El Ultimo Grito is the creative partnership of Rosario Hurtado & Roberto Feo. Founded in 1997, define their practice as ‘the thing we do in order to understand the world’.
Their practice and academic focus gravitates around their research interest into the role of design in the production of fictions. The work of El Ultimo Grito spans multiple disciplines, contexts and media, including installations, objects, films, performances and publications, as well as curatorial, editorial and academic projects. Regardless of format, El Ultimo Grito uses its practice to develop inventively analytic (and at times playful) representations of existing systems — material, graphic, linguistic, philosophical, technological — on which our socio-political and cultural environment is structured.
During their career they have received numerous awards such as 100% Design/Blueprint award (1999, 1998 and 1997) and Red Dot award (2010 and 2006) culminating in 2012 with the London Design Gold Medal, awarded to individuals for their unique contribution to design and more recently the 2019 Madrid Design Festival Award. In 2004 they were awarded the Stanley Picker Fellowship and in 2020 the Iaspis International Grant.
Academic
El Ultimo Grito sees their academic activity as an extension of their public work, bringing their experimental approach into this realm. Apart from their individual appointments, Rosario and Roberto have been exploring the production space of cinema as narrative design installations through the project Physical Editing at HEAD_Geneve, Goldsmiths University of London and Elisava in Barcelona, with comic form publications accompanying them.
In 2014 they created the research unit: Vehicles for Experimental Practice, based in Goldsmiths University London, of which first outcome was the experimental practice journal Multiplexer.
Roberto Feo is Professor of Design Practice at Goldsmiths University of London (2014-present); he is also a visiting Prof at HEAD_Geneve (2012-present); he was senior tutor at the Royal College of Art in London, at the Design Products department (1999-2012); Design Research Fellow at Kingston University, London (2006-14); visiting Professor HfBK, Hamburg (2008-09).
At Goldsmiths he oversaw the design of the MA Design Expanded Practice programme; he setup the Vehicles for experimental Practice research unit and the publishing of Multiplexer and now REFUSE a research diary of the Design Department.
Rosario Hurtado is Programme Co-Director for the MA in Space and Communication at HEAD_Geneve (2014-present). Previously she had been visiting Professor at HEAD_Geneve (2012-14); Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London (1999-2017); Lecturer at the Royal College of Art-Design Product Department (2010-12); Stanley Picker Advisory Group Member (2009-16); Visiting Professor at HfBK, Hamburg (2008-2009)
Selected Projects and Exhibitions
2024 Visitants_Elba Benítez Gallery_Madrid (solo)
2024 INELCOM Collection_permanent public collection exhibition
2024 ‘PHYSICAL EDITING’ / HEAD_Genève @ The Cube, Geneva
2022-2023 EARTH: A RETROSPECTIVE @ Per Amor a l'Art Collection-Bombas Gens, Valencia, Spain (exhibition/curatorial)
2023 ‘PHYSICAL EDITING’ / HEAD_Genève @ The Cube, Geneva
2022 Summer Exhibition 2022_Royal Academy of Arts_London (collective)
2022 Eternally Yours_Sommerset House_London (collective)
2022 La Mirada Refleja la Esencia_El Ultimo Grito and Wang Qin_Consulado General de España. Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes, Shanghái
2022 ‘PHYSICAL EDITING’ / Goldsmiths University of London @ Hatcham Gallery, London
2021-2022 216 :Building Citizens_MoMA_New York (collective)
2021 Objetos Comunes. Permanent Exhibition. Colección del Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, Barcelona
2021 ‘PHYSICAL EDITING’ / HEAD_Genève @ Pavillon Sicli, Geneva
2020 ‘PHYSICAL EDITING’ / HEAD_Genève @ The Cube, Geneva
2020 Iaspis Open Day_Stockholm
2020 Hiperspacios _ Per Amor a l'Art Collection _ Bombas Gens _ Valencia
2020 DESTE Foundation _ installation of Mise-en-scène _ Greece
