Jorge Barco
Conectando la tierra
con sus origenes cosmicos
a través del sonido
The Philosophy of Sound
Jorge Barco (Fresno, Colombia, 1981). Artist based in Medellín, Colombia who does research from a sound perspective about media archeology, speculative design, spatial imaginaries and geological materials, combining media and strategies such as analogue electronics and reapropiation of low tech technologies in instalations, machines and in situ projects, in addition to field recordings, composition and sound performance.
He has done exhibitions, residencies, live acts and workshops in different art centers, museums and festivals dedicated to the movement of electronic arts in Latin America and Europe.
Barco combines his artistic work with theoretical and curatorial production, and the promotion of Medellín`s experimental scene both independently and institutionaly from The Museum of Modern Art, where he works as a Special Projects curator. Recently he`s been selected for the first edition CIFO-Ars Electronica 2023 award.
The Impact of Jorge Barco's Art
Experimenting and performing in the listening century
Artistic practices associated with noise as a field of research and creation, with aesthetic and ontological nature, as well as critical reflection about technologies. Sound objects, projects and live performances.
JORGE BARCO. Medellín-Col. Develops his body of work around electronic arts, sound art and experimental laboratories. Constructs objects, installations and projects oriented by the notions of low tech and mestizo. He has done exhibitions, live acts and workshops in different museums and festivals dedicated to the wide circulation of electronics arts in Latin America and Europe. Currently he is one the artists with the most impact in the field of electronic arts connected to sound in Colombia, mixing object-oriented construction, theoretical and curatorial production and the active promotion of the experimental scene.
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