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Adriana Torres Topaga Deutsche Version Visual artist, designer and researcher Adriana Torres Topaga born in Bogotá, Colombia.She’s a visual artist and designer based on Linz, Austria. Master degree as Industrial Designer from Javeriana University of Bogotá, Master in Digitals Arts at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and Master at space & design strategies at the University of Art and Design Linz. During the master study space&design strategies I was member of the “public space 2.0” research project group of the same Faculty, where had the possibility of taking part on the reﬂ ection of social practices-oriented design in public space and also on the development of a technological wearable garment. (http://www.strategies-research.ufg.ac.at/public_space) Some of my works show my fascination around the human body and the skin as a political space for questioning, ideals of gender, beauty, consum, the privat and public, the relationship between new and low technologies around the human body. Other topics or my interest are art and collective and interdisciplinary creation, design and methodology, materials research, consume culture, up-cycling, and social impact of design and arts. I also collaborate actively at the migrant association “maiz”- autonomous center from and for migrants in Linz, Austria as graphic designer, member of the board of directors (2009-beginnt 2016) and recently escorting the project: "Life carries weight": A project on health and nutrition in the context of migration and social tensions. As coordinator of the cultural area of this association in 2019. Combininig some of my interests, I cofounde the platform LAB ON STAGE together with the performer Arnulfo Pardo, with the aim of exploring the relationship between body, space, movement, gestures, materials, techniques, as well the performance as a medium for interdisciplinary research and study of the creative process. The focus of my artistic inquiry relies on both: the process than in what the outcome. My artistic practice develops independent from standards in size and techniques, She reveals this diversity by doing interactive sculptures and spaces, performance, clothing, graphic design, Photography, video and sound and in the last 2 years increasingly performance. Adriana Torres Topaga researches resistance practices and decolonial perspectives, works as an artist, graphic designer, active member for the association of migrants maiz in Linz, is co-founder of the association LAB ON STAGE and as a guest lecturer in different universities and Fh like the Kunst Universität Linz, Fh Bern, El Bosque University in Bogotá in the fields of critical social work and art. In addition to the Gallery Forum (Wels) and the Kunstschaffende (Linz), she has also exhibited at the Afo Architecture Forum (Linz), CCCB (Barcelona), Ars Electronica Center (Linz), Time- Space-Existence (as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale) among others. Interest in Body and perception, identity, body and spatial actions, migration, the public space, Cultural Hacking, politics of the image, wearables, art and design methodology, material research, consumerism, performativity, social impact of design and art, interdisciplinary and collective work a+ Adriana Torres Topaga CV Studies 2010-2012 Master Study at the University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, Institute of Space and Design, Department of Space and Design Strategies / Linz Master Dissertation: “The skin: a negotiation space” Advisor: Professor Elsa Prochazka 1998-1999 Master of Digital Arts, Pompeu Fabra University / Barcelona Final Project: Ergonomic compositions. CD Roms: “Fragmentierung-ción” and “Shankya Theorie” Visualisation 1986-1994 Industrial Designer studies at Javeriana University / Bogotá Final Project: “Contacto” (Contact) interactive sound dress for children. 