2019 Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival @ XXII Triennale di Milano curated by Paola Antonelli (collective)
2019 Renversant! Quand Art et Design s’emparent du Verre @ Cité du Vin, curated by Matali Crasset, Bordeaux (collective)
2017 Le Gran Détournament_CNAP Design Collection @ Galerie Poirel, Nancy (collective)
2017 to 2027 Pure Gold by IFA (Institut Fur Auslandsbeziehungen) Stutgart, 10 year long traveling exhibition around the world (collective)
2017 Malfictions @ Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid (solo)
2017 Le Grand Détournement @ CNAP collection + Galerie Poirel, Nancy (collective)
2017-2027 Pure Gold – Upcycled! Upgraded! @ Around the world touring exhibition by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) (collective)
2017 POPCORN Art, Design et Cinéma @ Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne, France (collective)
2016 House Life @ CNAP + Musee des Arts Decoratifs et du Design, Burdeaux, France (collective)
2016 Horizons Deferred @ Halle Verriere CADHAME, Meisenthal, France (solo)
2016 Electro Craft @ Boontje Space, London (collective)
2016 Plasticarium @ Art and Design Atomium Museum, Brussels, Belgium (collective)
2015 Glitch @ Week 33_fig-2 Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK (solo)
2015 Glass @ Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Holland (collective)
2015 What is Luxury? @ Victoria & Albert Museum, London (collective)
2015 Future Fictions @ Z33, Hasselt, Belgium (collective)
2015 Cosmorama-Multiplexer @ The Church, Goldsmiths, London (solo)
2014 Burning Down the House - Gwangju Biennale of Art, curated by Jessica Morgan @ Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Gwangju, South Korea (collective)
2014 Home (very) Sweet Home @ Gallerie Thaddaeus ROPAC, Paris, France (collective)
2014 Material Medley @ Museo Pecci, Milan, Italy (solo)
2014 Garden object @ Rice Gallery, Rice University, Houston Texas, USA (solo)
2013 Public Installation @ Abierto de Diseño, Mexico (solo)
2013 Collapscapes part 2 @ Design Project Room Geneva (solo)
2013 Collapscapes part 1 @ Brussels Design Week (solo)
2013 PILOTS investigating next models in design education @ Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston, London (Exhibition/Curatorial)
2013 Glassy @ Museum of Glass Shangai, China (collective)
2012 Exchanges Around Construction: El Ultimo Grito @ Derwent London Gallery, London, UK. (solo)
2012 Glasstress Beirut @ Beirut Exhibition Center, Lebanon (collective)
2012 Glasstress New York @ MAD, Museum of Art and Design, NYC (collective)
2012 Curious Minds @ Israel Museum, Jerusalem (collective)
2011 Escape Into The Upper Air @ Spring SProjects, London (solo)
2011 Power of Making @ Victoria & Albert Museum, London (collective)
2011 Design. Halt. Kunst. Curated by C. Smith and C. Büschbell. Galerie Neumeister, Munich, Germany (collective)
2011 Crafts Council > Breath Taking: New Wave in British Glass Blowing @ Bilston Craft Gaallery, Bilston, UK (collective)
Munich, Germany (collective)
2010 Freak Show @ HELMRINDERKNECHT Gallery, Berlin, Germany (collective)
2010 Sitting and Looking @ Innovative Craft, Edinburgh, UK (collective)
2010 DIALOGUES @ Aram Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2010 Archimovil_Matadero Madrid @ ARCO Madrid, Spain
2009 Biennale of Architecture Bordeaux INSIDERS @ Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux, France (collective)
2009 Super Contemporary @Design Museum, London (project commission)
2009 NULLPUNKT @ MARTa Herford Museum, Herford, Germany (collective)
2009 NOWHERE NOW HERE @ Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijon, pain (exhibition/curatorial)
2008 New Work @ Appel Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2008 Sitting Structure Installation @ Bombay Saphire Gallery, DMY, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2008 H100 @ RB-BRUM Reijkiavik, Iceland (collective)
2008 NOWASTEEUR installation and video performance @ ARCO, Ifema, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2008 Happy End @ Circulo de Bellas Artes en Madrid, Spain (collective)
