"Spectacular (Espectacular)" by Pau Albà
"Best Music Video"
‘The spectacle is not a collection of images; rather, it is a social relationship between people that is mediated by images.’
Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle.
The technical reproduction of images inaugurates an era in which the available views of the world and of history become a spectacle to be contemplated from distant places and times. The tour of France, an iconic competition of cycling, is one of the most popular sporting events ever. Tanoca’s music video recreates the spectacularity of the 1953 tour of France by making an animated piece that combines footage of the event with the song ‘Espectacular’ by Joan Colomo (Disc Trist, B-Core disc, 2021), creating a piece that brings cyclists to an abstracted France. The music video has been created by using artisanal techniques, such as photocopying, painting, watercoloring, cutting, scanning and digitally editing stills.