Marcelo Encinas radio report:

Last year I had the pleasure of attending Marcelo Encinas photo exhibition entitled "The 4 elements" in the Art Gallery of the Central Hall of Club Atletico Boca Juniors, Maradona's birthplace. The exhibition was visited by numerous and qualified public -thousands of people daily-. It shows an extraordinary level. A deep and fascinating work. Attended the inauguration of Film and Television Producers, News Media, President and other authorities of the Entities who kindly gave the venue, artists and politicians and special guests. The living statues were handed them brochures. After the opening of the speaker and broadcaster Jorge Troiani Ressi Karin, opened the exhibition said the authorities present. They speak renowned photographers and artists commenting on the author and his work. Mr. Marcelo Encinas gave an emotional presentation. After the deserved applause, enjoyed the shows and entertainment. While watching the pictures and took a drink, I attended a live performance. Contract Number acrobatic allegorical to the central motif of the images displayed, fire, earth, air and water-backed movements intertwined with special effects and live musicians. Zeta participated saxophonist of the Mississippi Blues Band and Alexander Kreintzies with marimba, timpani, gong and other percussion elements.

Its high sensitivity and unique photographic vision led him to show us, lest we forget immersed in our daily grind, a world of fascinating beauty. Freeze that moment that might go unnoticed by the continuous flow is observed. Mixing the old techniques with the latest generation. All resulting in greater realism that transports us to the extent that we wish to transmit. Through the contemplation of this work the wake of the four primary elements of nature: fire, earth, air, water. Without which life would be impossible on this planet. No longer a warning against the harmful effects caused by the indiscriminate exploitation of nature. The purpose of the display is a reflection on these key elements, which in ancient deities were represented and concern of philosophers and denatured currently thanks to the greed of the man whose will is the salvation or destruction of the planet.

I Took the opportunity to grant me an interview.

- Marcelo, you're a photographer right?.

- Yes

- He started as a photographer for many years.

- From the age of thirteen I started doing black and white lab. I went through all the counters. Creative, graphic and audiovisual producer, industrial and advertising photographer, photographer, socialero. This stage is artistic.

- How did you become interested in this type of art photography in a very difficult time for art?.

- Not now, but since many years I make art photography. In the lab I've been, as I say from thirteen to make photomontages, compositions, solarized, tone separation and other special effects awards in the few competitions I participated.

- But he also worked in what we call revealed.

- From now. It is the basic work of the laboratory process. - And it comes to photography, art photography has this first course with laboratory work, and then ...

- After scans. Both negative and positive. Sometimes it is appropriate either. Sometimes even mix. Are digitized, scanned. - Scanned, of course.

- And then retouched and balanced in Photoshop.

- Yes

- The works are photographic enlargements 52 size 50 x 75 cm. framed 60 x 85 cm. The photographs are straightforward, made with Nikon equipment, film negative, scanning and enlargement of the same digital laser paper high sensitivity. What is gained with scanning is that the colors come out stronger in this size is very large work. By optical enhancement would be lost. Also deletes all the dots and dashes that can be observed in conventional extensions. It has a purity of more realistic image, moving the viewer that is immersed in the work, getting to play and raise awareness of the public.

- Extraordinary is the sample. This exhibition is called The 4 Elements. Where points exactly, Marcelo?

- The four elements are earth, fire, water, air. Not only is the fire that gives us light and heat, the earth we tread, the air we breathe and the water we drink. It is also the spirit of these Elementals, of which only coined the Gnomes of the Earth whose fundamental interest is in the material: the power and wealth. We have forgotten the value of the internal forces that give us the Salamanders of Fire, feelings and emotions of the Water Undines, creativity and high thoughts that blow the Sylphs of the Air. I hope these relegated to summon spirits of Mother Nature reborn those lost values in our hearts and hope of humanity survive on this earth.

- Well, we are twinned, because I'm constantly talking about La Esperanza.

- And the great values. It takes all of course. They must be balanced to do something. The whole system and everything made by mankind is based on this.

- It means that you aim not only to the material. Rather, it points to the spiritual in all this.

- Sure. It is the representation, the basic spirit of it. The elemental is a condensation of astral light that possesses an almost intellectual nature. It is therefore of real spirits.

- And each of these elements are symbols, then.

- Yes. Actually Water symbolizes emotions such as anger, love. Fire is the inner spirit that gives us the courage, courage, honor, straight out of an old history book.

- As if today there ...

- And the mind is the air, great thoughts, creativity today more than steal the style is to perform it.

- You know, Marcelo, that I have much interest in culture. And every time I see an artist, as in this case you, every time I interviewed an artist, I find this notion. This need for self-creation is not it?.

- Sure, any artist looking for creativity, but ...

- Of course, it is essential. The artist in general. Musician, writer. True. We were talking about inner strength, creativity. And I think we were missing one element.

- The land that is material, power, wealth.

- Note that interesting, you are leaving for the final. This is what is stuck to us, and yet you see it ...

- No gluing. This very attached.

- You're right.

- It is the purpose of this work.

- Because I think so, Marcelo.

