Education:
2022-Today: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Germany)
Ph.D. Candidate – Artistic Research in Film
2006-2009: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Germany)
MA in Media Arts – audiovisual media
2002-2005: Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador)
AA in Graphic Design
1999-2001: Universidad Católica de Quito (Ecuador)
Pre-grade studies in Fine arts
Grants & Awards:
2023: Grant “NEUSTARTplus_Plattformen” of the Stiftung Kunstfonds
2020: MKW-Grant of the Federal State NRW
2016: Scholarship of the Mediengründerzentrum NRW
2015: Media Art Grant of the SK Stiftung Kultur
2013: Grant “Young Scene” of the Art Foundation NRW
2011: Special Mention at the Videonale13
2009: Special Mention at Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico
2009: 3Sat Award in German Competition at the Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Conferences and Artist Talks:
2024: Ronin / Your Own Spaces: Multiperspectivity and Spatial Practices in Audio/Visual Forms of Knowledge Production / Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Switzerland)
2023: Talking Futures / Artist Talk and panel discussion within the solo show “0,5V 0,2mA (and other entangled stories)” / Matjöe – Raum für Kunst / Cologne (Germany)
2023: News from No(w)here / Essay presentation and workshop /Transversal Interlacings – Artistic Research in Film and Philosophy / Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF / Potsdam (Germany)
2022: Szikago Pakrel: Future Archeology / 7th Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference: The Nomadic Image / University of Central Asia / Naryn (Kyrgyzstan)
2022: Szikago Pakrel: Future Archeology / 13th International Conference on Artistic Research SAR2022 / Bauhaus University / Weimar (Germany)
2021: Fabulation for future / Masterclass of Artistic Research in Film and Philosophy / Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF / Potsdam (Germany)
2021: Villa Futuro: An introduction / Conference / ADD+ART 2021 / Universidad de Barcelona Casa Planas, Le BBB art centre and La Escocesa / Barcelona (Spain)
2021: The Slum or how to imagine the future from a fictional, precarious city / 12th International Conference on Artistic Research SAR2021 / mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Austria)
Publications:
Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, “News from No(w)here.” In: Transversal Interlacings – Artistic Research in Film and Philosophy / on peer-review
Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, “Ronin.” In: Your Own Spaces: Multiperspectivity and Spatial Practices in Audio/Visual Forms of Knowledge Production / on peer-review
Szilvia Ruszev, Kausik Gosh, Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, Paul Jones, Kristín Johnsen and Elisabeth Brun, “Szikago Pakrel’s Future Archeology.” In: Mend, Blend, Attent: Advancing Artistic Research – Proceedings of the 13th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research. (Bauhaus University Weimar, 2024). 316-320
Szilvia Ruszev, Kausik Gosh, Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, Paul Jones, Kristín Johnsen and Elisabeth Brun, “Becoming Image: A Nomadic Collaboration.” In: The Nomadic Image – Explorations at the intersections of art, science and culture, ed. by Soheil Ashrafi and Michael Garbutt. (University of Melbourne, Art + Australia, 2024). ISBN: 978 0 7340 5721 1
Szilvia Ruszev, Kausik Gosh, Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, Paul Jones, Kristín Johnsen and Elisabeth Brun, “Szikago Pakrel: Future Archeology.” Digital exhibition in: How to become a posthuman / Fabulation for future. 2022. https://exhibition.fabulationforfuture.net/
Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, “Villa Futuro: An introduction.” Online publication in: ADD+ART. 2021. https://www.artdies.net/en/home-add-art/art-territory/98-gonzalo-h-rodr%C3%ADguez
Gonzalo H. Rodríguez, “The Slum or how to imagine the future from a fictional, precarious city.” Online publication in: Research Catalogue – 13th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research. 2021. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1564264/1564247
Residencies:
2016: Artist in Residence / Schloss Bröllin (Germany)
2015: Production residency / Tanzhaus NRW (Germany)
2013: Artist in Residence / Pact Zollverein (Germany)
2010-2012: Production residency / Filmlaboratorium / Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf (Germany)
2009: International exchange / Feldstärke / Centquatre Paris (France) / Pact Zollverein (Germany) / California Institute of the Arts (USA)
Solo Exhibitions:
2023: 0,5V 0,2mA (and other entangled stories) / Matjöe – Raum für Kunst / Cologne (Germany)
2019: Anónimo – Eine kontrafaktische Geschichte Perus / Lettrétage / Berlin (Germany)
