Max de Esteban
Bio
Max de Esteban is an artist who works primarily with photography and video, and is known for his exploration of the human condition under technological regimes. His projects have been exhibited at museums and institutions such as Jeu de Paume in Paris, NRW Forum in Düsseldorf, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Deutsche Technik Museum in Berlin, MACBA in Barcelona, CGAC in Santiago de Compostela, and Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
Max has participated in the Cuenca Biennial (2023), Yokohama Triennale (2020), 13th Cairo Biennial (2019), 13th Havana Biennial (2019), 16th Fotofest Biennial (2016), and Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie Triennial (2014).
His work has been the subject of five monographs: Aesthetics of Extinction (Turner), 20 Red Lights (Virreina/La Fábrica), Proposiciones (La Fábrica), Heads Will Roll (Hatje Cantz), and Elegies of Manumission (Nazraeli Press). His works are held in the collections of institutions such as the Deutsche Technik Museum in Berlin, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, CGAC in Santiago de Compostela, Wifredo Lam Center in Havana, and MACBA in Barcelona.
Max is a Fulbright alumnus and holds a PhD in Economics and Business from Universitat Ramon Llull, an MBA from Stanford University, and an MSc and BSc in Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Statement
AESTHETICS OF EXTINCTION
infrastructures of contemporary capitalism
Aesthetics of Extinction is a long-term art project on the infrastructures of contemporary capitalism. The project surveys key infrastructures that will define the 21st century.
For this project, infrastructures are characterized as the key technologies, systems and physical conditions that enable the circulation of meaning and power.
This expanded definition points to the fact that what infrastructures really do is to frame and enable what is possible. Infrastructures are the determinants of the conditions of possibility; are the enablers of meaning and as such, set the limits of our imaginations.
Additional information
Serie: Las imágenes forman parte del proyecto de largo aliento Estética de la Extinción, que examina las infraestructuras clave del capitalismo contemporáneo. Cada serie fotográfica se vincula conceptualmente con uno de los videos de la muestra, operando como un ensayo visual que amplía la investigación sobre tecnologías, sistemas y condiciones que definen los marcos de posibilidad del siglo XXI. Impresión: Edición limitada. Impresión digital en papel fine art (Hahnemühle). Las obras resultan de la fusión de múltiples elementos visuales —científicos, publicitarios, corporativos e históricos— mediante técnicas digitales, creando imágenes híbridas que tensionan la frontera entre lo documental y lo construido.
