Carla Oset
Background
Background explores the margins of film production, highlighting what happens behind the scenes. Carla Oset documents a liminal and ephemeral space composed of unfinished sets, extras waiting, and technical elements of the set. These images reveal the seams of audiovisual illusion, turning the set into a character that interacts with and conditions the narrative. The ephemeral stops being incidental and reveals what usually goes unnoticed.
The extras, anonymous figures whose role is to lend credibility to the fiction, appear in positions where they barely interact with the main scene. Their state of waiting makes them protagonists of their own absence. Although their existence is marginal, it is full of meaning, reflecting a parallel reality within the film set.
Every fiction seeks to create a perfect illusion, but in this process, a paradox arises: the more artificial the set, the more convincing the fiction becomes, and the more invisible its components turn. This blurred space, inhabited by fleeting beings and places, forces the viewer to question what they see. What was once out of focus now occupies the center of the scene, challenging the conventions of cinematic perspective.
Carla Oset (Barcelona)
She is a photographer and graphic designer. Her projects share a common denominator: the artist’s interest in the relationship between people, society, and the environment. This theme is reflected in much of her work from an emotional perspective: how we interact with the environment, how culture influences us, and how nature and urbanism affect our mood and emotions. As a result, Carla’s works convey a sense of stillness and a moment of reflection on what surrounds us.
Currently, she develops her own personal projects while working as a set photographer for platforms such as Netflix, Movistar+, Vancouver Media, and other Spanish production companies.
