer area. The consumer area is occupied by three booths, in each of which the occupier will be able to carry out an activity that has to do with life-style consumerism. Listen to music in one, consume information in another, or get a UVA suntan in the remaining one. 
Up to now, the work consists of a sculpture produced with a 3D printer, a three-dimensional video with original music (Marco Brosolo), some drawings, inspired on the Japanese stamps, and the actual novel written by PSJM.
The novel follows a tradition started by William Morris and his News from Nowhere in which the art-theorist is committed to an ideal vision of society through the narrative. Moreover, this new launch by Empatía Ediciones, who have published a limited edition of 500 copies, includes aspects from Swedish crime fiction which, in the eyes of PSJM, entail authentic Scandinavian dystopias in which entertainment literature sits quite comfortably with social critique.

LOCATION:
Artium Museum, Vitoria
ARCO ’11, Espacio Líquido Gallery, Madrid
SAC, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
San Martín CCC- CAAM, Las Palmas GC
Aquavit Gallery, Berlin

DATE:
2010-2012