Post-Military Cinema

In a dark corner of a room, there is a projector screen placed on the wall with its image reflected on a glass door on its left side. The screen shows the same image, of ocean waves, with the image layered on top of itself, placed on the top left and right side of the backdrop of the same ocean.

A dark, large room with rough flooring and plain walls, the ceiling has iron beams running across it. The wall in the front has an image of an old film reel style formatted image of something abstract.

On a table, with a table lamp turned on and shining light on a vinyl record player. There is a vinyl record inserted in the player.

In a field full of trees and bushes, there is a cleared oath where a man is standing with his hands outstretched holding a bunch of flowers or fruit.

Transmission Gallery

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz’s work uses specific existing situations and draws out relationships present within them; between people, histories, material conditions, and the non-human environment.

Post-Military Cinema is a moving image project about the ideology embedded in the physical landscape of a decommissioned US Navy Base in the town of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The camera treats the entire base as the cinematic apparatus, looking for all elements in the apparent environment; the source of light, the image produced by the play of light and object, the frame, movement, the audience and the screen.

Supported by Glasgow International, Glasgow Life and Creative Scotland.