Sergi Casero Nieto, a young Catalan performer born in Barcelona in 1991, is a multifaceted artist working at the intersection of design, historical research, and live performance. With a strong attention to aesthetics, Casero uses performance art as a critical tool to explore contemporary issues. One example is his 2019 video Cryptocurrency Openoutcry, in which he investigates the decline of the open outcry system—the gestural language once used in stock trading, now replaced by digital technologies.

His work is deeply rooted in historical memory: his perspective on the present always involves a clear-eyed engagement with the past. The titles of his works clearly reflect this approach—not as a form of nostalgia, but as a way to understand the complexity and layered nature of reality. Casero examines the present while remaining aware of the roots from which it emerges.

Now based in Amsterdam, Casero also confronts the legacy of Franco’s dictatorship. Born sixteen years after the dictator’s death, he inherits the pain and stories of previous generations and gives them a voice. In 2019, he created Oficina Franco and Parking Franco, two projects that expose the privileges still enjoyed by Franco’s family—gained during the regime and never truly challenged. His is a profoundly political theatre that seeks to reinterpret history in light of the truths denied or suppressed by dominant cultural narratives.

In 2022, Casero developed his latest work, El pacto del Olvido, which weaves together individual and collective memories, opening up a space for reflection on historical research, the reinterpretation of events, and how they are viewed in the present. The piece offers an alternative perspective on sites of memory, filling the voids—both deliberate and accidental—left by injustice, fear, power, and dominant narratives.