April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
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April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
“From chaos to harmony: notes on a landscape”, is a collective exhibition curated by Nicolás Cadavid, artist, curator and teacher from the city of Bucaramanga, which brings together the works of four young artists, three of them recent graduates of the Plastic Arts Degree from the Industrial University of Santander, who during their short career have demonstrated interests around the exploration of specific contexts, populations and landscapes. The central objective of this exhibition project is to present the way in which a new generation of artists from Santander translates in visual terms the place in which they live, through projects that contemplate media such as painting, assembly, video and the creation of objects through laser cutting and 3D printing. “From chaos to harmony: notes on a landscape”, presents four views of the urban and rural landscape of Bucaramanga and its surrounding areas, from perspectives that contemplate autobiographical, heritage, pseudoscientific and identity approaches. Looks that together indicate the areas of light and shadow of a territory that emerges between rivers and mountains.
Tranquilandia, un proyecto originalmente concebido en 2004 por el colectivo TRAFFICO en la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, renace en el vibrante barrio de Chapinero en 2022 como un espacio para ver y ser vistos. Este lugar, gestionado por el colectivo TranquiLAB, fusiona una tienda de arte y diseño en el primer piso con un laboratorio de exhibición en el segundo, ofreciendo una plataforma para artistas emergentes y establecidos, tanto nacionales como internacionales. Con una larga historia de eventos y actividades que promueven el intercambio y la difusión del arte, Tranquilandia es un motor de creatividad y diálogo en la escena artística colombiana, siendo un punto de encuentro vital para la comunidad artística y cultural de Bogotá.
Carlos Hernández's work is characterized by addressing territory, identity and objects from speculative and existentialist perspectives. His work is developed through the use of 3D modeling and printing techniques, which he fuses with conventional techniques, thus achieving formal experimentation scenarios that reveal tensions between analog and digital. “The earth is flat again”, a proposal selected for ARTBO-FDS, is based on the apparently absurd premises of flat-eartherism and the postulates on which this belief is based. From these ideas, the artist produces 3 two-dimensional pieces measuring 70 x 60 cm, and a video record that he edits through the interpretation of the landscape of an area surrounding the Berlin Páramo, and through the use of digital software. With this set of pieces, Hernández reveals a subjective translation of the geography of the place and its relationship with personal memories that he himself seeks to rescue from oblivion.
Dayana Barón's work is characterized by a delicate and patient exercise of connection between ideas associated with the landscape, the archive and the notion of community. Through media such as drawing and video, Barón has made portraits and enlarged cartographies of different human groups and places of heritage importance within his city. "Presences: Cartography of Cadaveric Flora", project selected for ARTBO-FDS, is a project that is based on the review of the archive of the Archdiocesan cemetery of Bucaramanga; of the different routes taken by the artist through the pantheons and ossuaries of the place; and the observation of the cadaveric flora that exists there. All this in order to document the space, get closer to the myths of the place, and draw an allegorical cartography, that is, a cartography created from the intimate perspective of the artist, through a video and a series of 100 sheets of cut wood. , 20 x 20 cm each, which recall the tiles of the city's old cemetery.
The work of Michael “Mike” Angarita is based on his interest in representation from the image, which leads him to get involved in popular contexts associated with fashion, religion and consumerism, spaces that he identifies as determining factors in the construction of identities and for the creation of dialogues and connections between traditional means of production and new media. “The same but different”, a project selected for ARTBO-FDS, arises from a series of tours through the city of Bucaramanga in which the artist reflects on the articulations that language exerts in our minds when generating meanings. This is how a work arises that begins with carrying out interventions on traffic signs; then with the photographic record; and finally with the creation of a series of 8 acrylic paintings measuring 40 x 30 cm. The interventions, like the paintings, invite you to stop, wonder, and evoke the same action proposed by the sign, but this time from popular language.
Isabella Arenas' work is inspired by classic literary and cinematic works belonging to the horror genre. Through a judicious review of said material, Arenas addresses topics such as territory, community, and science, through techniques such as video, drawing, and sculpture. “Arenarias”, a short film selected for ARTBO-FDS, recounts part of the considerable number of cases of suicides that occurred over four generations in the artist's family. The characters featured in the video are members of the family and reflect the melancholic character that has surrounded their lineage for decades. The story, halfway between documentary and horror film, takes place in the land where the events occurred (Guanenta Province in Santander), and has as its main protagonist the camuro, an animal that suicides usually eat before their death. , and which seems to embody the curse that has fallen on them.
Carlos Hernández's work is characterized by addressing territory, identity and objects from speculative and existentialist perspectives. His work is developed through the use of 3D modeling and printing techniques, which he fuses with conventional techniques, thus achieving formal experimentation scenarios that reveal tensions between analog and digital. “The earth is flat again”, a proposal selected for ARTBO-FDS, is based on the apparently absurd premises of flat-eartherism and the postulates on which this belief is based. From these ideas, the artist produces 3 two-dimensional pieces measuring 70 x 60 cm, and a video record that he edits through the interpretation of the landscape of an area surrounding the Berlin Páramo, and through the use of digital software. With this set of pieces, Hernández reveals a subjective translation of the geography of the place and its relationship with personal memories that he himself seeks to rescue from oblivion.
Dayana Barón's work is characterized by a delicate and patient exercise of connection between ideas associated with the landscape, the archive and the notion of community. Through media such as drawing and video, Barón has made portraits and enlarged cartographies of different human groups and places of heritage importance within his city. "Presences: Cartography of Cadaveric Flora", project selected for ARTBO-FDS, is a project that is based on the review of the archive of the Archdiocesan cemetery of Bucaramanga; of the different routes taken by the artist through the pantheons and ossuaries of the place; and the observation of the cadaveric flora that exists there. All this in order to document the space, get closer to the myths of the place, and draw an allegorical cartography, that is, a cartography created from the intimate perspective of the artist, through a video and a series of 100 sheets of cut wood. , 20 x 20 cm each, which recall the tiles of the city's old cemetery.
The work of Michael “Mike” Angarita is based on his interest in representation from the image, which leads him to get involved in popular contexts associated with fashion, religion and consumerism, spaces that he identifies as determining factors in the construction of identities and for the creation of dialogues and connections between traditional means of production and new media. “The same but different”, a project selected for ARTBO-FDS, arises from a series of tours through the city of Bucaramanga in which the artist reflects on the articulations that language exerts in our minds when generating meanings. This is how a work arises that begins with carrying out interventions on traffic signs; then with the photographic record; and finally with the creation of a series of 8 acrylic paintings measuring 40 x 30 cm. The interventions, like the paintings, invite you to stop, wonder, and evoke the same action proposed by the sign, but this time from popular language.
Isabella Arenas' work is inspired by classic literary and cinematic works belonging to the horror genre. Through a judicious review of said material, Arenas addresses topics such as territory, community, and science, through techniques such as video, drawing, and sculpture. “Arenarias”, a short film selected for ARTBO-FDS, recounts part of the considerable number of cases of suicides that occurred over four generations in the artist's family. The characters featured in the video are members of the family and reflect the melancholic character that has surrounded their lineage for decades. The story, halfway between documentary and horror film, takes place in the land where the events occurred (Guanenta Province in Santander), and has as its main protagonist the camuro, an animal that suicides usually eat before their death. , and which seems to embody the curse that has fallen on them.
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