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MAI Final Projects Presentation

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Nature and Tecnology workshop: Alejandro Tamayo

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The workshops starts inviting to reflect about that what still marvels you about Nature. And by Nature we would like you to consider it in its widest possible way. Not only as that what we usually call the “green” part of nature, or our immediate human-scale nature, but in its widest spectrum that ranges from the limits of the Universe, the creation of galaxies and so forth, to the structure and conformation of matter from its deepest level possible, and to be aware of the special place of human beings in this spectrum.

This is an invitation to start reflecting about Nature in two directions: From up to bottom and from bottom up. From a cosmological angle down to a microscopic point of view and vice-versa. Try to identify and be able to express to others that what marvels you the most. That what you still find as magic, poetic and deeply inspiring.

The aim of the workshop will be to study the relationship between Nature and Technology, exploring the creation of technology from a sensitive point of view. It will be composed of a reflective aspect in which we will hold discussions in an open and spontaneous way and a hands-on approach in which everyone will be following a creative and sensitive process. The results of the workshop will be socialized in an open exhibition and with a public presentation.

Xavi Hurtado Lecture 20/03/2013 19h

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BA in Fine Arts from the Universidad de Barcelona, 1986. Master in Arts, Art in Media Program (New York University) 1996.
Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1997-00), at the Universidad de los Andes (1996-00) and at the Universidad Pontificia Javeriana (98-00), Bogota. Jury member and tutor in New Media, Grant Programme of the Ministry of Culture (96-98), Bogota. Curator of the festivals Kybernetes, TELE-visión and Artrónica, Bogota. Colombia.
Programmer of OVNI (Observatorio de Video no Identificado / Unidentified Videos Observatory) videos, CCCB Barcelona. Professor at the Institut de l´Audiovisual (Master in Electronic Arts) Universidad Pompeu Fabra 2000-03, Barcelona. Associated professor at the Facultad de Bellas Artes Universidad de Barcelona (03-04). Professor EINA (00-04), Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

His work has been shown, among other places, in:
- “In-out”. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, (Barcelona. Spain)
- “Herejías”. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (Canarias, Spain)
- In different OVNI exhibitions at the Centro de Cultura de Barcelona, (Barcelona, Spain)
- “Artist in Residence Program”. Banff Center of the Arts (Canada)
- “Singular Electrics ”. Fundació Miró, ESPAI-13, (Barcelona. Spain)
- “Works” .80 Washington Square East Galleries (New York. USA)
- “Cyberia 02”. Fundación Marcelo Botín (Santander. Spain)
- “Ciclo de autores de video”. Centro de Arte Santa Mónica (Barcelona, Spain)
- “Scratch”. Centre Wallonie Bruxelles (Paris, France)
- “Forum de l´Image” (Tolouse, France)
- “Open Show in Physical Computing”. Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University (New York, USA).

He has received grants from the Video and Cinematography Department and the Visual Arts Department of the government of Cataluña (Generalitat) en 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2005.