Geometria del Esplendor Filming Locations
Where was Geometria del Esplendor filmed? Geometria del Esplendor was filmed in 5 locations across Spain in the following places:
Geometria del Esplendor Filming Locations
Bilbao, an industrial port city in northern Spain, is surrounded by green mountains. It’s the de facto capital of Basque Country, with a skyscraper-filled downtown. It’s famed for the Frank Gehry–designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which sparked revitalization when it opened in 1997. The museum houses prominent modern and contemporary works, but it’s the curvy, titanium-clad building that receives the most attention.
San Sebastián is a resort town on the Bay of Biscay in Spain’s mountainous Basque Country. It’s known for Playa de la Concha and Playa de Ondarreta, beaches framed by a picturesque bayfront promenade, and world-renowned restaurants helmed by innovative chefs. In its cobblestoned old town (Parte Vieja), upscale shops neighbor vibrant pintxo bars pairing local wines with bite-size regional specialties.
Murcia is a university city in southeastern Spain and the capital of a region also named Murcia. Plaza Cardenal Belluga is the city’s architectural showpiece, where the ornate cathedral, with its mash-up of styles from Gothic to baroque, and the colorful 18th-century Palacio Episcopal stand in striking contrast to the modern 1990s Ayuntamiento (city hall) annex by architect Rafael Moneo.
Zaragoza is the capital of northeastern Spain's Aragon region. Overlooking the Ebro River in the city center is baroque Nuestra Señora del Pilar basilica, a famous pilgrimage site with a shrine to the Virgin Mary and multiple domes. Mudéjar-style landmarks, combining Islamic and Gothic architecture, include the Aljafería, an 11th-century Moorish palace, and the Cathedral of the Savior, begun in the 12th century.
Madrid, Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It’s renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum’s works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The heart of old Hapsburg Madrid is the portico-lined Plaza Mayor, and nearby is the baroque Royal Palace and Armory, displaying historic weaponry.
Geometria del Esplendor (2016)
"In the 80s, one of the most remarkable and little-known achievement of modern music takes place. A student, a designer and a prison officer create Esplendor Geométrico, a Spanish band that will have influence in the international electronic music picture for over three decades". Esplendor Geométrico is an industrial music Spanish band. The group was created in 1980 by Arturo Lanz, Gabriel Riaza and Juan Carlos Sastre, all of them old members of El Aviador Dro y sus Obreros Especializados. They took the name of the band from a Tommaso Marinetti poem:"The geometric splendor of the world's mechanic". In 1980 Riaza, Lanz and Sastre left Aviador Dro to start one of the most innovative, risky and transgressive projects of Spanish music scene. Esplendor Geométrico started the metal age in Spain. Using noise as guideline of their new music adventure, Esplendor Geométrico, destroy the music structure with cacophonous sequences, supercharged upheaval rhythms, abstract spaces and techno tribal percussion. Robotic, circular, hypnotic ryhtms... and above all things, noise. With them the post-industrial tribalism concept was born. Esplendor Geométrico are with out doubt the most international project in the electro-industrial music area and are part of a mythical legacy in Spain and in other countries. 35 years later, Lanz lives in Beijing and Evangelista in Rome. Esplendor Geométrico is still active and influences not only in the industrial music but also in the electronical field, especially in the sound of artist like Autechre and Pan Sonic. Esplendor Geométrico and its visual and music radicalism take part in a crucial moment of the Spanish and worldwide culture (1980-2015), a cross-wise vision of music as a cultural seed. The avant-doc documentary Geometría del Esplendor reflects the existence and creative direct influence cross-wise of the band Esplendor Geométrico. Even though Esplendor Geométrico is not a well known band in Spain, it is the most present Spanish band in the international music picture with over 35 years of grounding. The documentary does not only deal with the music matter, it also deals the cultural and social situation development of a specific time. Created and directed by the filmmaker and video artist José Ramón da Cruz, music, image and content make up a single structure of visual music.