1987-1988 Exchange Student, Maryvale High School / Phoenix 1987-1988 Cultural exchange student, Maryvale High School / Phoenix, Arizona 1986 Highschool, Colegio Eucarístico / Bogotá, Colombia Work experience Since 2001 - current Self-employed as visual artist a+ / Linz 2017.05 - 2016.03 Artistic direction of the FGÖ (Healthy Austria Fund) Project “Life carries weight“. A maiz project on health and nutrition in the context of migration and social tensions 2009 - current Board member of the migrant association “maiz” / Linz 2012 Assistant to the “public space” class of Sandrine von Klot at the University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, Institute of Space and Design, Department of Space and Design Strategies / Linz Team member in the last year of the project: “public space 2.0”. Space & Design Strategies Research. FWF/PEEK Reflections about Public Space and production of “Data Logger”/ Linz Project director: Mag.arch. Sandrine von Klot. Junior Researcher http://www.strategies-research.ufg.ac.at/public_space/ Member of the conceptual development and programming of prototype. 1992 - 1996 Self-employed as graphic and industrial designer at “XY Proyectos” / Bogotá 1992 Design training at the “Sanin/Vandenenden” Stage Design Company / Bogotá Practice as a trainer of “Social function of design” for medium Enterprises. Javeriana University / Bogotá 1992 Design training at the “Sanin/Vandenenden” Stage Design Company / Bogotá Practice as a trainer of “Social function of design” for medium Enterprises. Javeriana University / Bogotá 1988 -1990 Assistant professor of the subjects: Design theory (Teacher: Juan Pablo Salcedo Obregon), Graﬁc design (teacher: Angela María Calle), ﬁlmcritic (Fernando Pérez), at the Industrial design Faculty of the Javeriana University / Bogotá,Colombia Research Fields the human body and the skin as a political space for questioning, ideals of gender, beauty, consum, the privat and public; wearables, art and design methodology, up-cycling, materials research, consume cultureand social impact of design and arts. Research Projects Since 2013 - current Co-founder of the body and space research project “lab on stage” together with the dancer and performer Arnulfo Pardo Ravagli. http://puntos.at/LAB_SITE/lab_on_stage.html / Barcelona, Linz, Berlin 2012 “public space 2.0”. Space & Design Strategies Research. 2-Year Funding by FWF/PEEK Reflections about Public Space and production of “Data Logger”/ Linz Project director: Mag.arch. Sandrine von Klot. Junior Researcher http://www.strategies-research.ufg.ac.at/public_space/ Member of the conceptual development and programming of prototype 1992 “Expedición Humana” (Human expedition). Genetic Institute of the Javeriana University / Bogotá. Project director: MD., PhD Jaime Bernal Villegas. Genetic and social research of minorities groups of Colombia. Design research of the communities Guane and Huitoto Projects Current 2017- The wander haus project.Together with Andrea Maria Handler 03.2016 - 05.2017 Life has weight. maiz project. Artistic guidance 2016 Trautes Haus, Glück allein. Traun Sculpture Symposium. 2015 Summer Sessions lab on stage, GalleryForum Wels. Experiment and Fotoserie: Body conﬁ gurations / “Reenacting Valei”, together with the dancer and Performer Andrea Maria Handler “lab on stage” Sessions. Werkstatt am Hauptplatz, Linz. Presentation of “Skin Tableaus”. Performers: Doris Sattelberger and Arnulfo Pardo Ravagli. 2014 Summer sessions lab on stage. Gallery Forum Wels. Foto series: Pul:lovers, preservers, wool ball 2014 “Die Klette”. Research about hoarding, body and the burdock in a dance piece. Together with Arnulfo Pardo 2013 - Co-founder of the body and space research project LAB ON STAGE together with the dancer and performer Arnulfo Pardo Ravagli. http://puntos.at/LAB_SITE/lab_on_stage.html 2012 - 2013 “latanz linz”. Contemporary dance company / Linz Co-founder and art director 2012 “Wissenswand”- Kunst am Bau (art within architecture) Haid Library / Linz 2010-2012 “Show me what you got”/ Linz Wearable about private space and skin as an active interface 2008 Workshops titled “Recycling” and ”Self-representation” for the Forum Interkulturalität / Linz 2000-2010 Self-employed as graphic and industrial designer / Linz http://www.puntos.at 2000 “Digi-Stuhl”. Design and prototyping of an interactive chair / Linz http://www.puntos.at/digi/digi_start.htm 1999 “Ergonomic Compositions”. Multimedia compositions around the body and space / Barcelona Together with Monica Gifreu, Ivan Orellana and Eugenio Tiselli. Pompeu Fabra University. CD ROM “Fragmentierung-ción”. Pompeu Fabra University / Barcelona Multimedia