I was born in Colombia and I live and work in Oslo, Norway. I studied visual arts, performance and music composition at Goldsmiths College, the Bergen National Academy of Arts, and received a PhD in visual arts from the University of Bergen in 2012. I am currently professor of sculpture and installation at the Oslo National Academy of The Arts, and chairman of the board of Kunstnernes Hus.
My practice stages objects and images in motion as an investigation of, and reaction to, a world dominated by saturation and speed. My works problematise cultural definitions of time and temporality and explore how time is experienced due to our interaction with media culture. In some cases this has led me to reproduce ancient machines, explore the mystical qualities of cinema, examine the spectral dimensions of industrial progress, examine a sense of trace in spaces and institutions, investigate the sexual and emotional undertones in our relationship to technology, produce narratives that challenge linear representations of time, or take on the eerie instability of contemporary domestic life.
My work also reflects a concern with economies of attention. I address this by producing purpose-built, often large-scale immersive spaces that seek to modulate audiences’ perception. The relation between site and viewer is central to my work, making storytelling, music, the appropriation of historical and literary texts, and site-specificity some of my frequent strategies.
I have developed a variety of research projects exploring technology, affect, literature, media culture, and economies of attention at different institutions and with partners such as the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Goldsmiths College London, Kunstnernes Hus-Oslo, The Laban Centre-London, and Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I maintain constant critical communication and collaborate with professionals in the fields of cultural theory, dance, music, literature and philosophy.
My recent work has been shown at the Lyon biennale, 15th Istanbul Biennial, Contour Biennial, Performa13-New York, Kode museum in Bergen, Yarat Contemporary in Baku, Kochi-Muziris Biennial, Marrakech Biennial, Kunstnernes Hus-Oslo, Hordaland Kunstsenter-Bergen, Brussels Biennial, South Bank Centre-London, L’appartement 22-Rabat, Galeria Vermelho-Sao Paulo, Kunsthall Mulhouse-France, Colomboscope-Sri Lanka, amongst others.
I am represented by Zilberman (Berlin/Istanbul)