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In 2000,equipped with portable computers, cameras and video cameras, we decided to begin a common project called NOMADAS (2000-2010), beging this frame of reference of all our projects,worjking, moreover, as a way of combining art and life.

This journey, transgressing the boundaries and prejudices, feeds our way of seeing and understanding the present world, mixing cultures and experiences, smells and flavours. Every city is our city.

The aim of this trip in the course of ten years is to know all the countries by means of exhibitions, lectures and projects carried out along with transnational groups, establishing thus collaboration bonds with artists and institutions, cultural agents and the different societies.

The human being: origin of life, creation and destruction, power and war, conflicts and gender violence, globalization and changes of social paradigms and his continuous reformulation as a free person in such a changeable world, where science and new technologies change those concepts we build our identity on. These are some issues we think about in order to reflect them in our works and projects using video art installations, virtual reality, net-art, photographs, sculpture, computer graphics...

During these years we have carried out exhibitions and installations in different events: The Fair of Contemporary Art, ARCO, Madrid; Art Futura, the VideoArts Festivals of Bangkok and Hong Kong; The Observatori of Arts in the City of Science and Arts of Valencia; Art Fair of Beijing, CIGE, Share, Torino, Italy, Ars Electronica,...Museums and Centers of Art:The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, CCCB; Chelsea Art Museum, New York,MAXXI; MEIAC; Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo. Roma,...As well as in art galleries in New York, Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Tenerife,Oporto, Japan, Beijing, ...

Abstracts, lectures and debates: Metropolitan Museum Manila, Philipines; Art Center Kobe, Japan, Centro de Arte La Recova, Tenerife, Canary Island, ARCO Fair, Museums and Centers of art Encuentros Art Tech Media 06, LOOP Fair, Barcelona, Talleres A.C. Zatagoza...

////Projects carried out (2000-2005)

Millenium Project -Series of computer graphics. Exploration of new technologies in art. Exhibitions in Tenerife, Madrid, Barcelona, Oporto and New Yok.

CUERPO IN ARTE.- Fusion of the masculine and the feminine in a new being. Video installation made up of of twelve screens (6x8 meters) and five 20 minutes videos which are simultaneously shown. It was first shown in 2001 inside an oil tank in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and produced by the Inter-island Council of Tenerife.

HUMAN NW.
- Do you need to destroy in order to created? A 12-minute audiovisual installation with 2 screen. Original music by Mandi Capote Demali. The installation is completed by a series of photographs. It was exhibited in Europe, Japan and Phlippines, and in the Art Fair of Beijing , China, and ARCO in Madrid.

IDENTITY DREAMS.
- A series of digital photographs. exploration of the inside-outside of the human being. Exhibitions in Madrid and Vitoria .

HUMAN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.- Inmersive virtual reality with navigation table and net-art. A trip across the body of knowledge. Project developed with the Museum MIDE, in Spain, CIPRES in Marseilles and LYBAT in Prague. Original music by Juan Belda. It has been exhibited in The Art Center La Recova in Tenerife, The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, The Foundation Montehermoso in Vitoria, Art Festivals in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Art Futura in Barcelona.

-Founders of ART TECH MEDIA, platform art and new media.

- ART TECH MEDIA 06 art, new technologies, science and society.
www.artechmedia.net/artechmedia06.htm

Debates on: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa | Presidencia Gobierno de Canarias |Museo Da2 | Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo. Artium |BilbaoArte | Centro Párraga | Es Baluard | CCCB

-Directors of 1st International Congress Art Tech Media, may of 2007
www.artechmedia.net

Headquaters: Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto Cervantes and Casa de América (Madrid)
Collaboration: SEACEX, AECI, Innovación Tecnológica Comunidad de Madrid, Canarias Crea Gobierno de Canarias and la Consejería de Cultura de Andalucía, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Milla Digital, LG,

Participation: TESLA Berlin - V2. Rotterdam - MAXXI.Roma - Ars Electronica. Linz - CIANT. Praga - Art Council UK - RHizome.org. New Museum. New York - UCLA Design | Media Arts MIT - MADC. Costa Rica - CENART Mexico - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires - Museo Rufino Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico - The Institute of Art Chicago - Hangar, Mecad, Medialab Madrid ... technological companies, universities, artists, asociations of artists ...

////Coordination of Projects for the Canary Islands

Cárcel de Amor:- Project for the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) . Curated by Berta Sichel, Virginia Villapalana and Remedios Zafra. selection of films produced by artists about gender violence, web project and lectures. it was presented in the MNCARS and other Spanish centres.

Art Futura.- Technological and visual art festival in Barcelona and which is currently presented in ten Spanish cities.

////Projects:

NOMADS East - West.- we show our real and "digital " experience lived in New York, part of Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany...), Japan, The Philippines and China.

