Irene Ceballos Exhibition
Historical research and AI-based audiovisual recreations This project involves the development of images and an audiovisual piece created using artificial intelligence for the exhibition A True Account of the Widow of Policarpo Sanz, curated by Beatriz Liz de Cea and presented at the Francisco Fernández del Riego Art Gallery in Vigo. The work is based on an extensive process of historical and documentary research into the life of Irene Ceballos Sánchez (1851–1935), widow of the Vigo philanthropist Policarpo Sanz, whose role in the city’s cultural history had largely remained overlooked. Through archival research, municipal documentation, and artistic references from the period, her social, personal, and aesthetic context was reconstructed with the highest possible level of historical accuracy. Building on this research, a series of visual recreations and a short audiovisual piece were developed to enable the “presence” of Irene Ceballos within the exhibition space. Artificial intelligence was used as a tool in the service of cultural dissemination, not to reinterpret history, but to bring a real historical figure closer to contemporary audiences through a respectful, credible, and well-documented approach. The final result is an audiovisual intervention that complements the exhibition narrative and helps highlight the artistic, cultural, and philanthropic legacy safeguarded by Irene Ceballos for nearly fifty years, reinforcing the biographical account of a key figure in the history of Vigo.