« Ojo Rojo » is a journey through the making of an artwork which serves as the backdrop for a conversation between two protagonists discussing their persona! connections to the horizon. The video may be considered a kind of road movie, traveling from the roads of the Spanish Basque Country to the coast of Cantabria.

lt portrays scenes of motion and conception, depicting the processes of creating a sculpture soon to be barn. This sculpture is conceived to produce mirages, acting as a horizon target on this journey. lt moves different kinds of reflective surfaces in a looping motion, superimposing these abjects onto the landscapes it encounters as they reflect it back. The work seeks to explore the co-existence of cyclical rituals of grounding and emancipation, suggesting a subtle interplay between the two.

Thomas Pellerey Grogan (b. 1991) is a French-British artist and researcher based in London. He holds an MA from the Royal College of Art (2016) and a BA from the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (2014).

Grogan’s multidisciplinary practice examines the relationship between sensory perception and belonging. By focusing on the residual traces of movement, he explores how certain cues ground human experience within both tangible and intangible places.

Working primarily with sculpture and video, he constructs speculative narratives that examine how technology is transforming our relationship to our surroundings, which materialise as new rituals and artefacts.

His work has been exhibited at institutions including SPACE llford (UK), La Becque (CH), FACT Liverpool (UK), Le Commun (CH), the Southbank Centre (UK), Baltan Laboratories (NL), and the Onassis Cultural Centre (GR).