Immigrant Artists Present Work in Virtual Reality about Migration in New York and Miami
by Phillip Fleck Anand Systems Inc Launches, Asi Frontdesk, The NewAfter passing by Colombia and
London, the project will be presented in the US in the next days.
Human mobility is theme for the
installation “Transeuntis Mundi” – an immersive work including virtual reality,
sound and video installation about the millennial diasporas and migrations that
formed a transcultural and transnational humanity. A work that maps human
cultural heritage in 4 countries or 4 continents – Brazil, Colombia, US and UK
– chosen for its force representing the blend of cultures and genetics.
The work will be presented in the
Art Context Miami Exhibition and at the Rochester Institute of Technology/ NY
in the newt days.
The work is created by the Brazilian
Artist and NYC based Cândida Borges and the Colombian Artist Gabriel Mario
Vélez. The research that bases this work is developed by Cândida at Plymouth
University (UK) as her PhD thesis and at the Universidade de Antioquia (Colombia),
where Cândida and Gabriel are researchers of Arts, Science and
Technology.
MORE ABOUT THE WORK
The project was launched last
September in Colombia at the International Festival of Books and Culture, where
over 2,500 people visited the artwork. Simultaneously, it was presented in
London (UK) at the conference “Digital Research in Humanities Arts 2019”. The
project is now touring in exhibitions and conferences about technology and
arts.
*Pictures by Gabriel Mário Velez.
ABOUT
THE CREATORS
Cândida Borges is a musician and
transmedia artist from Brazil, based in NYC. Gabriel Mario Velez is a Colombian
visual artist, director and performer. They partnered in 2018 to develop a
larger research on arts creation and social sciences dialogue around the theme
of diasporas, specially from Latin America. Both artists are scholars, artists
and reseachers at the Universidad de Antioquia and the Federal University of
the State of Rio de Janeiro. Their websites: http://www.candidaborges.com and http://www.gabrielmariovelez.com
SERVICE
ART CONTEXT MIAMI – Dec 7th and 8th,
Miami/FL.
https://www.contextartmiami.com
Symposium 2019- Rochester Institute
of Technology – Nov 22nd. http://framelesslabs.rit.edu/symposium-2019/
The Transeuntis Mundi Project can be
known at:
www.facebook.com/transeuntismundi
www.instagram.com/transeuntismundi
MORE Pictures: https://transeuntismundi.com/galeria/ and https://transeuntismundi.com/agenda/
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR INTERVIEW AND
FULL ARTICLE
press@transeuntismundi.com
+1 347 408 1220
+ 55 21 3942 2425
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