Audiovisual installation. Opening of project: CCCB
Edition in coproduction with CCCB, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona
Original music: Mandi Capote Demali
15´

NOMADS East - West, present in differents Museums and Centers of Art of the five continents.
CCCB, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona; MAXXI; Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo. Roma; Chelsea Art Museum. New York;Centro Párraga. Murcia; Bienal Fotonoviembre. Tenerife; Centro de Historia de Zaragoza; MEIAC. Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo. Badajoz...

www.montsearbelojosebafranco.com/nomadas.htm

////Projects in development:

- emc27 project of tv satellite connections between the 27 Capitals of the European Union and others cities with large screens in the streets .
Support : European Parliament , Ministery of Culture, Ministery of foreign office. 
Gobierno Vasco, Fundación Bilbao 700, Council of Bilbao, Council of S/C Tenerife

www.emc27.org

- EUROPE IN YOUR EYES. - International call to development of wikipedia of the imagen with the active citizen´s participation over the world.

- 360º SUR-SUR. - During two months we´ll travel round world by the south hemisphere developing a movie in collaboration with medialabs and art research centers in India, Singapore, Australia...

- STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND THE DIGITAL CULTURE. - It presented to Ministerio de Cultura and others institutions.

- NETWORK OF EXPERIMENTAL CENTERS OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY. - In contribution with various Ministerios, Autonomous Regions and other institutions, universities, centers of research, technological companies, etc.

 

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CONFERENCES, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHERS ACTIVITIES

- Conferences:

- Centro IAMAS and CAP in Japan 

- Metropolitan Museum of Manila. Philippines

- Art Futura, Barcelona

- MIDE, Cuenca

- ESDI. MECAD, Barcelona

- Centro de Arte DA2, Salamanca

- Centro de Arte La Recova, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

- Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias

- Museo Vasco ARTIUM, Vitoria

- Fundación Bilbao Arte, Bilbao

- Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona

- Museo EsBaluard, Palma de Mallorca

- Centro Párraga, Murcia

- Museo Unión FENOSA, A Coruña

- Festival de Cine de Málaga, Art tv

- TAC.Talleres de Arte Contemporáneo. Zaragoza

- II International Forum:FASTFORWARD on New Media Art. PAN. Naples
  Palazzo delle Arti Napoli

- La Università degli Studi della Tuscia.Viterbo. Italy

-Digital Media 1.0. La Nau. Valencia. Spain

- Chelsea Art Museum. New York


CRONOLOGIC Biography

2008 - Expo Futura. PERIFERIAS. Huesca
2008 - Tina-B Festival. Prague
2008 - MEIAC. Badajoz
2008 - Ars Electronica.Linz
2008 - Cura Bodrum - Curator Blanca de la Torre. PIST. Istanbul. Turkey
2008 - Chelsea Art Museum. New York
2008 - Mediateca Caixa Forum. [MIDE archive]. Barcelona
2008 - Digital Media 1.0. Valencia
2008 - Share. Torino. Italy
2008 - MAXXI; Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo. Roma
2008 - Centro Historia de Zaragoza
2008 - Art Tech Media. ARCO. Madrid
2007 - Metamap. Wien. Austria
2007 - Centro Párraga. Murcia
2007 - NOMADS.CCCB. Barcelona
2007 - First International Congress Art Tech Media.
          Ministerio de Cultura
          Instituto Cervantes
          Casa de América.
          60 Internationals Organizations
2007 - Chelsea Art Museum, PAM con Lev Manovic, Montse Arbelo and Joseba Franco. New York
2007 - LOOP. Videoart Fair. Barcelona
2006 - European Parliament. Brussels. emc25 - emc27
2006 - Festival de Cine de Málaga, Art tv. Málaga
2006 - Art Tech Media
          ARCO. Madrid
          Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
          Domus Artium 2002 DA2, Salamanca
          Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias
          Museo Vasco ARTIUM, Vitoria
          Fundación Bilbao Arte, Bilbao
          Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona
          Museo Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca
          Centro Párraga, Murcia
          Museo Unión FENOSA, A Coruña
2005 - UA. Videocreación Digital. Chris Cunningham, Cold Cut, Valencina Serrati, Tomato, Melon Design y Montse Arbelo y Joseba Franco.
          Curator: José Ramón Alcalá. Director of MIDE.Cuenca, (Catedrático de Tecnologías de la Imagen en la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
2005 - Centro Cultural Montehermoso.Vitoria
2005 - MAF. Bangkok Thailand
2005 - II World Summit of Cities and Local Governments on the Information Society. Bilbao
2005 - ARCO. Madrid
2005 - Art Futura. Barcelona
2004 - Mssohkan Gallery. Japón
2004 - Metropolitan Museum Manila. Philippines
2004 - CYPRES. Marsella
2004 - Sandunga Gallery.inCINEración. Granada
2004 - Centro de Arte la Recova. S.C. Tenerife
2004 - Observatori. Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias. Valencia
2004 - CIGE Beijing. China
2003 - Círculo de Bellas Artes of Tenerife
2003 - Galería Carmen de la Guerra. Madrid
2003 - Museo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife
2003 - Human NW. CCCB. Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona
2002 - Minimal Arte Contemporánea Oporto. Portugal
2001 - Espacio Cultural El Tanque de Petróleo. S. C Tenerife
2001 - Galería Abad Aguirre.Bilbao
2001 - Caelum Gallery. New York
2000 - Festival of Independent Video, OVNI

 

- Tv interviews:

- Metrópolis. tve
- Canal Internacional Canarias
- Fluido Rosa. Radio 3
- Siglo XXI. Rne
- Onda Cero

- Editions on :
- Flash art
- DigiCu

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