[ISEA2019] Panel: Daniel Alejandro Argente Raimondo — Ibero American Observatory of Digital and Electronic Art | Observatorio Iberoamericano de Arte Digital y Electrónico

Panel Statement

Panel: Penumbra in faint light: contemporary art and technology in Latin America

Keywords: Ibero-America, Digital and Electronic Art, Observatory

Abstract

Currently Ibero-America lacks, unlike the Anglo-Saxon countries, of a systematization of the history of media art in that region. There are fragmented accounts, non-centralized information, sparse and scattered bibliography. We are interested in approaching the different efforts that have occurred or are taking place in our region, to build a common story and history, that integrates and discovers its origins and map out its main exponents and current trends.
Building a non-hegemonic and decentralized view of those that currently prevail.
We will focus on the different efforts that both Latin America and Spain are making through academic and non-academic projects, and initiatives such as the creation of the “Red y Observatorio Iberoamericano de Arte Digital y Electrónico“ (Ibero-American Digital and Electronic Art Network and Observatory).
Which integrates various countries and institutions in the region, with the aim of building a network that articulates efforts with the objectives of generating that narrative, systematize media art collections and strengthen regional links.

  • Prof. Daniel Argente is full Professor of the Chair of Computer Languages, of the National School Institute of Fine Arts, UDELAR. Coordinator of the Bachelor of Digital Art and Electronics and Coordinator of the Degree in Languages and Audiovisual Media of the National School Institute of Fine Arts of the University of the Republic, Uruguay. He was part of the R & D Advisory Committee for the Social and Artistic Area in the CSIC in 2016.
    Member of the organizing team of the International Seminar on Hypertext Narratives and the Network and the Ibero-American Observatory of Digital and Electronic Art. Integrates the performative group of sound art This is not Magritte, from the Nova Express group and the MAUA sound ensemble. He has exhibited digital infographic works, interactive installations and sound performances in France, Cuba, Venezuela, Spain, Argentina, Brasil, Chile and Uruguay. Its main lines of research are new media art, focusing on robotics, virtual and expanded reality and artificial intelligence in art, as well as its research work “Expanded Video Game”.

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