In Zamora stands one of the most impressive engineering works in Spain: the Puente de Requejo or Puente Pino. Built in 1914 over the Duero River with 447 tons of metal and constructed by the Duro Felguera company. Between the Zamora districts of Aliste and Sayago stands one of the most impressive engineering works of the 19th century in Spain. This is the Requejo Bridge or, as it is popularly known, Puente Pino (Pine Bridge). Immersed in the Arribes del Duero Natural Park and very close to the border with Portugal, the setting is spectacular. That is why we have combined it with a painting by Nikolái Roerich to give it characteristic blue tones.
This collection turns some of the most representative elements of the Spanish industrial heritage into artworks. We combine images of each heritage element with the textures of different art masterpieces using a neural style transfer algorithm to generate compositions of approximately 600x480 pixels. Each image is combined with different textures to show multiple aesthetic interpretations of the same location by modifying the starting images and weight parameter of each style. We also do this by presenting different points of view of some of the locations. Several of the buildings or places in the collection have been chosen as a result of their unique characteristics that are explained in the descriptions of the creations that are part of the collection.
This collection has been created with funding from "Ayudas para la modernización e innovación de las industrias culturales y creativas 2022-Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte" from the Spanish Government.
Proyecto financiado con las ayudas para la modernización e innovación de las industrias culturales y creativas
correspondientes al año 2022 del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.