Jorge López Galería presents the first individual project of Álvaro Porras Soriano, after his participation in '[DOSMILVINT-I-U] [DOSMILVINT-I-TRES] = I encounter', an exhibition held at the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), and after the presentation at the Abierto Valencia of the exhibition 'Punk Beginning 2022', in our space.
'The password, our password' begins by raising tensions around expression and connectivity through symbolic elements. It immerses us in the pictorial representation to explore a reflection on the connection and the message, which in some way evokes the iconic. Thus, the project originates from the creation of a series of access codes for messages without description, without speech, without implication...
Pelé sings, on the guitar of Vicente Amigo, a Sevillian who is about a love that separates, and who, by taking distance, elaborates her own code as a withdrawn connection. As a narrative construction, like Pelé, Álvaro's work seeks to nuance a series of formalizations around the connective terms that can occur through a speech that, ultimately, is never pronounced.
The pictorial, in this project, acts as a series of coding processes that refer to several canonical terms of connectivity: the door, the bridge and the portal. Each of these elements offers a unique perspective on the relationship between the viewer and the work, as well as between the elements they represent.
The Door: as an entry and exit point, a threshold that separates the world from its continuity.
In 'The Password, Our Password', the door becomes a symbol of transition and transformation. It can be open or closed, suggesting the idea of opportunity and choice.
The door becomes a visual construction that challenges perceptions of what lies on the other side, inviting the viewer to question what is hidden behind this threshold and how it relates to the world itself.
The Bridge: as a symbol of connection and crossing. The bridge stretches into the distance and appears to have no defined end. Its pillars stand as support points, but the viewer never gets to see its true destiny. Again, rather than offering a clear connection, the bridge becomes an enigma that raises questions about continuity and direction.
The Portal: like a void that projects its exit towards an abyss of knowledge. It is a transition point into the unknown, a hole in reality that challenges our perception of what is possible. The portal, as a pictorial construction, immerses itself in the exploration of dimensions beyond the tangible, inviting the viewer to question the very nature of reality and existence.
'The password, our password' is built on these elements as a kind of pictorial materialization of a process and a desire for communication without a message, a paradox of the process of that which exists without its essential element. A void of discourse, where the communicative act is thus presented as a diminished reality. Each element raises questions about perception, transition and transcendence. Thus, the door opens and closes from the hinge of its equidistance with that which it connects, the bridge does not seem to end in any end beyond those points of the path where its pillars fall, and the portal is itself a void. that projects its exit towards a gnostic abyss.
The password, which seems to be ventured from the title of this exhibition, is something that is not provided at any point in the project.

DOOR
Three doors were saved from the fire and demolition; several no longer lead to where they used to lead.
On another remains an inscription that says: ________ The doors that traveled ventilate,
by saving they do not wear out, the sun does not shine on the wood.
See you down at the door,
at the door of the house, an open door,
You cannot put doors on the field.
When a door closes, a window opens: closed, with a sign, without a bell, with a mailbox, armored, glass, exterior.
The hinge keeps the distance
Now I'm coming down, I'm coming up now.
cross, cross
BRIDGE
A bridge connects one side and the other side, lays a path from one to another, It is vital to be able to make bridges,
cross to get out of one and go towards
Two shores and something that unites them.
Two near sides, two far sides.
A rope could be a bridge
when there are two holidays separated by a gap and they join together it is a bridge,
when you cross a bridge something changes.
The Rande Bridge.
A tunnel could also be a bridge,
A boat could also be a bridge.
Under the bridge is the abyss.
The pillars open the waters, they support the weight.
On the bills there are bridges, jumping off a bridge, living under a bridge.
PORTAL
The stairs that lead to the portal, the step of the portal that we like.
It is porous, lighter than dry and hard door.
A gap, a crack, an opportunity, a flicker, a hole,
a way out, a space of possibility,
a hole, an opening, the main door,
cross, cross
Text: Marina González Guerreir