Mobile Tagging Art Pedro MORALES
b. 1958, Maracaibo. VE. Lives and works between Houston U.S. & Versailles. France. Pedro Morales (Maracaibo, VE. 1958) is a pioneer of digital art in Venezuela. “La Mirada�, (The Gaze), ca. 1989, made entirely in a 8088 PC with 256K RAM memory is one of the first works of digital art documented in the region. He represented his country at the 50th Venice Biennale with an iconic work, "CITYROOMS.NET", censored by his government. His investigations in the visual arts maintain an intimate approach, using everyday domestic events as a background for his digital work. He has explored his vision of the painting within the painting with fractal geometry, stereography, its virtual volumes loyal to its digital nature. 3D vision has been extensively researched by Morales for more than 20 years. The two-dimensional codes popular on mobile phones have been dismembered by Morales, experimenting with new materials and decipherable techniques with a mobile phone. The 3D pieces come from printers assembled by the artist. Part of the interactivity with his work is mobile connectivity, each code carries a personal message, URL or feelings.
PEDRO MORALES.
b. 1958, Maracaibo. Lives and works in Houston U.S.A SOLO SHOWS: 1997-2018 http://pedromorales.com 2018 Signs & Symbols. The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art. DALLAS. US. 2014 Manuel de Civilité. Maëlle Galerie. Paris Erotic Embroideries. Espace MEZCLA. Rouen. FR. 2012 Haciendo bien, haciéndolo bien. Unidad Educativa Estadal Eugenio Pignat D´Bellard 2011 De redes y Cadenas. Galería D´Museo. Caracas. 2007 Bordados Porno. Galería D’museo. Caracas. 2003 Cityrooms Venice Biennal. GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2018 Art Lima, Peru. LIBERTATEM Cloître des Billetes. Paris. 2017 Biennial: Origins in Geometry. The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art. DALLAS. 40 Years of Geometry, GraphicArt Lima. 2016. ART LIMA. Peru. CARAVAN ART FORUM 2016, KUTAISI GEORGIA. ART VILNIUS LITUANIE. TRANSDIVERSO. ODALYS GALERIE. MADRID.
2015. ART LIMA. Peru. ART VLINIUS. LITUANIE. ART RIGA. LETONIE. 2014. ART LIMA. Peru. BYOB. Paris. BIT FORM. Galerie Nery Marino.Paris. 2013. ART LIMA. Peru. Fia Caracas. VE. 2012. PERSPECTIVES ON LATIN AMERICAN ART. Imperial Museum of Beijing. CONTAMINADOS. SALA MENDOZA. Caracas. KIAF Seoul. South Korea. SHANGHAI Art Fair. China. PINTA. New York. FIA Caracas.VE CARACAS JULIO 2012. 2011. ART SHANGHAI. Shanghai. FIA. Caracas. ARTBO BOGOTA. 2010. Maquinico. Museo de arte contemporáneo del Zulia. Maracaibo, VE. Shanghai art Fair. China. Una mirada al Lago. CAM. Maracaibo. ART SHANGHAI. Shanghai. ART MIAMI. Miami. ARTBO. Bogotá. FIA. Caracas. AWARDS 2012 Orden Maria Teresa Castillo. Gobernación de Miranda.VE. 2008 Honor al mérito artístico FRANCISCO HUNG. Universidad del Zulia.VE. 1995 20th Edition Award, XX Salón De Arte Aragua. 1994 FAMA Award (Fondo De Aportes Mixtos A Las Artes).
http://www.pedromorales.com/pdf/cv.pdf
SIGN OF THE TIMES Mobile Tagging Art Installation
Proposal for exhibition at
VISIONS, LIQUID International Art Show at Jorge Jurado Gallery Bogotà By Pedro MORALES. July 2018
SIGN OF THE TIMES, Mobile Tagging Art Installation Aztec codes, QR-codes, Stereograms, 3D-Prints (PLA & ABS), PDF417. Variable measures. 2017-2018
For this installation, I use the aesthetics of fractals and geometric abstraction to investigate the ubiquity of mobile technology in today’s life. I propose the interaction with the viewer through the decoding of SIGNS OF THE TIMES in an installation that is, above all, a quest for beauty. In 2010 I coined the term “Mobile Tagging Art� to define the artistic expression that uses scanning, decoding, and reading out geometric shapes to reveal content, without sacrifice of the aesthetic engagement. Using the camera of a mobile device to re-interpret numeric codes, Mobile Tagging Art gives artistic meaning to the fast-growing technology of mobile internet: geometric symbols that carry tags and induce communication with a cell phone. The proposal is based on the impact of 2D coding on life in the early 21st century: everything and everyone bearing contents and meanings in all possible combinations. As geometrical 2D codes have become part of almost every domain of life, fed by an incessant flow of data in real time to find information faster, they have also raised a generation of impatient consumers. My installation uses these 2D codes to make the
spectator pause and be captivated by the beauty evident in their geometric weaving. My ultimate interest lies in the aesthetics of the geometric codes. In SIGN OF THE TIMES, which aims to fill the gallery walls with an uninterrupted series of works with obvious visual continuity, a mesh is built to encourage interaction with the viewer via their mobile phones, and the technology of the binary codes, to find scattered data and information about today’s world and the most sought after URL’s in cyberspace. SIGN OF THE TIMES enhances the experience of what social media does and extends it to a new format, a world of geometric art. This installation is composed by 6 modules wich can be easily adapted to any given space. Is technology bringing people together or drifting them apart? Is one question explored by the installation to be shown at Jorge Jurado Gallery. Where will these advances take us? Can geometric codes make internet irrelevant one day? Could you scan a code to manifest physical reality? This installation is about exploring, learning and finding the beauty inherent in geometry and fractal geometry. Exploring motivates me, I am drawn to the unknown, the essence of my work is to be constantly exploring and finding. I force digital technology to do things it was not originally designed to. This is a craft that takes me beyond some barriers and beyond what’s apparent. I’d like to think that my geometric work humanizes technology, turns it into a warm form of human expression.
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SIGN OF THE TIMES Mobile Tagging Art Installation
Proposal for exhibition at
VISIONS, LIQUID International Art Show at Jorge Jurado Gallery. BogotĂ By Pedro MORALES. July 2018
info@pedromorales.com
Sign of the Times Mobile Tagging Art Installation Proposal for exhibition at
VISIONS, LIQUID International Art Show By Pedro MORALES August 2018 info@pedromorales.com