Carlos Casas

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Carlos Casas (Barcelona, 1974) is a Spanish artist whose practice encompasses film, sound and visual arts. Since the beginning of his career, Casas has been extending his explorations in multiple branches, from documentary film conceived for the movie theater to live-editing, through photography and drawing to multimedia installations, transformation of pre-existing environments and record publishing. His works have been exhibited by international institutions such as the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern in London, Fondation Cartier, Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou in Paris, NTU CCA Singapore, HangarBicocca and La Triennale in Milan, CCCB Barcelona, Matadero Madrid, GAM Turin, Bozar and Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels. His films have been screened and awarded at prestigious international festivals such as the Venice Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Since 2022 Carlos Casas has been the programme director of the Fabrica research center in Treviso.

Most Popular Carlos Casas Trailers

Total trailers found: 59

Grotta Trailer (2023)

21 November 2023

In 1907 Herman Hesse spent a few days mediating and fasting in a cave near Monte Verità. During these days he collected the visions and insights that went on to be very influential in his thinking and shaped some of the most important works of his literary career.

Bestiari Trailer (2024)

20 April 2024

Inspired by a medieval text in which speaking animals demand interspecies justice, Bestiari is a hypnagogic environment inhabited by sounds and images of creatures from natural and imagined Catalan landscapes.

Dead Sea Trailer (2005)

22 May 2005

9 minute 360 panorama sunset at sunset, shot on location on the remain ponds of the Aral sea. Sound is a SW signal of Bomdat muslim praying emission.

18000 Worlds Trailer (2023)

21 January 2023

According to the 12th century mystic Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi, the world we live in is only one of the 18,000 that make up the universe.

Krakatoa Trailer (2026)

31 January 2026

A Javanese fisherman experiences the greatest volcanic eruption of all time. Stranded on a deserted island, in search of food and water, he draws closer to the depths of the earth.

Condor Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

A selection of Fieldworks captured in location during 2001-2002 in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina.

Cemetery Trailer (2019)

11 July 2019

After a devastating earthquake, Nga, an old elephant and probably the last of its species, and Sanra, his mahout, are about to embark on a journey to find the mythical elephant’s graveyard.

Zamboanga Trailer (2011)

13 April 2011

Images and sound captured in Zamboanga city Mindanao, Philippines. During sunset. Part of the Azan series & the Philippines fieldworks.

Tundra Trailer (2007)

28 April 2007

A double-screen film captured on location along the coast of the Bering Strait in the Chukotka region of Northeastern Siberia-- At once, a look into the lives of a band of reindeer herders and a stunning, ambient portrait of the tundra.

Afterwords Trailer (2001)

01 September 2001

A man lives alone inside a closed labyrinth like space which seems to reflect his state of mind. The windows open into his subconscious to illuminate the desolate and mysterious spectacle of his solitude as if this were the last day of the world, and he the last man able to testify.

Hunters Since the Beginning of Time Trailer (2008)

22 May 2008

"Along the coast of the Bering Sea a community of whale hunters are struggling to survive keeping alive a millenary tradition.

Gas Trailer (2005)

22 February 2005

Captured in location with Ambient Sound and Radio Frequencies. Shortwave radio signals. KHz Range: 6W

Smoke Trailer (2001)

24 July 2001

Camera Edit, with Ambient Sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals.

Vucca Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

At the tip of Italy’s heel, lies la Vucca de lu puzzu, the gaping “mouth of the well”. Vucca (2016) is the intimate result of the artist’s field recordings inside the cave.

Elephant Journey Trailer (2021)

03 February 2021

Elephant journey_folded series

Tree Trailer (2005)

20 May 2005

A Selection of Fieldworks captured in location during 2005 in Hichigh, one of the highest inhabited villages in Badakhshan Autonomous region in Tajikistan.

Reindeer Trailer (2007)

22 May 2007

Camera Edit, with ambient sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals.

Pool Trailer (2002)

24 May 2002

Camera Edit, with Ambient Sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals.

ROCINHA: Daylight of a Favela Trailer (2004)

17 June 2004

A documentary film about Rocinha, the daylight of brazil´s most notorious and populated favela. A jouney inside the slum through some of its most remarkable inhabitants.

Ox Trailer (2001)

24 November 2001

Captured in location with Ambient Sound. Aditional music Sebastian Escofet.

1812: Napoleon's Song Trailer (2013)

29 October 2013

A visual sound work with live soundtrack in a 6 channel stereophonic sound.

Frozen Coast Trailer (2007)

01 May 2007

Shot on location along the coast of the Bering Sea, Lorino. Chukotka region, Northeastern Siberia, Russian Federation.

Lullaby Trailer (2005)

22 January 2005

A women is singing a Lullaby to a new born child on a cradle.

Light Trailer (2001)

24 May 2001

Camera Edit, with Ambient Sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals.

Choir Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Conceived as a manifesto for the label, Choir is an audiovisual experiment, that takes the shape of an installation and live media event, as well as a limited edition video work.

Istanbul Chorus Trailer (2011)

13 April 2011

Istanbul Chorus is a film composed in 5 parts: image and sound captured in location in five different key positions in Istanbul, capturing the landscape during the 5 different prayer time schedules of the city.

