Panel Statement

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

Keywords: Identity, Regiolect, Art, Territory, Identity, Latin American, Media, Experimental.

Abstract

The following is a proposal for an introductory revision in understanding the notion of the Collective in Latin American art creation; regarded as a model for dislocation of programmed strategies as an alternate layout to Contemporary Art practises.                                                       In which ways the collective and the notion of “being networked” -proposed by Surófona collectiveallows us to develop a narrative of divergences and confluences over a complex identity, where Language, both spoken and written, reveal both differentiation and identification.
Three ways substantiate the practise of the collective: (I) “Regiocal” creation (regional and local relations), (II) Alongside other subjectivities, (III) in Alternative circuits.
This way, it is intended to reveal the ever present cultural multiplicity in LatinAmerica as a contrastive factor (opposed to unifying and hegemonic views sustained in globalist voices), denoting a diverging view of wide and contrasting shades, blurring the notion of an unified body. Therefore, a question arises on the existence of a possible discursive body in the regional practises of Art and technology.

• Bernardo Piñero (Buenos Aires, Argentina,1982). Professor,researcher and Inter media artist. Cultural agent, producer and entrepreneur in the fields of Art, culture, new technologies and education. He has exhibited his works, conducted workshops, presentations and organized encounters in public and private spaces in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Colombia, Perú, Ecuador, Australia and Canada. BA in Electronic Arts from the Tres de Febrero National University. Masters Degree in Technology and Electronic Arts Aesthetic from the same university. Grant holder of “Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program” (ELAP) en Montreal, Canada. (2012-2013). Founder in 2006 of the Argentinean art collective “IQLab” (Multimedia Interactive Art), and in 2015 “Surófona” (Experimental Radio of Electronic Arts). In 2018 is the founder of “Nave Ágora” (Lab-space for Community and Citizen Innovation). Since 2016 is a researcher professor in the AbRiGoUNTREF programme (creation, production and research in Tecnology of textile art). Former coordinator of CEIArtEUNTREF (2006-2016). www.iqlab.com.ar, naveagora.org, surofona.org
• Daniel Cruz (Coronel, Chile, 1975). Artist, Researcher and Professor. MFA (UCH), Certificate of Harvestworks, Digital Media Art Center, New York, USA. He is the coordinator of the MAM | Master in Media Arts and Vice Principal of the Visual Arts Department of the Faculty of Arts in Universidad de Chile. He is the co-author of the Digital Arts Contest in honour of Matilde Pérez. He is also is the director of the SAM | Media Arts Seminary. Since 2000, he has participated in individual and collective exhibitions in galleries, museums, cultural institutions and public spaces in Chile and Foreign Countries .He is part of the collaborative latino american sound art project “Surófona”. He has published several books: Intersecta 2018; Océano 2016;  Objeto Tecnológico en el Arte Contemporáneo 2015; Tecnologías de Mediación 2015 y Espacios Temporales 2014.  masivo.cl, surofona.org

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