La seda rota

La seda rota brings together photographs of the home of the Madrazo family, a dynasty of the 19th and 20th century Madrid painters, now died out. In a dialog with the writings of his friend and author Andrés Trapiello, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto translates the strange, even oppressive, atmosphere pervading these places which are as frozen in an uncertain time and haunted by the memory of its inhabitants. Between presence and absence, the accumulation of painted portraits and photographs emphasize the fate of this family, with the posthumously painted portrait of their last child symbolizing their end.