- Because people are locked into this system, in this forest gray, and forgets what is basic, which was before and after them. Thereby build absolutely everything we have.

- It's almost what we might call a true philosophical position that you are raising in this exhibition.

- In general, through the contemplation of the work, they all carry a little of what they have forgotten so deep. The subject more deeply hypnotized you have weak awareness of their state.

- Besides, I see through this catalog, this beautiful catalog is who has run the business component, the teacher. Well, he walked in his profession since, as the catalog, Socialero, a photojournalist, industrial and advertising photographer, creative, graphic and audiovisual producer. And have any academic training, is not it?.

- Sure. I took private lessons and performed with over thirty productions photographers and filmmakers, workshops and courses at ATC, Globotec, Transvideo, Fundacion Gutenberg, Buenos Aires Photo Club, Photo Club Argentino, ... I obtained a Higher Diploma in Advertising as a graduate of the Foundation of Higher Studies in Business Sciences.

- He also worked on the most prominent publishers and advertising agencies, right?

- I worked in the newspaper "Argentine Time", published by Florida, Half a Century Editions, published by Die in Publiart advertising agencies and Ricardo de Luca, ...

- Right now what you are doing, Marcelo?

- At this time I direct a production company dedicated to organizing events, videos, movies, television and photography.

- I am struck, he says,"as an independent professional". What's this freelancer?.

- Also called Fre-lance. As a freelance I was hired by many firms: Walt Disney Pictures, Buenos Aires Catering, productores de todos los canales de televisión abierta y de cine y video publicitario, Pimalú, Cámara Argentina del Libro, Alson, Lumicolor, Casa Cuna, Servial, Astilleros Lef y Bitácora, Radio Rivadavia, Editorial Médica Panamericana, editorial Perfil, editorial Primavera, editorial Atlántida, cosmética St. Nazaire, Espamer '81, Dinacom, Yaelit, metalúrgica Dekay, Gran Fraternidad Universal and other companies.

- This curriculum is infinite. It also has teaching performance, right?.

- Right. As a teacher I was Professor at the chairs of Creativity, Graphic Production, Audiovisual Production for 5 years in Foundation Studies in Business Studies and then another 5 years in the Professional Association of Media in the same subjects. He also teaches courses on photography and Audiovisual Media in various institutions.

- And with regard to the publications, because I see books published here. “Summary Graphic Production "...

- Yes. And also some articles in the magazine Photo-Video World, which is a leader in the market.

- And a "First Comprehensive Treaty on Audiovisual Media". It means that their work is integral to the subject, right?.

- Yes

- I'm reading in a news release I received, in addition to this exhibition, integrating the exhibition catalog Boquense Gallery, went through the same exposure elsewhere" The 4 Elements ", right?.

- Yes. He was in the Hall of Honor of the Palais de Correos, was later in Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve in 2000, then returned to the Post Office but in the main gallery entrance. Later he was in the National Communications Commission in the floor of the Board and currently in the Art Gallery of the Central Hall of Club Atletico Boca Juniors.

- And what was the impact of these exposures. Because this is new, this digital photography. At least what I know.

- It is fairly new. Working with a leader for the digitization, the better, which is Digital Color Plus. Greatly enhances. We must not neglect the technological.

- No. Logically.

- It depends on the good use made of technology.

- Here I have, Marcelo, an interesting critique of George Montagnaro.

- Yes. He was director of "Esto", a very good journalist and writer.

- I am struck by what he says. This position with respect to his nature, because they are the four elements, and the complete absence of the human person in the picture, is there any particular reason?.

- He summarized the four elements. Has part of all of them. The deliberate absence of the human element, answered that he is not an Element.

- But the man never appears from what I see, right?

- Because we talk about particular elements in each individual separately. The man is 70% of water contained in air-breathing land led by a spirit of fire. But it is not central. Is after them and disappear before. Elements are the first and last. Are essential. The man did not.

- Yes. But I was struck by the absence of man. That is, are all elements that compose it, but not integration.

- We see continuous integration in all Nature. The man might think that in itself is the Fifth Element, because it is the transmute. The Philosopher's Stone as sought by the alchemists.

- We're going to antiquity through the Middle Ages. Huh?. Very good.

- Is a summary of all these elements. The element that has the power to transform the other four, for Good or Evil Hopefully for good. Contrary to what you hear on the news, that social reality hits us permanently. If those who have the power to make major decisions to change this approach and look a bit inside. To which I, is the imbalance that exists in these four elements, rather than outweigh both the earth element of power and wealth, surely all these social problems would be balanced too. The man can be set and interoperability of the four elements, as can catastrophically break his balance. Before discovering the power of the atom unleashed mutated and the Elements with the pollution of the industrial age. You should now assume the continuity of life on our planet.

- It means that there is a philosophical position, sociological, ecological?.

- From now. All very interesting work is contemplative in nature, but there is one that I took in the waterfront showing all the garbage that floats. Digitally labels covered her not to advertise anything. But it has a rhythm, that work, which is the same rate as elsewhere where there are all leaves of camphor on water.

- A huge difference.

- What is Man and what nature does. That is what must change, that's what has to be aware, because it slips an unprecedented catastrophe.

