- Nacho Durán
Nacho Durán is a multimedia artist and creator of the first
videoblog made inSouth America (Sao Paulo ,Brazil ) from June 2003 Videoblog Feitoamouse: http://www.feitoamouse.org/videoblog] Videoblog Feitoamouse: First videoblog made in South America [http://www.feitoamouse.org/videoblog/03/junio/030615.htm First video-post, June 15, 2003] ] , a diary composed by soundlessloop videos from a photo sequence made with a portablewebcam .Biography
Nacho Durán was born in
Oviedo ,Spain in1979 and he lives inSao Paulo ,Brazil since 2001. He's graduated as Multimedia Designer and works as designer, programmer, VJ and as a teacher in Academia Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo Academia Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo: http://www.aicinema.com.br] .As a VJ he performed individually or with the collectives
VisualRadio VisualRadio: http://www.visualradio.com.br] ,Coletivo Virtual Coletivo Virtual: http://www.coletivovirtual.com.br] ,TeleKommando TeleKommando: http://www.telekommando.net] andShowskills Showskills-UK: http://www.showskills.com] in clubs and festivals:T.E.M.P. T.E.M.P.: http://www.digitalenemy.com.br] ,Skol Beats ,Nokia Trends ,Eletrônika ,Motomix , FILE Hipersônica Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] ,VJbr VJbr: http://www.vjbr.org] ,Contrabando ,Dezcalabro , inBrazil ,Argentina ,Spain andPortugal .He also participates in lectures and workshops about VJing and multimedia production for Internet and mobile phones.
VJing Software
Visual-log
Derived from Feitoamouse Videoblog, the application
Visual-Log Visual-Log: http://www.feitoamouse.org/v-log] was first showed at FILE Hipersônica 2004 Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] with the project ‘V-log + AudioCidade’ withCélio Dutra .randoX
randoXrandoX: http://www.feitoamouse.org/randox] is an interface for PC and
Mac OS for audiovisual projections developed since 2004 byNacho Durán , withMacromedia Director and Lingo language. RandoX works with images (jpeg andgif ), audio (wav andmp3 ), video (mov andmp4 , texts (txt) and fonts. It's part of the research groupCorposcópio Corposcópio website: http://www.lucialeao.pro.br/corposcopio] about circular dances, VJing and wireless technologies, directed by new media researcher and artistLúcia Leão Lúcia Leão: http://www.lucialeao.pro.br] .Main works
*2007 SP_Mobile - Interactive video installation that makes possible to visualize and manipulate audio and video files with the use of any mobile device with a built-in camera. The audio and video footage chosen to be part of the database shows the city of
Sao Paulo from the perspective of the movement and characteristics of mobile devices. Developed in collaboration with Uruguayan media artist Fernando Velázquez and musician and producer Francisco Lapetina. The system was developed withvvvv .It was first shown in Motomix Art Festival 2007 (
Sao Paulo ) Motomix Art Music Festival 2007: http://www.motomix2007.com] .*2007 4mobiles – Recordings made with a mobile phone of a travel to the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, showing the influences of colonization, globalization and climate change on natives. The authentic images and sounds were deconstructed and synchronized quadriphonically to be played by four mobile phones at the same time.
It was first shown as a video-installation on the 2º Festival Internacional de Arte em Mídias Móveis -
arte.mov arte.mov: Festival Internacional de Arte em Mídias Móveis: http://www.artemov.net] - inBelo Horizonte (Brazil ) and as a video on the 21ª Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista: http://www.mostraaudiovisual.com.br] inSao Paulo (Brazil ).*2005-2007 Desconstruindo
Manu Chao Manu Chao: http://www.manuchao.net] , um artista marginal na era digital – 3D work inDVD-ROM made in collaboration withLúcia Leão Lúcia Leão: http://www.lucialeao.pro.br] and Mariana Rillo. The work was part of the exhibition ‘Bits Flexíveis’ in theMuseu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo: http://www.mis.sp.gov.br] (2005) and in theElectronic Language International Festival , 2007 inSao Paulo and 2008 inRio de Janeiro Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] .*2006-2007 Pares (des)conexos -
CD-ROM application made in collaboration with Mariana Rillo. It was part of the exhibition ofElectronic Language International Festival inSao Paulo (2006) and inRio de Janeiro (2007) Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] .*2006 Corposcópio – interactive and collaborative multimedia performance with
Lucia Leão Lúcia Leão: http://www.lucialeao.pro.br] ,Fernando Velázquez Fernando Velázquez: http://www.blogart.com] , Rodrigo Gontijo, Dudu Tsuda, Leonora Fink, Giselle Fink, Andrea Leoncini and Andrea Soares.*2005 Vedute di San Paolo Moderna – audiovisual performance with the collective
TeleKommando Scherz inside the festivalElectronic Language International Festival Hipersônica 2005 Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] .*2003-2005 A cidade utópica -
CD-ROM application made withFernando Velázquez Fernando Velázquez: http://www.blogart.com] , Clício BarrosoClício Barroso: http://www.clicio.com.br] , Alexandre Braso e Leonora Fink. It was part of the exhibitions ‘450 anos da cidade de São Paulo’ (450 years of the city of Sao Paulo) in Sao Paulo City Hall (2004),Electronic Language International Festival inSao Paulo (2005) and inRio de Janeiro (2006Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] ).*2003-2005 Pixzle, uma fábrica de quebra-cabeças digital – website made with Leonora Fink. It was part of the exhibition
Electronic Language International Festival inSao Paulo (2005) and inRio de Janeiro (2006) Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] .*2005 Mosaicópolis – website e
urban intervention , coordinated byMário Ramiro ,Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac: http://www.ekac.org] andLuiz Duva Luiz Duva: http://www.liveimages.com.br] . It was showed during the festivalMotomix 2005 inPorto Alegre ,Rio de Janeiro andSao Paulo .*2005 Autos-falantes – Sound
urban intervention , coordinated byMário Ramiro ,Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac: http://www.ekac.org] ,Luiz Duva Luiz Duva: http://www.liveimages.com.br] andAlex Kid Alex Kid: http://www.alexkid.com] . It was showed in the streets ofPorto Alegre ,Rio de Janeiro andSao Paulo .*2004 DesEu, um auto-retrato digital -
CD-ROM application made in collaboration with Mariana Rillo. It was part of the exhibition Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica inSao Paulo (2004) Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica: http://www.file.org.br] .Awards
*2007 Honorable Mention at 7th edition of Brazilian Prize 'Prêmio Sergio Motta de Arte e Tecnologia'Prêmio Sérgio Motta de Arte e Tecnologia: http://www.premiosergiomotta.org.br/] with the project 'Partidas-Chegadas', developed in collaboration with
Marcus Bastos .External links
* [http://www.nachoduran.es Nacho Durán website]
References
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