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Casa Hoffmann presents a dialogue among three artistic proposals that delve into the intersections of art, science, and technology. Leonel Vásquez, Carlos Bonil and Joaquín Olivos approach their artistic practice by parting from contrasting methodologies that converge in the reflection upon technologic media and their use bound to materials and visuals coming from the environment, be it nature, urban space, or art history. Vásquez inquires the memories of bodies of water through the recollection of rocks from dried rives in Colombia, and their sound activation by means of a process of experimental lutherie; thus, he provides a voice to the river, while generating a sensible experience tied to the memory of nature. Bonil builds sound assemblages using materials recovered during explorations of the urban landscape, reflecting on the historical, emotional, and ecological charge of obsolete and contaminant objects. Olivos questions the concept of authorship, creating generative images through artificial intelligence deep neural networks which he trains using archives of artworks from the romantic period. Sound bound to materiality emerges as a reflection in the works by Vásquez and Bonil. Parting from algorithms, Olivos provides a perspective of the future, revisiting art history at the same time, and considering his place within such canon. Casa Hoffmann’s selection for ARTBO 2022 corroborates the diversity of proposals that arise from transdisciplinary convergence.
Casa Hoffmann is a research and exhibition space located in Bogotá, dedicated to the production and divulgation of contemporary art projects commissioned to curators and researchers. Its exhibition cycle is consolidated in curatorial projects that establish dialogue axes among artists from the local and international spheres, in order to promote and divulgue those projects in museums, foundations and other institutions. It is interested in exploring the intersections among contemporary art, science, and technology.
Leonel Vásquez is a Colombian plastic and sound artist. Throughout his trajectory he has received multiple recognitions, such as the Creation Grant for Artists of Intermediate Trajectory from the Culture Ministry of Colombia (2019), and the Bogotá Platform Residency Grant – “Más Arte Más Acción” from IDARTES for the project titled “Auscultar un territorio de alumbramientos” (2019), among others. He has carried out numerous solo exhibitions such as “Tierras del Mar” at the Festival de las Artes Valparaíso (2018), and the installation “The River’s Cradle” at the OpenArt Biennial 2017 in Sweden, among others. He has been invited to participate in various international encounters such as the XI Festival Tsonami in Chile (2017), and the Hemispheric Performance and Political Institute Encounter in Canada, among others. He currently works as a sound art professor in the Art Department at the University of The Andes (Bogotá). He holds ample recognition as a researcher and cultural promoter with projects carried out along with the National Radio of Colombia, the National Center for Historical Memory (Colombia), and the Culture Ministry of Colombia. His works have been exhibited at institutions as the MAMM | Modern Art Museum of Medellín, the Antioquia Museum, the Peace and Reconciliation Museum, the Water Museum, the MAMBO | Modern Art Museum of Bogotá, Espacio Odeón, the Santa Fé Gallery, the MAMU | Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, and the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, among others. Vásquez has developed his creative work parting from the powers of sound as a substance that molds the sensible experience, and as vibration force that transits and acquires form in sculptures, and audio-visual, architectonic and sound installations. He explores ways to work the act of hearing as a political/aesthetic re-composing act, and as a medium for the creation of new relations in contexts of social and environmental conflict.
Leonel Vásquez is a Colombian plastic and sound artist. Throughout his trajectory he has received multiple recognitions, such as the Creation Grant for Artists of Intermediate Trajectory from the Culture Ministry of Colombia (2019), and the Bogotá Platform Residency Grant – “Más Arte Más Acción” from IDARTES for the project titled “Auscultar un territorio de alumbramientos” (2019), among others. He has carried out numerous solo exhibitions such as “Tierras del Mar” at the Festival de las Artes Valparaíso (2018), and the installation “The River’s Cradle” at the OpenArt Biennial 2017 in Sweden, among others. He has been invited to participate in various international encounters such as the XI Festival Tsonami in Chile (2017), and the Hemispheric Performance and Political Institute Encounter in Canada, among others. He currently works as a sound art professor in the Art Department at the University of The Andes (Bogotá). He holds ample recognition as a researcher and cultural promoter with projects carried out along with the National Radio of Colombia, the National Center for Historical Memory (Colombia), and the Culture Ministry of Colombia. His works have been exhibited at institutions as the MAMM | Modern Art Museum of Medellín, the Antioquia Museum, the Peace and Reconciliation Museum, the Water Museum, the MAMBO | Modern Art Museum of Bogotá, Espacio Odeón, the Santa Fé Gallery, the MAMU | Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, and the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, among others. Vásquez has developed his creative work parting from the powers of sound as a substance that molds the sensible experience, and as vibration force that transits and acquires form in sculptures, and audio-visual, architectonic and sound installations. He explores ways to work the act of hearing as a political/aesthetic re-composing act, and as a medium for the creation of new relations in contexts of social and environmental conflict.
