Silabismo Fotocubierto (Silabismo Fotografico) is a long-term visual research project initiated in 2003 that explores the relationship between language, image, and photographic materiality. The work is based on a self-developed technique in which words are fragmented into syllables and translated into individual photographic images. These images are then intervened directly on 35 mm negatives—scratched, written, or painted—transforming the negative from a technical medium into a space of inscription and resistance. The final works reconstruct language visually, disrupting linear reading and proposing photography as a hybrid system between writing, image, and thought.
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Through actions like these, Nadal conceived the various series of Photocovered Syllabisms during 2003–2004.
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Comprising more than twenty realized series, this project reveals here but a selection of five.
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Original photographic negative of the Silabismo PE LI GRO. This negative was hand-worked by me, and from it, the works were printed.
Danger I
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Danger II
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Danger III
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Triptico: Danger 2003.
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Original photographic negative of the Silabismo LI MI TE. This negative was hand-worked by me, and from it, the works were printed.
Limit I – Li
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Limit II – mi
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Limit III – te
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
Triptico: Limit 2003.
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Original photographic negative of the Silabismo SOBRE VI VIENDO. This negative was hand-worked by me, and from it, the works were printed.
Surviving I – sobre
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Surviving II – vi
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Surviving III – viendo
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
Triptico: Surviving 2003.
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Painting I – pin
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Painting II – TU
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Painting III – ra
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Triptico: Painting 2003.
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Learning I – apren
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Learning II – dizaje
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Diptico: Learning 2003.
Technique: Photocovered Syllabism *.
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Click on the post below to see the progress of this project.
Silabismos Fotocubiertos, English
SILABIC PHOTO – COVERINGS.
From the Intervened Photographic Negative to Artificial Intelligence
Future Projection and Participatory Model
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Series from this project have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions in Cuba and in different countries around the world. Several works from this project have been awarded in art competitions, and several of these series are part of important collections in museums and private collections.
Sobreviviendo, 1st Cuban Photography Biennial, 2003.
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Solo exhibition of Silabismos Fotocubiertos (Photocovered Syllabisms), Lecciones, Lessons, Pinar del Río. 2003.
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Predictions, International Photography Festival of Arles, France. 2005.
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Silabismo Fotocubierto LIMITE, Género transgénero y los des-generado, Special exhibition, 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba. 2009
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Nadal and Rosy next to Pe li gro.
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Silabismo Fotocubierto PELIGRO in Glamour de Occidente. 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba. 2009.
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Silabismos Fotocubiertos, LIMITE – PELIGRO, in magazine Arte por Excelencias. 2009.
Silabismo Fotocubierto PELIGRO in Glamour de Occidente, PurgerieFonds Saint-Jacques, Martinique. 2010.
Silabismo Fotocubierto SOBREVIVIENDO in Quiero ser lo que puedas ver, 12th Havana Biennial, Cuba. 2015.
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Silabismo Fotocubierto SOBREVIVIENDO, expo Canvas, Miami, 2015.
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Silabismo Fotocubierto en PELIGRO in magazine WECONTEMPORARY. 2017
Silabismo Fotocubierto PELIGRO, expo Shipwreck of Reason, Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 2017.
Isabel Maria Perez Perez at the picture.
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Nadal with Rosalia Hernandez (su esposa) left, Ana Olema right.
Syllabism DANGER at Cuban Bassel exhibition, Miami, 2018
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