2019: Anónimo – The Angkar Archive / bunker k101 / Cologne (Germany)
2016: AbstractVisions / Visual Performance with Anca Huma / Schloss Bröllin / Fahrenwalde (Germany)
2015: Mise en Scène / Kunsthaus Rhenania / Cologne (Germany)
2013: The Initiate (You) & The Mystics (Them) / duo show with Kuai Shen / Q18 / Cologne (Germany)
2007: Die Badewanne / Raum Kalk / Cologne (Germany)
2004: Pepe / Mochileros Bar Art Gallery / Lima (Peru)
Group exhibitions, screenings, and performances (excerpt):
2024: Radical Fictions / Screening / Coordillera Berlin (Germany)
2022: Sinneswüsten / Expanded film for a dance theater play by Irina Pauls with the Freiraum Ensemble / St. Stephan Church Riehl, Cologne and LOFFT Theater Leipzig (Germany)
2022: La Strada / Screening / Europäisches Untergrund Musikvideo- und Kunstfilmfestival / Hochbunker Grüner Hof / Cologne (Germany)
2022: Life is life / Salon Sophie Charlotte / Academy of the Sciences and Humanities of Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany)
2022: Future Archeology / How To Become A Posthuman / Online show
2021: ladyboi at Le Salon Immatériel / Art-O-Rama Marseille / Online show
2020: ladyboi at The Long Table / platform for creative collaboration on “sheltering in place” / Online show
2018: Archive Future / Atelier Pr Kouro / Nice (France)
2017: A Life Like This / Screening / LIFT / PIX FILM Gallery / Toronto (Canada)
2016: Court-Bouillon #2.27 [laboratoire d’images et de rencontres] / Screening / Vidéothèque Nomade / 6870 asbl / Brussels (Belgium)
2016: RAVE / Performance / New Talents Biennale / Museum Kolumba / Cologne (Germany)
2016: Far Off / AV-Performance / Jack In The Box / Cologne (Germany)
2015: Exil / Performance / FREIraum Ensemble / Odonien / Cologne (Germany)
2015: Saisonstart Bonn / Kunstmuseum Bonn (Germany)
2015: AbstractVisions / AV-Performance / Now&Next Plattform / Tanzhaus NRW / Düsseldorf (Germany)
2014: 30 Years – 30 Voices / Retrospective of the Videonale / Kunstverein Bonn (Germany)
2014: Cut-up / Kulturbunker Cologne (Germany)
2013: Hold-up / Salon Jeunes création / 104 Paris (France)
2013: Ambient Music Festival / AV-Performance / Basilika St. Aposteln / Cologne (Germany)
2013: Un espace / La Marbrerie / Montreuil (France)
2012: Donnerhall / die Große Kunstausstellung NRW / Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (Germany)
2010: Höhepunkte der KunstFilmBiennale / KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin (Germany)
2010: Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.) / Forum & Media Art Fair / Kokerei Zollverein (Germany)
2009: Reel to real / Screening / Künstlerhaus Mousonturm / Frankfurt (Germany)
2007: Rettung ohne Untergang / Deutzer Brücke / Cologne (Germany)
Film Festivals (excerpt):
2022: TENT Little Cinema Film Festival / Kolkata (India)
2016: Filmlab Fest / Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf (Germany)
2013: Reykjavik Shorts and Docs Festival (Iceland)
2012: Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)
2011: Videonale 13 / Kunstmuseum Bonn (Germany)
2010: OpenCinema / St. Petersburg (Russia)
2010: New Talents – Biennale Cologne (Germany)
2010: Festival International de Cinema Visions du Reel / Nyon (Switzerland)
2010: Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
2009: Torino Film Festival (Italy)
2009: KunstFilmBiennale 09 Cologne (Germany)
2009: Sao Paulo Short Film Festival (Brazil)
2009: Loop’09 Barcelona (Spain)
2009: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (Germany)
Commissioned Work (excerpt):
2021: Enter Literature / Dokumentarfilm / Regie, photography, editing / EXC Temporal Communities / FU Berlin (Germany)
2021: Lebenssequenzen – eine filmische Vermessung / Film essay / Regie, photography, editing and music / Academy of Sciences and Humanities of Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany)
2020: CULTRA-Hall Brühl / Media stage concept / ASB Rhein-Erft (Germany)
2019: Offbeat Finale – Musical / Scenography and light design / Museum Römerthermen (Germany)
2017: Grenzen sprengen / Fashion show / Light and laser design / WfbM Duisburg (Germany)
2016: bodyRealities / Choreography by DIN A13 / Live video projections / Korea International Accessible Dance Festival KIADA Seoul (South Korea)
2015: ROTKAMMERTRAUM / Choreography based on Cao Xueqin’s ‘The Dream of the Red Chamber’ / Live video projections / Folkwang Tanz Studio Essen (Germany)
2010: Tree of Sounds / Audiovisual Children’s Concert / Live video performance for the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany)
Distribution & Archives:
Videonale Online Archive (VOA) (Germany)
Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (Germany)
Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf (Germany)
6870 La Videóthèque Nomade (Belgium)
augmenty.art (Digital platform)
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