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POPORO
is a pre-Columbian ceremonial vessel from Colombia. The
video explores the complex cosmology of Colombia’s
indigenous cultures in a visual journey filled with mythological
beings and spirits, whose existence overlap in a multidimensional,
interconnected universe where there is neither past nor
future. This advanced state of being hinges on a continuous
present that converges upon
the fears and mysteries of a humane, earthy vision. Doomed
expectations hope to transcend and find answers in the unknown
through man’s artistic sensibility and imagination. |
Luis
Gabriel Cantillo Mojica
was born in Santafé de Bogotá, the capital
of Colombia, on February 5, 1976. He graduated from the
Fine Arts School of the National University, and then enrolled
at St. Martins College of Art, in London. He has exhibited
mostly in group exhibitions in his native country, and recently
completed his MFA in Computer Art at the School of Visual
Arts in New York. He is also the author of the 2001 book
Solo Dibujo- Drawing Only (Villegas Editores,
Bogotá, 2004), in which he gathers examples of some
of the most outstanding contemporary Colombian artists practicing
this medium. Mr. Cantillo Mojica currently lives in New
York.
Antonio Arnedo is one of the best jazz
musicians working in Colombia today. He initially studied
Geology at the National University but after a few semesters
he switched to music. He worked with Francisco Zumaqué
in a revolutionary project called Macumbia where
Zumaqué attempted to fuse jazz, classical
and Afro-Colombian folk music from the Caribbean coastline.
It was Arnedo’s total dedication that led him to overcome
the many obstacles of starting late in music. His discography
as group leader includes Travesía (1996),
Encuentros (1997), Orígenes (1998),
and Colombia (2000). |