2007 100m Bench installation @ La Casa EncendidaCaja Madrid Foundation, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2007 MACROS installation @ ARCO, Ifema, Madrid Spain (solo)
2007 Make Believe @ Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain (solo)
2006 Tagged #7 El Ultimo Grito @ Casa dos Campas, Fundacion Maria Martinez Otero & Xunta of Galicia, Pontevedra. (solo)
2006 Open Your Mind @ Museum Minguzini, Milano, Italy (collective)
2006 TALKING CITIES The Micro Politics of Urban Space @ ENTRY06, Essen, Germany (collective)
2006 Make Believe @ Barnsley Art & Design Center, Barnsley UK (solo)
2006 Make Believe @ Stanley Picker Gallery, London UK (solo)
2005 Import – Export (British designers working with foreign companies) @ Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (collective)
2005 My World, New Crafts @ Experimenta Design 2005, Lisbon, Pt (collective)
2005 Extra Ordinary @ Kulturehusset, Stockholm, Sweden (collective)
2005 Sit @ Geffrey Museum, London, UK (collective)
2004 Jerwood Prize @ Crafts Council, London UK (collective)
2004 Brilliant @ Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (collective)
2004 Import – Export’ (British designers working with foreign companies) @ touring exhibition in Asia by British Council. Starting British Council New Dheli, India. (collective)
2003 Digital Print: a new generation of surfaces’ @ Milan Trienale, It. (collective)
2003 Objetar @ FAD at Convento de los Angeles, Barcelona, Spain(collective)
2003 The Evolution Will Not Be Televised @ Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (solo)
2002 2001 Una Odisea En El Espacio @ Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2001-2003Great Expectations Exhibition (Curated by The Design Council) @ New York FestivalGrand Central Terminal, New York, USA then eight-city tour of North America
and Canada finishing in Los Angeles at the end of 2002. Extended to Shangai, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney, Austria (collective)
2001 An Industry of One: Designer-Makers in Contemporary Britain @ Crafts Council, London. UK (collective)
2001 Home Sweet Home. A touring exhibition by The British Council @ Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Copenhagen, Denmark. (collective)
2001 DRIVE IN, Cologne. Germany (collective)
2000 Six Moments @ Design Museum, London, UK. (collective)
2000 El Lltimo Grito @ Garage Regium, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2000 BIG Torino - Torino Bienale of Art, Torino. Italy (collective)
1999 - 2000 Material World @ Design Museum. London. UK (collective)
1999 - 2000 A Grand Design, @ the Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK(collective)
1999 Lost and Found, a touring exhibition by The British Council (collective)
1999 British Weather Attracts Strange Visitors’ @ Lighthouse. Glasgow, UK. (solo)
1999 Stealing Beauty @ Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). London, UK (collective)
1998 El Ultimo Grito @ Trico, Tokyo, Japan. (solo)
1998 Form and Function @ Generous Miracles Gallery. New York, USA. (collective)
Public Collections
INELCOM Collection, Madrid 2024
Deste Foundation, Athens 2020
Iaspis, Stockholm 2020
Centre National des Arts Plastiques CNAP, Paris 2017 & 2014
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York 2008, 2014 & 2016
Fundació Per Amor a l’Art_Bombas Gens, Valencia 2015
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2014
Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), Indianapolis 2014
Museum of Glass Shanghai, Shanghai 2013
Museum of Art and Design (MAD) New York 2012
Kulturhusset, Stockholm 2005
Manchester Art Galleries, Manchester 2002
Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London 2001 & 2011
Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg 2000
Crafts Council, London 1999
British Council, London 1999
Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam 1999
Science Museum, London 1998
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