Visual Rhythm: Fernando Velázquez

Fernando Velázquez, Mindscapes, 2011-12
Interactive installation from the Mindscapes Series
edition of 3 + AP
variable dimensions
courtesy of Zipper Gallery, São Paulo

Fernando Velázquez, from the Mindscapes Series, untitled, #15, 2011
Plexiglas print, edition of 3 + 2 AP
60 x 120 cm
courtesy of Zipper Gallery, São Paulo

Fernando Velázquez, from the Mindscapes Series, untitled, #19, 2011
Plexiglas print, edition of 3 + 2 AP
60 x 120 cm
courtesy of Zipper Gallery, São Paulo

Fernando Velázquez, The Mindscapes Suite, 2011
6 videos from the Mindscapes Series
edition of 5 + AP
6 min 3 sec

Consisting of videos, Plexiglas prints, and an interactive installation inviting visitor input, the Mindscapes Series explores the notion of landscape in relation to brain activity. The aim is not to give literal representation but to contemplate the processes and relationships between the devices and systems that facilitate and define our perceptions and experiences. To this end Fernando Velázquez composed an algorithm to render possibilities and speculations about the surroundings that shape our view of the world, how we build awareness and convey memory.

Velázquez will present a live audio-visual performance of the Mindscapes Series during MediaLive 2012.

Fernando Velázquez was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1970. Since 1994, he has lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where he is a professor at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation. Velázquez holds an MA in Fashion, Art and Culture and a degree in Multimedia Design from Senac University, São Paulo, and he is a PhD candidate in Communication and Semiotics at PUC University, São Paulo. His work has been shown internationally at festivals and institutions, including Mapping Festival, Geneva, Switzerland (2011); Pool Art Fair, New York, NY (2011); and Alucine Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2010).

Visual Rhythm has been made possible by Presenting Sponsor Mike’s Camera and by a partnership with the Brakhage Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.With additional support from Sue Cannon, Polly and Mark Addison, Boulder County Arts Alliance, the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder, and the Hotel Boulderado.