PORTFOLIO 2024
FELIPE PINEDA
Index 1-Artistic Statement 2-Artwork 2.1- Harmonies of Proximity 2.2- Listen to the real, the unheard 2.3 Drifting Ice 2.4 Variation of the Same Pulse 2.5 For some reason, nothing was said 2.6 Overcoming the void 2.7 Fragments of a common tale 3- Artistic Career 4- CV
Statement I am primarily interested in people, and how, through art, platforms and moments of encounter can be generated through artworks and their processes. In my artistic practice, I seek to reflect about the capacity to affect us politically and emotionally through interpersonal relationships, communication with others, and collaboration, and how these relationships shape us as a society. I develop my practice in two lines of action. The main line focuses on creating installations or sculptures of relational art, where the design of the pieces aims to establish certain minimal guidelines for the physical encounter between two or more people. These "interactive" sculptures often reflect on how personal relationships between participants develop through their use, materials, design, and context. Additionally, I also work on the representation of forms of relationships. In many instances, these works involve third parties in processes aimed at generating installations that reflect contemporary forms of relationship. Many of these manifestations take the form of sound works or sculptures that incorporate the voices of third parties, and in other instances, they are video recordings of encounters between different people with a pre-determined script. These choices are motivated by a conception of art as a space for sharing from a non-functional perspective, but rather as a place where we encounter our emotions and those of others. In other words, it is a space where empathy can be practiced, and an attempt to understand the emotional position of others. This exercise, I believe, is fundamental for the construction of non-individualistic spaces, in contrast to the forms of relationships proposed by models of competitive development and emotional isolation. On the other hand, this type of practice allows me to work directly with people, generating the possibility of carrying out work in specific contexts where people are protagonists.
Harmonies of proximity 2023 Interactive Installation: Ceramic, steel, fabric, plaster, lighting system, and wood. 6 x 5 meters. Exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago, Chile.
Installation in which participants can rotate sculptures, activating specific sounds. Likewise, the rotation of the devices is connected to a motion sensor that regulates the room's lighting. In this way, participants coordinate their movements to orchestrate a multisensory experience.
Video: https://youtu.be/XJXXKzpXrz8?si=de6nl1XbxMa3ygf4
Harmonies of proximity, 2023.
Listen to the real, the unheard 2023 Interactive Sculptures: Ceramic, steel, glass, plaster, stone. Exhibited at Espora Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
Exhibition featuring 5 manipulable sculptural pieces. All the sculptures invite visitors to pick them up and bring them close to their ears to listen through them, engaging in conversations with others through the artworks.
From One Ear to Another 2023 100 cm x 50 cm x 40 cm Plaster, rubber, and steel cables.
Sculpture with two ears at its ends and a cavity in the middle that allows two people to converse through it.
Drifting Ice 2023 Interactive Installation: Wood, balance balls. 6 x 7 meters. Nube Lab Sculpture Festival, Santiago, Chile.
Interactive installation installed in a public park. The artwork is inspired by drifting icebergs produced by ice seas. The installation invites participants to climb onto the various pieces and explore the artwork, maintaining balance among the different movable elements.
Drifting Ice, 2023.
Variation of the same pulse 2023 Interactive sculpture, video, photography and drawing. Variable dimensions. Error Project, Mexico City. México
Final presentation of the research from the Error residency in Mexico City. The exhibition showcases various interactive works created based on the investigation of local materials, Bule and Texontle, and the possibilities of their relationship with the body. All pieces are designed to be picked up, allowing visitors to feel their texture and explore their movement possibilities.
Lithophone I, 2023. Tezontle stone and steel wire. Sculpture designed for the friction between the two stone pieces. 40 x 30 x 20 cm
The Stone and the Hand, 2023. Watercolor pencil drawing on paper. 35 x 45 cm
Jala el bule, 2023. 25 x 10 x 10 cm Mobile sculpture.
Prototipo amplificador, 2023. Escultura amplificadora de audio compuesta de cerámicas recicladas de Puebla, MX 50 x 10 x 5 cm.
For some reason, nothing was said 2022 Exhibition composed of three sound pieces. Espacio Vilches, Santiago, Chile.
Exhibition composed of three sound pieces reflecting on the conditions, consequences, and failures of interpersonal communication.
Listening to What Is Unseen 2021 30 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm Perforated rock, audio system, headphones. Rock that reproduces the sound from inside a body.
Confession 2021 80 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm Lightbox and sound Lightbox conveying a slow-paced message, without actually saying anything.
Revealing Gradually 2022 200 cm x 120 cm x 200 cm Elevated table, audio system.
The artwork features a suspended table in the air that plays audio recordings of conversations discussing secrets hidden beneath the table.
Overcoming the void 2021 Sound artwork: Megaphones, music stands, and sound. 160 cm x 80 cm x 20 cm. - 4 minutes of audio duration. Exhibited in the collective show "Map for a Encounter" at Balmaceda Arte Joven, Santiago, Chile.
Sound installation composed of two megaphones arranged facing each other at ear level. The megaphones play a conversation between two people attempting to figure out where the other person is.
Overcoming the void, 2021
Fragments of a common tale 2020 Video 6’ Centro GAM, Santiago, Chile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc3wBkDrKkk
Collaboratively generated video during the pandemic. Four strangers come together in a video call with the instruction that they must create a common story. The story is generated using a set of rules that compel participants to speak as if they were a single person. Every participant have to follow a specific order of intervention.
Artistic Career Individual Exhibitions 2023 Listen to the real, the unheard Espora Gallery Santiago, Chile.
2023 Crisis Macchina Gallery Santiago, Chile
2023 Harmonies of proximity Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago Santiago, Chile.
2021 Pandemia Impact City Lab - GAM Santiago, Chile
2023 For some reason, nothing was said Espacio Vilches Santiago, Chile.
2020 Sonorous Museum of the uprising Cultural Park of Valparaíso, Chile
Collective Exhibitions 2023 Sculpture Festival - Nube Lab Intercomunal Park Santiago, Chile 2022 Visual Balmaceda Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago Santiago, Chile
2019 Art and resistance Galería Itinerante Matadero Franklin Santiago, Chile Residencies 2023 Error Project Ciudad de México, México
2023 Residencies for social innovation - Nube Lab Santiago, Chile 2022 Lab 2- Balmaceda Arte Jóven Santiago, Chile Art Fairs 2022 Feria Tinta Arte Impreso Santiago, Chile 2021 Feria Impresionante Persa Victor Manuel Awards and scholarships 2023 Fondart Circulación de Contenidos Ministerio de Cultura República de Chile. 2022 Balmaceda Arte Jóven Award Balmaceda Arte Jóven
CV Studies
Work Experience
Contact information
Bachelor's Degree in Arts 2019-2022 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Project Coordinator Antenna Foundation 2021-2022
Name and Surname Felipe Pineda Rojas
Programming Coordinator Antenna Foundation 2020 Guest Professor for the Bachelor's Degree Thesis Examination Committee in Arts - Diego Portales University 2023 Teaching Assistant for the course "Art and Public Space" in the Arts program at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 2021 Teaching Assistant for the course "Visual Arts Today" in the Arts program at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 2020
Date of Birth 11/06/1995 Phone +569 84299454 Email felipepineda.rs@gmail.com Instagram @felipes.pinedas Place of Residence Chile