Mindscapes

source: arte-surorg

Born in 1970 in Uruguay
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Fernando Velázquez is a media artist. He works with video, installations, interactive, objects and audiovisual performances. He is PhD candidate in Communication and Semiotics at PUC-SP, and participate in exhibitions as the Mercosul Biennale (Brazil, 2009), Mapping Festival (Switzerland, 2011), WRO Biennale (Poland, 2011) and the Pocket Film Festival at Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2007). His work was honored with several distinctions as the Sergio Motta Prize for Art and Technology (Brazil, 2009), Locative Media Arte.mov (Brazil, 2008) and Artificial Life (Spain, 2008) among others. He use to give courses and workshops in public and private institutions and non-profits or independent organizations. Nowadays he teach in a post graduation course at FAAP University, São Paulo, Brazil. Lives and work in Sao Paulo.
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source: blogart

“Vemos com os olhos, mas também vemos com o cérebro, e ver com o cérebro é o que comumente chamamos de imaginação. Estamos familiarizados com as paisagens da nossa imaginação, nossos inscapes, vivemos com eles por toda a vida”…
Oliver Sacks (ted.com, 2009)

As impressões em metacrilato desta série, são realizadas através da composição sequencial de ‘auto-imagens’ que um algoritmo personalizado faz de si mesmo a intervalos de tempo.

A série Mindscapes inclui vídeos, metacrilatos, uma instalação interativa e uma performance audiovisual onde se explora a ideia de paisagem relacionada à atividade cerebral. Mais do que buscar uma literalidade, a pesquisa recorre a algoritmos generativos para especular a respeito dos processos, fluxos e relacionamentos entre os diversos dispositivos e sistemas que nos conformam, e influenciam o modo como percebemos o mundo, construímos o conhecimento e articulamos memórias.
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source: blogart

see with the eyes, but we see with brain as well, and see with the brain is often call imagination, and we are familiar with the landscapes about our imagination, our inscapes we live with them all our lives”…
Oliver Sacks (ted.com, 2009)

The methacrylate prints of this series are compositions of software generated images done by the algorithm specially developed for the piece.

The Mindscapes series is a set of videos, plexiglas prints, an interactive installation, and a live image performance where the idea of landscape is explored in relation of brain activity. Rather than seek a literalness, the research uses computer algorithms to speculate about the processes, flows and relationships between the devices and systems conform us, and influence how we perceive the world, build awareness and articulate memoirs.
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source: blogart

“Vemos con los ojos, pero vemos también con el cerebro, y los que vemos con el cerebro es comunmente llamado de imaginación, y estamos familiarizados con los paisajes de nuestra imaginación, nuestros inscapes, vivimos toda la vida con ellos”…
Oliver Sacks (ted.com, 2009)

Las impresiones de metacrilato de esta serie son realizadas a través de la composición secuencial de ‘auto-imágenes’ que un algoritmo personalizado realiza por sí mismoen intervalos de tiempo.

La serie Mindscapes incluye videos, impresiones sobre plexiglas, una instalación interactiva y una performance audiovisual donde se explora la idea de paisaje relacionada a la actividad cerebral. No se trata de buscar una literalidad, si no que se recurre a algoritmos generativos para especular sobre los procesos, flujos y relaciones entre los diversos dispositivos que nos forman e influencian el modo cómo entendemos el mundo, construimos el conocimiento y articulamos las memorias.