Zeitgeist Torino Trailer (2010)

01 November 2010

A series of Fieldworks developed in Torino, Italy. Fascinated by the city esoteric symbols and presences, the film follows some of these enigmatic places.

1812: Cavalry Trailer (2013)

29 October 2013

A visual sound work with live soundtrack in a 6 channel stereophonic sound.

White Night Trailer (2007)

22 May 2007

Camera Edit, with ambient sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals.

Civilisation Trailer (2001)

22 May 2001

Camera Edit, with Ambient Sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signalsW

Fence Trailer (2001)

24 October 2001

Single channel loop projection documentary fieldwork. Captured in location with ambient sound.

Cemetery [Archive Works] Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Developed as a research for a future film about a cemetery of elephants. The research is based on classic adventure films, Lost World literature adaptations and exotic adventure films from the 30´s, 40´s, 50´s, 60´s, the golden period of adventure in cinema.

Faro Trailer (2016)

30 July 2016

Faro is a portrait of the lighthouse of Leuca (Italy), one of the last lighthouses in the south of the Mediterranean.

Borealis Trailer (2006)

30 September 2006

Shot on location somewhere on the Tundra, Chukotka region, Northeastern Siberia, Russian Federation. N 65˚37.

Stable Trailer (2002)

24 January 2002

Single channel loop projection documentary fieldwork, captured in location with Ambient Sound.

Montjuich Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

A series of Fieldworks developed in Barcelona, an unconventional vision of Montjuich, from its cemetery to the sea.

1812: Waltz Trailer (2013)

29 October 2013

A visual sound work with live soundtrack in a 6 channel stereophonic sound.

Whale Hunt Trailer (2007)

22 May 2007

Shot on location along the coast of the Bering Sea, Lorino. Chukotka region, Northeastern Siberia, Russian Federation.

Glitter Trailer (2003)

22 November 2003

A fieldwork featuring the sun glitter in the only remain waters of the Aral Sea outside the former port town of Moynak, produced by the high density of salt minerals and chemical pollutants in the lake.

Tree Trailer (2001)

24 February 2001

Captured in location with ambient sound.

Solitude at the End of the World Trailer (2006)

06 July 2006

In one of the least-populated regions of the world, three men lead lives in total solitude. Isolated from the world for different reasons, they survive in a suspended time all their own-- In an unforgiving, near-inhospitable environment.

Seal Hunt Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Film part of Siberian Fieldworks.

Alleluia Trailer (2013)

01 August 2013

Video 'reinterpretation' of Ghédalia Tazartès' cacophonous "Alleluia" by Carlos Casas.

Ice Edge Trailer (2007)

01 May 2007

Shot on location along the coast of the Bering Sea, Lorino. Chukotka region, Northeastern Siberia, Russian Federation.

Radar Trailer (2006)

22 September 2006

Camera Edit, with ambient sound and Radio Frequencies. Captured in location. Shortwave radio signals.

END Trilogy Trailer (2008)

06 May 2008

"END is a work dedicated to the planet's most remote locations – a visual requiem for extreme lands, a trip through the most distant peripheries of civilisation, where people and the environment are melded together.

Shipwreck Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Single channel, loop projection, documentary fieldwork. Captured in location with Ambient Sound.

Cairo Chorus Trailer (2010)

13 April 2010

"Filmed in Cairo, in Al-Azhar Park, sunset during Isha'a praying time. The city becomes a Chorus. Dedicated to the people of Cairo.

Bells of Europe Trailer (2011)

06 December 2011

A journey through faith in Europe.

Transhumanic Trailer (2004)

01 August 2004

A herd descends from higher pastures to a lower river at mid afternoon. A day routine of a transhumanic flock in the summer pastures in Atbashi valley, South Kyrgyzstan.

1812: Napoleon leaves Russia Trailer (2013)

29 October 2013

A visual sound work with live soundtrack in a 6 channel stereophonic sound.

Bay of Dead Trailer (2007)

01 May 2007

Shot on location along the coast of the Bering Sea, Lorino. Chukotka region, Northeastern Siberia, Russian Federation.

Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea Trailer (2004)

23 June 2004

A documentary film about the three remaining generations of fishermen in the Aral Sea-- Their everyday struggle to survive in one of the most dire and inhospitable places on the planet.

Melted into the Sun Trailer (2024)

17 April 2024

The work is inspired by the ambiguous figure of Al-Muqannaʿ (“The Veiled One”), a dyer who became a spiritual and political agitator in eighth-century southern Central Asia, while it speculates about the cultural and political echoes of his revolutionary ideas.

Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre Trailer (1986)

24 April 1986

An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

Bardo Trailer (2010)

17 May 2010

"Developed as a research for a future film about a cemetery of elephants. The research is based on classic adventure films, Lost World literature adaptations and exotic adventure films from the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, the golden period of adventure in cinema.

Swan Lake Trailer (2025)

08 November 2025

Composed of footage from Central Asian film archives, Swan Lake addresses the period running from a decade before to a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

1812: War and Peace Studies Trailer (2011)

14 August 2011

1812 is an immersive audiovisual work entirely created and reworked from the classic Russian film War and Peace by Sergey Bondarchuk, from 1967.

Vezdekhod Trailer (2012)

22 June 2012

Image by Carlos Casas. Double screen projection with live soundtrack. Images and sound captured on location.