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‘Alphabets of Destruction’ is an interactive installation about a small cloud that inhabits two virtual territories: the first, ‘the one above,’ is constructed from ghostly 3D archives of industrial environments that have recently been demolished or are in the process of dissapearing; the second, ‘the one below,’ governed by the topographical vision of these places and by a spectral exploration of the identity that characterised these forgotten environments through sound. Through the cloud's journey, ‘Alphabets of Destruction’ invites the viewer to commemorate the industrial and working-class memory of these sites, to rethink our relationship with the physical and digital landscapes of the world, and to embrace the ghosts that construct our identity.

The interactive piece is accompanied by a textile installation (also in progress) made from ‘UV maps’, the documents responsible for giving colours and a specific image to the 3D surfaces of the industrial sites featured in the video game.

The sound for ‘Alphabets of Destruction’ is being created by sound artists Lofácil (@lofacil_world). The development of this project is being made possible thanks to its selection for the LABoratorium 2025 artistic residencies at iMAL Brussels in collaboration with LABoral Centro de Arte and El Palacio 2025 (Municipal Foundation for Culture, Education and Popular University of the City Council of Gijón).

‘Alphabets of Destruction’ stems from a research proposal called ‘The Second Breath. Topologies of a Cloud,’ which will be released in 2026 and has been selected for VEGAP's Secuencias 2025.