Leonel Vásquez is a Colombian plastic and sound artist. Throughout his trajectory he has received multiple recognitions, such as the Creation Grant for Artists of Intermediate Trajectory from the Culture Ministry of Colombia (2019), and the Bogotá Platform Residency Grant – “Más Arte Más Acción” from IDARTES for the project titled “Auscultar un territorio de alumbramientos” (2019), among others. He has carried out numerous solo exhibitions such as “Tierras del Mar” at the Festival de las Artes Valparaíso (2018), and the installation “The River’s Cradle” at the OpenArt Biennial 2017 in Sweden, among others. He has been invited to participate in various international encounters such as the XI Festival Tsonami in Chile (2017), and the Hemispheric Performance and Political Institute Encounter in Canada, among others. He currently works as a sound art professor in the Art Department at the University of The Andes (Bogotá). He holds ample recognition as a researcher and cultural promoter with projects carried out along with the National Radio of Colombia, the National Center for Historical Memory (Colombia), and the Culture Ministry of Colombia. His works have been exhibited at institutions as the MAMM | Modern Art Museum of Medellín, the Antioquia Museum, the Peace and Reconciliation Museum, the Water Museum, the MAMBO | Modern Art Museum of Bogotá, Espacio Odeón, the Santa Fé Gallery, the MAMU | Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, and the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, among others. Vásquez has developed his creative work parting from the powers of sound as a substance that molds the sensible experience, and as vibration force that transits and acquires form in sculptures, and audio-visual, architectonic and sound installations. He explores ways to work the act of hearing as a political/aesthetic re-composing act, and as a medium for the creation of new relations in contexts of social and environmental conflict.
Carlos Bonil is a plastic and sound artist graduated from the National University of Colombia. He has worked as a professor at the National University of Colombia, the Superior Academy of Arts of Bogotá, the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, and the Pontifical Xavierian University. He also coordinated the Visual Arts Laboratories of the Ministry of Culture in San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina between 2011 and 2012, and in Amazonas between 2014 and 2016. He has carried out concerts and sound events in spaces as the Performance Festival of Cali, The Box Gallery (Los Angeles), Madame Claude (Berlin), MIR (Oslo), the Sound art festival of La Loja (Ecuador), Valenzuela Klenner Gallery (Bogotá), the Art Museum of the National University (Bogotá), the 10-36 gallery (Medellín), and the Modern Art Museum of Medellín, among others. His plastic work has been exhibited both locally and internationally in spaces as ARTBO (Bogotá), ARCO (MADRID), Colomborama (Oslo), the National Salon of Artists, the Regional Salons of Artists of Bogotá, Villa de Leyva, and Tunja, the Beijing Biennial, the Bank of the Republic (Bogotá), the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, the Lope de Vega Museum House (Madrid), Rio 52 (CDMX), the Diego Rivera Museum House, (Guanajuato), the Vermelho Gallery (São Paulo), CCMOCA (Buenos Aires), Art Gallery of York University (Canada), the Sternessen Musset (Oslo), and Casa Hoffmann (Bogotá), among others.
