“The Closet Vampire” was first developed as a project involving the inhabitants, office-workers and guests of the Oviedo building. During the initial process and following several meetings and interviews between Diego Gutiérrez and the building’s tenants, the artist becomes aware of a certain mistrust on behalf of the tenants toward him. His intentions, although previously made known to the building’s community, become the subject of rumors. Gutiérrez finds himself wrapped up in a cloud of suspicion which in turn provokes his own transformation into “The Closet Vampire”.

For months, Gutiérrez rehearses the incarnation of a sort Nosferatu. The alien vampire devotes his time to wandering the hallways of the building, feeding upon his own exclusion in order to contrive his personality.

The vampire is visible only through a series of post-cards and letters mailed to the tenants, and through video recordings made through a series of fake installed security cameras.