SOBREMESA
ART EXHIBITION/ PERFORMANCE Ghent, Belgium 2024
In Spain, sobre-mesa (over/above-table), refers to the space of time that exists after a meal. When we finish eating, we leave for a little bit of time the leftovers at the table. Those leftovers are the remaining materiality of a performance, of a precise here and now. In trying to archive that time after a meal we found in the leftovers the remains of the ephemeral, the thread in which we could fiercely hang on to persist onto the essence of that moment. That’s what this fanzine (composed by Sara Iraburu’s illustrations and Helena Martínez’s poems) tries to capture. The remains of the performance become the core of our archive.
“My friend Ría always tells me: “for me love is like sharing an orange”. In a way with sobremesa what we are trying to do is precisely share an orange and eat it together. We’re trying to go to the minimum expression of these after-eating rituals, to bring them to the body and to explore them visually and poetically. We’re trying to invite you over to eat, to care, to crave, to read, to get your dirty hands, to speak up, to feel, to finish the crumbles and then… to allow your hands to rest on the same tablecloth than ours, where our peeled oranges rest. We really hope you find it comfortable here. We really hope you find your place at the table.” - Helena Martínez
In Spain, sobre-mesa (over/above-table), refers to the space of time that exists after a meal. When we finish eating, we leave for a little bit of time the leftovers at the table. Those leftovers are the remaining materiality of a performance, of a precise here and now. In trying to archive that time after a meal we found in the leftovers the remains of the ephemeral, the thread in which we could fiercely hang on to persist onto the essence of that moment. That’s what this fanzine (composed by Sara Iraburu’s illustrations and Helena Martínez’s poems) tries to capture. The remains of the performance become the core of our archive.
“My friend Ría always tells me: “for me love is like sharing an orange”. In a way with sobremesa what we are trying to do is precisely share an orange and eat it together. We’re trying to go to the minimum expression of these after-eating rituals, to bring them to the body and to explore them visually and poetically. We’re trying to invite you over to eat, to care, to crave, to read, to get your dirty hands, to speak up, to feel, to finish the crumbles and then… to allow your hands to rest on the same tablecloth than ours, where our peeled oranges rest. We really hope you find it comfortable here. We really hope you find your place at the table.” - Helena Martínez
AZULES
PERMANENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Madrid, Spain 2022
Madrid, Spain 2022
The project began as a photographic essay, while photographing the cleaning service in the residence, she realized that they are not talked to, they are not asked, they are not taken into account. “The purpose of the exhibition is to create a conversation between residents and housekeeping.”
Sara demonstrates the affection she has gained with the protagonists of her photographic report, “they work like lionesses, they give their all, they are a sweetheart, they take great care of us and I have the feeling that the residents are not very aware of it.”
“"Blues" is a photographic exhibition that I made as my final degree project. The exhibition talks about how to photograph something invisible, that we do not see. The exhibition is a tribute to the cleaning service that took such care of me and helped me during my stay. This exhibition is permanent and is located in the Erasmo residence, located on the campus of the UAM, (Autonomous University of Madrid).”
- Sara Iraburu
MONOCROMO
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONPamplona/Iruña, Spain · 2018
I was 17 when I put together Monocromo, my first photography exhibition. I chose to strip everything down to black and white—light, shadow, silence. I filled three walls with three themes: people, animals, and spaces. Each photo was my way of observing without interrupting. Just looking. Just being there.
With no colour to distract, I tried to let the quiet details speak: a hand, a dog’s stare, a forgotten corner of a room. Nothing spectacular. But to me, it all felt full of meaning.
I showed the work in May 2019, in the old bus station of Pamplona. A space that, like the photos, carried a kind of echo. A feeling of things passing, of waiting, of having been.
Monocromo was my way of pausing time. A way of saying that even the smallest moments are worth paying attention to. That sometimes, if we look closely, we find something lasting in the simplest of frames.
Wedding invitation
Table Designs
Coming back home
Navarra International Film Festival
El fin de la eterna primavera
Morir en California
Ava’s Claddagh Ring
Family calendar
Cercanías
Gato Martín
Film nº1
Flyer Design
El Bizcocho
Vinyl Cover
Amor líquido
KOS ceramics
A nadie como yo
Yoga
Five on a treasure Island
Uroboros