art cd ROM about body, space, language and information representation. Exhibitions - Lectures - similars 2017 Group exhibition / Art is worse than homesickness. Gallery Forum. Wels Annual exhibition/ HUNTING & COLLECTING. Gallery bvoö. Linz Workshop-lecture "The body in the social work". University of Applied Sciences. Bern. Serie of videos for the project "Life has weight" . Production and, edition. Broadcast dorf tv 2016 TANK 203.3040.AT Medienkunst-Screeningtage. Video "Ball of wool". "The dog is missing" Video serie. Urhof Residency.Performance Festival Urhof. Lower Austria and Broadcasting at dorf tv (local tv Linz) Klette Tour: Panamá Festival Prisma, Lecture and presentations at the ICESI University (Cali-Colombia) and El Bosque University (Bogotá-Colombia) Travelling exhibition of the project "Life has Weight": Verein SOMM (Graz), Mittle Schule Traun, Verein maiz (Linz) Traun Sculpture Symposium. Angelehner Museum. Wels Bona Fide. Foto exhibition. bvoö Gallery. Linz DIE NEUEN. New members of the Gallery bvoö. Linz 2015 “in Häute Schlüpfen”. Soloexhibition. Galery Forum Wels Kunstsalon Linz with the Gallery Forum Wels. Residency at “Werkstatt am Hauptplatz” Linz, developing “the utopic body series”. Linz Design of the magazin maizone. Client. maiz. Linz :: visionXsound 2015 : Presentation of the video “mice”. Neulengbach, NÖ COCOSA NEL. Performance, together with Arnulfo Pardo Ravagli and Luis Hoyos. Feminismus und Krawall. Raum Schiff. Linz 2014 Residency at Tanz Hotel Vienna. Residency and presentation of the tanze performance “Klette”. Together with Arnulfo Pardo Ravagli and Andrea Maria Handler. At Tanz Hotel Vienna. Lange Nacht der Bühnen Lab on stage. Videos. Ars Electronica Center / Deep Space. Summer sessions lab on stage. Foto series. Gallery Forum Wels. “lana sube lana baja”III Wool Symposium. Performance El Arreciado, Toledo Spain. Klette, dance performance. Premiere. Lentos Museum. Linz “Out of the box”. Workshop. University of the ignorants. Antropophagic week. Tabak Fabrik. Linz. Konzentraktion. Performance. Forum Gallery Wels, Upper Austria. 2013 Residency at “Werkstatt am Hauptplatz” developing “lab on stage Sessions” together with Arnulfo Pardo Ravagli. Linz “The public is present”. Performance-presentation of “lab on Stage”, at the art space “bb15”, Linz. 2012 “Show me what you got”. The Exhibition. Interactiv dress. Space and Design art show. Art University of Linz. “Show me what you got”. Paper Global. Museum of the city of Deggendorf. 2011 “Treatise by Cornelius Cardew”. Performance. The Laptop Ensemble of MusicLabor Linz.Linux Week STWST. Linz 2010 “MUSICBOX – Die Fauna meiner Umgebung”. Music Performance. Labor Für Elektroakustische Musik und Neue Medien Linz. STWST, Linz 2010 “AntiLentos”- Art Installation. With Raum&Desing Strategies Faculty of the University of Arts and Industrial Design of Linz. Lentos Art Museum Linz 2009 „cuentos vívidos“ (“lived stories”) from Juan Carlos Moreno. Ilustrationen von Adriana Torres. TPK Barcelona Arts Plàstiques Hospitalet , Barcelona “Die drei Königinnen: Topographie der Gastfreundschaft in der Altstadt” (The 3 queens: Topography of hospitality in downtown. Linz. Performance. Linz european cultur city 09. Linz 2007 “Dirndl”. Video Installation for “Hermetische Nacht” (“Hermetic night”). Forum Interkulturalität. Linz. 2006 “Collagen from Bogota”. Photographs serie. afo Architektur Forum -Linz- Oberösterreich 2005 “Salud, dinero y amor”. Installation. Art Festival Leonart’05. KITSCH – Leonding 2004 “Do it your self”. Recycled objects and instructions. RecyclingArt Festival. Berlin 2002 “KONSUM E_R_A” Exhibition with Elke Zauner and Rainer Kohlberg. –Consum Markt. Eferding “Bio-Dirndl”. Bio packages Dress. Exhibition at the Etnica Gallery. Milan 2000 “Brain prints”. Computer animations. Colombian Consulate. Barcelona “Costume dead in two acts”. Design and production of costume for theater play ”Muerte en 2 actos”. Bogota’s Iberoamericano Theater Festival 1999 “Todos sobre mi Metro” (All about my metro) . Video clips. CCCB Culture center of Barcelona. 1998 “Brain prints”.Computer animations. Filmoteca of Barcelona and at FORUM of The European Media Masters EMMA Program Stuttgart. Jewelry Collection “Egyptian eyes”. “Strip Art” 3. Mostra de joves creadors.Barcelona.