Still from ”Still” by Ana Teixeira and Kika Nicolela.
Video art from South America
curated by Kika Nicolela
the affectionate eye
1-
English for Beginners
2’
2006
Alejandra Gelis [Colombia/Venezuela]
An experimental work dealing with dislocation, fragmentation lost of contact and the regaining of foreign speech in a foreign land. The work articulates the difficult and comic experience of learning a new language.
Alexandra Gelis is a Colombian-Venezuelan, visual artist based in Toronto, Canada. She holds an MFA degree. Her work predominantly involves photography, video, electronic and digital processes. Gelis’ work addresses the use of image in relation to displacement, landscape and politics beyond borders or culturally specific subjects. In her latest works she has expanded her practice using electronics and programming for interactivity. In her installation work she creates immersive sculptural spaces, using video projections and complex sound designs. She also work as an educator/facilitator, leading video and photography workshops aimed at youth in marginalized communities in Canada, Colombia and Panama. Because she works as a workshop facilitator in several countries, in many cases her teaching practices determines the artistic work that she creates. She has been concerned with the role of the artist as multidisciplinary inquirer who engages in multiple explorations of diverse methodologies in fieldwork.
Her work has been shown in several venues in Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Argentina and the United States.
She has developed curatorial projects and video screenings, and programs for festivals in Latin America and Canada.
www.alexandragelis.com
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