‘Letargo litúrgico’ (‘Liturgical Lethargy’) presents a narrative, poetic and pictorial journey around the emotional states linked to the decrease and loss of, and need for, rest. Lethargy as a characteristic state of hibernation, seen in this case – through wordplay – as a form of liturgy that wouldn’t lead to anaesthesia, but to an accumulation of energy and an increased sensitivity to the subtle shades of light.

The project is made up of two parts. On one hand, serving as the narrative and structural axis, a comic book that forms part of the series La Edad de la Abundancia (The Age of Abundance), which examines the ironies and contradictions of the contemporary world. Through a part comical, part mystical lens, the story addresses thoughts around the states of loss and fall, and it proposes, by means of humour, the possibility that everything we do may after all be pointless.

On the other hand, paintings grow around this narrative skeleton like the sparkling fragments that follow the trajectory of a turbulent meteor. They are fantastic images of a supernatural night, which at times feature animal figures brought down by forces majeures. They represent the opposite of climax, or the zenith of the descent of light, or perhaps a voyage towards what a planet feels when it fades; in them, the ultraviolet hues of the night are emphasised, with its distant lights suspended like lines of unconnected points. They are refuges for the recovery of energy, conserving the sour flavour of an astral jelly sweet, like the distant memory of an inviolate cosmic order.

*The translation of the comics into English and French has been possible thanks to the support of Institut Ramon Llull