La Super Realidad

Recently, Ricardo Jarama has started the series La Super Realidad. Here, he further explores the robotisation of humans. The style is even more graphic than in the previous series. Several drawings are in black and white, which is new in the artist’s work, and tend towards the Japanese manga and anime style. La Super Realidad is a series of works that examine the unsettling universe of Virtual Reality, with a new dynamic character and in a more defined way. About this, Jarama says: “La Super Realidad emerged from the themes of the previous series Futuro. In a world that is dominated by technology, a certain group within those themes went through a paradigm shift and sought shelter in the world of Virtual Reality. A world that I design through my imagination, with different signs, characters and situations; it is a dynamic universe, in which images and stories intertwine and are still in progress. Within the series Futuro, the image Atrapas Vidas (Life Catchers) is particularly striking. This is the image I refer to when I show that the character is captured, changes their reality and is caught up/immersed in it by means of the menu of the machine/the computer, in the form of glasses, and thus creates a physical and functional connection between two independent systems. This marks the beginning of a new adventure, a new subject matter in an area of technology that is rapidly expanding in society.”