Video Babel / video arte + audiovisual experimental in Cusco/ Peru

The VideoBabel Festival is a project with an international reach, founded in 2009 by Dr. Jorge Mora Fernández, Spain (www.drjorgemora.com), and based in the city of Cusco, Peru. It is a project focused upon the democratization, dissemination and promotion of audiovisual and digital culture in Peru and other regions of the world. More than 500 audiovisual works from different countries have participated in the three annual events held since 2010. In 2012 the festival attracted the participation of 252 videos. A total of 9 cash prizes were awarded by an international jury to Peruvian and foreign film makers in different categories.

Beginning with the 2013 event, the festival will be focused upon innovative expressive languages and include video art and experimental audiovisual production. While the competition is open to all those who wish to take part and is oriented towards artists in Peru and Latin America, a collaboration and exchange program is being developed with events and organizations that share our objectives in different regions around the world. The main goal of this program is, on the one hand, to provide a broader international platform for the diffusion of Peruvian and Latin American audiovisual production, and, on the other hand, to showcase in Peru the latest achievements and experiments to emerge from other parts of the world.

JURY 2013:

SUSANA ARAGÓN

Susana Aragon is a Peruvian multidisciplinary artist. She graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and now resides in California. Her career embraces the visual arts, theater and video. She has produced and directed many video installations, performances, multimedia shows, video poetry, sculptures, three-dimensional objects, poetry gatherings, graphic design projects, and cultural promotion projects in Peru, France, Japan, Mexico, Chile, Canada and Poland. Susana was one of the first video artists to emerge in Peru, as part of the art duo “Arias & Aragon”, winner of numerous prizes in photography, painting, and film. Susana has taught art in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and the United States.

JORGE VILLACORTA

Art critic and independent curator. Bachelor in Genetics from York University, UK. While continuing his work as a scientist, he has developed a strong interest in research into contemporary Peruvian visual arts. Since 1997, he has held the post of Art and Communication professor of the postgraduate program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and since 1999 he has presented the Seminar of Interaction of Art Fields at the Department of Fine Arts of the same university. He has curated a number of art exhibitions and projects. He has been the director of the Quidam Cultural Action Association since January 2000, in charge of the management of the Luis Miró Quesada Cultural Space of Miraflores Town Hall, in Lima, Peru.

ANGIE BONINO

Peruvian-Italian artist, she divides her time between Barcelona, Spain, and Lima, Peru. She was the first woman to become involved in new media art in Peru. Her work is multidisciplinary, moving between audiovisual creation, actionism, installation and internet platform. A graphic designer and artist, Angie graduated from the Fine Arts School of Peru and holds a Master’s in Interactive Systems for Audiovisual “Mecad” from the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain. She also holds a Master’s in Free Software Systems (European Community scholarship). She writes for art magazines and works as an artist, researcher and curator of contemporary art. She is the Director of VIDEOAKT International Videoart Biennial, Barcelona-Berlin, and a member of the curator group of the contemporary art fair “Estampa”, in Madrid.

ISIDRO MORENO

A professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, from 1975 to 1986 he worked as a scriptwriter and director of short films, documentaries and advertisements. Since 1986 he has worked intensively as an author and adviser on interactive multimedia projects. Since 1993 he has concentrated his activities upon interactive museum projects and exhibitions, as well as internet projects. He is the founder and co-director of the research group Museum I+D+C, Laboratory for the Digital Culture and Hypermedia Museography: www.ucm.es/centros/webs/gi5068/.

VERA TYULENEVA

A curator and graphic designer, she was born in Russia and has been resident in Peru since 1999. She holds a BA in art history (from Saint Petersburg National University, Russia), an MA in anthropology (European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia), and a PhD in history (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru). Since 2003, she has been the president of the “Charlie Quispe & Co” Cultural Association in Cusco. Since 2004, she has held the post of curator of the Saint Dominic Priory – Qorikancha Museum, Cusco, and since 2011 has worked as the coordinator of the annual VideoBabel Festival, also in Cusco.

SELECTION:

PERUVIAN OFFICIAL SELECTION Héctor Delgado Jiménez (Lima). Toda bestia debe morir – Ale Hop. 2013. 03:49 Cristian Alarcón Ismodes (Lima). VII pulgadas. 2012. 13:34 Mauricio Sanhueza (Lima). Paroniria. 2013. 06:37 Augusto Navarro (Cusco). Missa. 2013. 06:08 Jonas Paz-Benavides (Lima). Equilibrio. 2013. 02:00 Jorge Flores Nájar (Cusco). El niño, el viejo, el cóndor y el puente trascendental. 2013. 03:11 Álvaro Sarmiento Pagán (Lima). Iqaros. 2013. 02:52 LATIN AMERICAN OFFICIAL SELECTION Cristián Tàpies (Chile). Tres haikus modernos. 2010. 12:10 Adrián Regnier Chávez (México). Itera: Nacen, crecen, se reproducen, mueren (02:32) Maia Navas (Argentina). Era de pan. 2013. 05:45 Tatyana Zambrano Cardona (Colombia). Glitch clutch. 2012. 01:34 Juliana Portella Machado (Brasil). Laya. 2013. 03:35 Rocio Gauna (Argentina). Inconstante. Adj. No estable ni permanente. 2012. 15:00 Gastón Roccasalvo (Argentina). Luna doble. 2013. 09:24 Uwe Villaseñor Debrodt (México). Geometrías herméticas. 2013. 04:35 Fernando Livschitz (Argentina). Buenos Aires Inception Park. 2012. 01:57 INTERNATIONAL SELECTION Leyla Rodriguez & Cristian Straub (Alemania / Germany). Isle Of Lox: The fruits electric. 2010. 03:44 Paulo Carneiro (Portugal). Hacedor de nubes (Cloud maker). 2012. 10:00 Laurel Beckman (EEUU / USA). Nut (Nuez). 2012. 05:24 Gabriel Hosovsky (Slovakia). Miscellany XIII (Miscellanea XIII). 2013. 09:17 Nisha Duggal (Reino Unido / UK). The Invisibles (Los Invisibles). 2012. 03:53 Allysa Sing (Singapur / Singapore). Passings (Decesos). 2013. 05:21 Víctor Ballesteros (Canadá). Night comes (Llega la noche). 2011. 05:16 Isabella Gresser (Alemania / Germany). Nietzsche at Nice (Nietzsche en Niza). 2013. 05:00 Borja Rodríguez Alonso (España / Spain). Medianera (Dividing line). 2013. 01:47 Mária Júdová (Slovakia). Metaphors of the body (Metáforas del cuerpo). 2013. 06:04

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