"ART, BODY AND TECHNOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT APPROACHES FROM LATIN AMERICA" CONFERENCE

[BRISA MP]

The Chilean artist Brisa MP in FLA - Latin American forum- ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art

June 12, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
http://www.isea2013.org/events/latin-american-forum-presents-2

The body-technology artist Brisa MP will present part of their research on FLA- Latin American Forum- ISEA. The conference: "ART, BODY AND TECHNOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT APPROACHES FROM LATIN AMERICA"

The artist and Director of INTERFACE Art, Body, Science and Technology International Festival, and FIVC, Videodance International Festival of Chile, will be receiving artworks video registry to be scheduled for new version of its festivals in Chile.

Art, Body and Technology: an overview of current approaches from Latin America

By: Brisa MP (Chile)

The presentation aims to make a brief tour of the current state of the art of the production that articulates the human body and the technology in the fields of dance and performance. This tour offers a mapping of various levels of production, such as artists, work of art , theoretical production, collaboration networks, research in Latin American festivals and an analysis of the general situation in the region.

No doubt that the art-technology development in Latin America has been largely led by artists from the visual arts. In this scope we can see that the performative arts are not far behind, while its approach to science and technology has been happening slowly, it is now possible to recognize several projects developed in our region. These projects constitute a network of performances, educational and outreach that have shaped a recognizable set between dance-performance and technological mediation.

Moreover, the state of the art makes evident conceptual, aesthetic and economic problems, it proposes new ways of collaborative creation, instances of intercultural exchange and training that have allowed local development of projects pushing the boundaries of traditional Dance and Performance Art territories.

Meanwhile It is recognized that in Latin America a first approach to the relationship between dance and technology, comes from the videodance production, in which the initial scenic event moved to digital imaging and the screen. This is evident in several countries, making it visible a second state of the dance-performance and technology exploring more complex technical and aesthetic structures therefore presenting unequal levels of development in the countries of the region.

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Brisa MP
Transdisciplinary Chilean artist. She investigates relationship between the body, science, and technology.
Her work in dance and performance art language try to develop questions and research about new human body conceptions, body-city-technology relationship, and study new methodologies, paradigms, art forms from the technology use.

She won the SOGEDA PRIX for Electronics choreography "Ejercicios Electrocoreográficos" In Monaco Dance Forum (Montecarlo,2006). She development dance and technology residence toghether with collective SWAP PROJECT at ZDB (Lisbon 2009). She has won contest FONDART (Government of Chile) in 4 opportunities.

She is a member of the Latin American Network MAPAD2 Dance and technology.
In 2009 she published book “INTERFERENCIAS”, and she writes in Escaner Cultural digital magazines.

She is director the INTERFACE International Festival of Art, body, science and technology, and FIVC, International Videodance Festival of Chile.

She´s licensed in Visual Arts, Arcis University (Chile). Postgraduate in “Studies and Projects in Visual Culture” Barcelona University (Spain). She studied Dance in the University (Chile) , workshops and seminaries in dance, digital medias and technology in Europe and Latin American.
Actually, She develop tesis and research of Masters in Technology and Aesthetics of Electronic Arts, Tres de Febrero National University . Buenos Aires (Argentina).

She has won contest DIRAC - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile- for your participation in ISEA 2013

Artworks
www.caidalibre.cl

INTERFACE
International Festival Art, Body, Science and Technology
www.cuerpoytecnologia.cl

FIVC, International videodance Festival of Chile
www.videodanza.cl