tracking memory
Through animation, this project exposes several video essays, which comprehend metaphors of the emigrant experience. The dialogue is composed of written essays of emigrants of various nationalities, who reside in the cities of Taipei and Mexico. Through the use of anecdotes and stories told in their mother language, the narrators describe physical characteristics of their homeland as well as their transition to new countries, highlighting concepts such as border, culture and territory within a global context. The graphic materials oscillate between aerial photographs (such as satellite images), maps, film and photo archives, drawings, etc, denoting an abstract idea of space. With these visual elements, animations reconstruct field connections, relationships, extensions, ideas and references of their journey.
Fellowships and art residencies:
-Programa de Apoyo a la Producción e Investigación en Arte y Medios 2008. Centro Multimedia en México/CONACULTA.
-2009 Artist-in-Residency Program in Taipei Artist Village (TAV) of AIR Taipei, Taiwan.
-Programa de Residencias Artisticas 2009. FONCA/ Banff Centre, Canada
Exhibitions:
-(re)load : new media art. Antena Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. 2009
-One year Gallery. Taipei, Taiwan. 2009
-Festival Internacional de Nuevos Medios Transitio 09. Video art selection. Galería Luis Bunuel, CENART. México DF. 2009
-Exhibition Ahijado, Galería Corriente Alterna. México DF, 2009
-Exhibition Mudanzas, Claustro de Sor Juana. México DF. 2010
-MCCLA 23rd Annual Solo Mujeres Exhibition. San Francisco, California. 2010
Screenings:
-Taipei Artist Village, Bamboo space. Taipei, Taiwan. 2009
-This is a trip. Fish eye Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. 2009
-Sundays artist talk. Sala X at MUAC (University Museum of Contemporary Art), México DF. 2009
-Live @ 8, Askeaton Gallery. Askeaton, Ireland. 2010