- It means that there is a green position taken in this.

- From now. I do not deny the technology. Because the technology used well, is help for everything. The issue is when it is misused. Can coexist in a harmonious symbiosis of nature and technology. Depends on the man. Paracelsus said the old notion that the universe is alive. As he saw it, was a direct link between stars and the human body, and medicine should be the art of composing remedies, which were correct from an astrological point of view, to restore the balance between man, the microcosm and the universe that surrounded him. I had the idea that the hierarchy of spirits included forces of the universe devoid of mind-sylph-bodied air, nymphs or mermaids with water bodies, bodies of fire salamanders and gnomes with bodies of land-and they all responded to human manipulations.

- When you work the picture, is it thinking of all these concepts that just gave me?.

- Yes

- There's a creativity as any other artist. With other elements, but ...

- Of course, what happens is that an artist is one that can be expressed through some carrying an experience of spirit. When at least one individual, a person, includes part of that message, awakening in his own spirit experiences similar to those of the author, recalling the feeling was receiving these thrilling, full circle realization that becoming a piece of art. As the spirit has no limits, art can not have them. Therefore it is illogical to confine an artistic expression to a single mode-painting technique, drawing, sculpture, photography, writing, etc.-. An artist should use any or all the techniques necessary to crystallize as deeply as possible the information you want to convey in countless other spirits.

- That's what still seems to me has not gotten the picture ...

- Placed on the market in the same plastic as other techniques?. That happens a bit here in Argentina. In other countries outside North America and Europe, is conceptualized at the same level. Both the sale of books, exhibitions, like the artist itself.

- It means that from the point of view of the opening, Club Boca Juniors and Art Gallery, of course, in the Committee on Culture, are somewhat advanced in this respect. They have seen very clearly, which is on par with other artists. I think that we should give a boost to this that people do not know.

- You have to give a boost to everything that is art. Lift the Spirit. You can not live without it. It's like breathing for the physical body, art for the Spirit.

- Do you work in digital photography for a long time?.

- Since the arrival of computers, Mac and PC, yes.

- It means that a few years ago who is working on this. How leaned this?. Because not all photographers working as digitized, right?.

- No. Because it is something very new and, well, you have to handle it, you have to be over, right?. You have to know in-depth tool to extract all the juice you can get.

- I like very much a part that I read here on Montagnaro criticism that says," Fire, earth, water and air occupied, twenty-six centuries ago, the thought of philosophers who sought the unity of nature in the final and primary substance to which the world could be reduced. Earlier in India, each of these key elements had its deity, and while the cosmology of the Chinese had added to these four elements of wood and metal, with the periodic table of the elements of Mendeleyev complicated the matter. Chemistry, for this had been shot and one day we wake with nuclear fire, with water contaminated with nuclear waste dumps injured by land and one day we woke up breathing smog. I think it is against all that, this show is just for life, clean air, ...

- Exactly. Just who started the nuclear age, Albert Einstein, said that the power unleashed the atom has changed everything except our way of thinking. We need urgent that they have the power to make major decisions, for better or worse, change their way of thinking if humanity is to survive.

- Different art forms serve to show that we do and how we should do.

- Sure, the artist gives a message.

- This I like too much: "This", says Montagnaro,"I have felt Marcelo Encinas when a Tiger Island attempted a synthesis by the archaic and yet hipercontemporánea theme. Is that water and fire are not strange because I was in Tiger's home and saw him surrounded by water and in the company of a redhead with which lit bonfires". What is this?. It's a bit of his biography.

- Yes. I invited him there to the island ...

- A Montagnaro.

- Sure. And saw put fires. I love them. Moreover, once, turning a pruning until the planes were diverted.

- That's good, eh.

- The Tiger is really something untapped naturally. One is in constant contact with that Nature is one of only deltas, apart from the Nile is a wonder of nature ...

- It's a love that place.

- It enjoys. I have the dock on the door, passing a stream ...

- That inspired him to start this topic all the time.

- It's my haven, where I can re-find me.

- Interesting. It is a haven and yet it manages to art photography. He says further: "Out of anecdotes, in the excellence of their images, which tend to the abstract". There are figurative elements, such as this tree.

- It's called "The Tree Spirit", which is an American willow rod that has a kapok tree sprouted back. I took it at six in the morning, where there is a mist that gives that depth, three-dimensionality to be clear that the foreground and the second ghost. It's like what's going to be, that is the image.

- That would be more figurative.

- Yes. They are all figurative works very, very abstract.

- Is contained in the sense of the existence of the figure.

- There are more ways than none. In the fire, particularly, one sees many constantly changing forms. All items are continually changing. I try to portray that moment where that figure. There is, for example, called "Language of the Dragon" where you see the tongue, eyes, mouth, ears. There is another where you see "Dos Caras," which are two huge logs that are incandescent bases. And so, "Salamanders dancers ",... figures are the chosen element.

In sum, the theme chosen by Marcelo Encinas is not trivial, and how he resolved it, either. So yes, it is expected that the human species disappear later, but long after this unique photographic exhibition.