Eduardo Balanza

Eduardo Balanza

In Metamorphosis, Eduardo Balanza revisits the history of silk to understand the city as a network of relationships between species, materials, and forms of knowledge. In the case of Murcia—where silk production played a key role in its urban and economic development—the work recovers these genealogies to rethink the territory from an ecological perspective. Beyond an extractive logic, his practice proposes a more complex view in which humans, insects, plants, and technologies have all acted as co-authors of the urban landscape. The piece positions the silkworm as an active agent in the shaping of the city, inviting us to consider the multispecies interdependencies that have informed its history and continue to operate in the present.

Eduardo Balanza is a visual artist trained in audiovisual media in Spain, with studies in documentary filmmaking and screenwriting in Havana, and further training at institutions such as the School of Visual Arts and Parsons in New York. His practice spans film, theatre, and visual arts, developing an interdisciplinary approach that combines installation, video, and sound. He has lived and worked in international contexts including Berlin, Norway, and Central America, where he has also led workshops. He has been awarded research grants such as the Leonardo BBVA Fellowship, through which he developed the electroacoustic instrument B71, and has participated in residencies at spaces such as GlogauAIR and Spriten Kunsthall. His work has been presented at institutions including Kiasma (Finland), La Conservera, and MACBA, and has been featured in international festivals and biennials. He is currently researching sericulture industries and the history of silk in the Levante region, exploring their ecological, social, and cultural implications.

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