[ISEA2019] Panel: Reynaldo Thompson, Tirtha Mukhopadhyay, Priscila Arantes, Gilbertto Prado, Daniel Argente, Daniel Cruz, Bernardo Piñero, Malu Fragoso, Jorge La Ferla & Nara Cristina Santos — Penumbra in faint light: contemporary art and technology in Latin America

Panel Statement

Keywords: New media, hybrid art, environment, humanization of technology

Abstract

The aim of this panel is to showcase achievements in digital installation art in Latin America, especially as such art involves a transformation of media. Presenters, who are also experts and recognized artists, from various countries in Latin America, discuss recent innovations in-between genres and media technologies. Themes assume special importance at a time of transitions and political change, immigration and globalization. The panel which symbolizes the art of PENUMBRAL frontiers of the world may be considered from three perspectives: (a) networking (b) collective art and (c) search of alternative circuitry.

  • Reynaldo Thompson studied architecture at the University of Guanajuato and postgraduate studies at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona as well as at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he received his doctorate in the area of aesthetic studies focused on Contemporary Art. He has participated in different solo and group exhibitions and curated shows in Mexico and abroad. He served as director of the Department of Art and Business of the University of Guanajuato and is currently focused on research on art, science and technology in Latin America. The results of their research have been published in international journals.
  • Tirtha Mukhopadhyay, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
  • Priscila Arantes, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, Brazil
  • Gilbertto Prado, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Daniel Argente, Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Universidad de la Repùblica Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Daniel Cruz, Universidad de Chile,, Santiago, Chile
  • Bernardo Piñero, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Argentina
  • Malu Fragoso, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Jorge La Ferla, Universidad de Buenos Aires / Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Nara Cristina Santos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

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