Carlos Bonil is a plastic and sound artist graduated from the National University of Colombia. He has worked as a professor at the National University of Colombia, the Superior Academy of Arts of Bogotá, the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, and the Pontifical Xavierian University. He also coordinated the Visual Arts Laboratories of the Ministry of Culture in San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina between 2011 and 2012, and in Amazonas between 2014 and 2016. He has carried out concerts and sound events in spaces as the Performance Festival of Cali, The Box Gallery (Los Angeles), Madame Claude (Berlin), MIR (Oslo), the Sound art festival of La Loja (Ecuador), Valenzuela Klenner Gallery (Bogotá), the Art Museum of the National University (Bogotá), the 10-36 gallery (Medellín), and the Modern Art Museum of Medellín, among others. His plastic work has been exhibited both locally and internationally in spaces as ARTBO (Bogotá), ARCO (MADRID), Colomborama (Oslo), the National Salon of Artists, the Regional Salons of Artists of Bogotá, Villa de Leyva, and Tunja, the Beijing Biennial, the Bank of the Republic (Bogotá), the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, the Lope de Vega Museum House (Madrid), Rio 52 (CDMX), the Diego Rivera Museum House, (Guanajuato), the Vermelho Gallery (São Paulo), CCMOCA (Buenos Aires), Art Gallery of York University (Canada), the Sternessen Musset (Oslo), and Casa Hoffmann (Bogotá), among others.
Carlos Bonil is a plastic and sound artist graduated from the National University of Colombia. He has worked as a professor at the National University of Colombia, the Superior Academy of Arts of Bogotá, the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, and the Pontifical Xavierian University. He also coordinated the Visual Arts Laboratories of the Ministry of Culture in San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina between 2011 and 2012, and in Amazonas between 2014 and 2016. He has carried out concerts and sound events in spaces as the Performance Festival of Cali, The Box Gallery (Los Angeles), Madame Claude (Berlin), MIR (Oslo), the Sound art festival of La Loja (Ecuador), Valenzuela Klenner Gallery (Bogotá), the Art Museum of the National University (Bogotá), the 10-36 gallery (Medellín), and the Modern Art Museum of Medellín, among others. His plastic work has been exhibited both locally and internationally in spaces as ARTBO (Bogotá), ARCO (MADRID), Colomborama (Oslo), the National Salon of Artists, the Regional Salons of Artists of Bogotá, Villa de Leyva, and Tunja, the Beijing Biennial, the Bank of the Republic (Bogotá), the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, the Lope de Vega Museum House (Madrid), Rio 52 (CDMX), the Diego Rivera Museum House, (Guanajuato), the Vermelho Gallery (São Paulo), CCMOCA (Buenos Aires), Art Gallery of York University (Canada), the Sternessen Musset (Oslo), and Casa Hoffmann (Bogotá), among others.
Joaquín Olivos is a visual artist studying at the Sound and Image Design program at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). His work oscillates among the fields of video, photography, and new media. Through his process he explores the combination of mixed techniques, added to digital retouching using generative art tools and Artificial Intelligence deep neural networks. His work was recently exhibited at the Architecture and Design Museum of Buenos Aires. Additionally, his artistic and research works are on display on diverse eco-platforms of virtual art. He has carried out different audiovisual projects, among which it is possible to find short films, documentaries, videoclips, and collaborations with musical artists from the argentinian scene. He currently focuses on the concept of authorship, and the displacement that Artificial Intelligence neural networks propose, reflecting upon how such change suggests a new understanding of artistic practice.
Joaquín Olivos is a visual artist studying at the Sound and Image Design program at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). His work oscillates among the fields of video, photography, and new media. Through his process he explores the combination of mixed techniques, added to digital retouching using generative art tools and Artificial Intelligence deep neural networks. His work was recently exhibited at the Architecture and Design Museum of Buenos Aires. Additionally, his artistic and research works are on display on diverse eco-platforms of virtual art. He has carried out different audiovisual projects, among which it is possible to find short films, documentaries, videoclips, and collaborations with musical artists from the argentinian scene. He currently focuses on the concept of authorship, and the displacement that Artificial Intelligence neural networks propose, reflecting upon how such change suggests a new understanding of artistic practice.
Joaquín Olivos is a visual artist studying at the Sound and Image Design program at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). His work oscillates among the fields of video, photography, and new media. Through his process he explores the combination of mixed techniques, added to digital retouching using generative art tools and Artificial Intelligence deep neural networks. His work was recently exhibited at the Architecture and Design Museum of Buenos Aires. Additionally, his artistic and research works are on display on diverse eco-platforms of virtual art. He has carried out different audiovisual projects, among which it is possible to find short films, documentaries, videoclips, and collaborations with musical artists from the argentinian scene. He currently focuses on the concept of authorship, and the displacement that Artificial Intelligence neural networks propose, reflecting upon how such change suggests a new understanding of artistic practice.
