
Das Kapital.03. 1999 Video by Marcello Mercado. Germany
CV (English)
Marcello MercadoBorn in 1963, is italian - argentine
and lives in Cologne, Germany.
He works interdisciplinary with paintings, videoart, bioart, objects, installations, soundart and netprojects.
Mercado´s work is based on a relationship between biology, technology and art.
He was Fellow from:
1996 -1997 at The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and The Lampadia Foundation.
[+] 1999-2001 at The Academy of Media Arts Köln. Germany.
[+]1993 at Fundación Antorchas. Buenos Aires Argentina.
[+]His works has been exhibited at the Museum Ludwig Köln; ZKM Karlsruhe; Museo Nacional y Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid; New York Film Festival Lincoln Center; 11th Biennale de l´Image en Mouvement, Genf, Switzerland; ABC Radio National Sydney; Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen; Arco Madrid; Miami Basel.
For his work “The Torment Zone”, Mercado was awarded with the Main prize Videofest Berlin in 1994; and for his work “The Warm Place", a) the Main prize Videobrasil 1998 and b) the Main prize 1999 Clermont-Ferrand France.
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Vita (Deutsch)
Marcello Mercado wurde 1963 geboren, er ist Italiener - Argentinier
und lebt in Köln.
Er arbeitet interdisziplinär mit Malerei, Video, Biokunst, Objekten, Installationen, Klangkunst und Netzprojekten.
Mercado´s Werke basieren auf einer Verbindung zwischen Biologie, Technologie und Kunst.
Von 1996 -1997 war er Fellow der John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation und The Lampadia Foundation.
[+] Von 1999-2001 war er Fellow an der Kunsthochschule für Medien in Köln
[+].
1993 war er Fellow an der Fundación Antorchas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[+]Seine Arbeiten und Ausstellungen wurden z.Bsp. im Museum Ludwig Köln; ZKM Karlsruhe; Museo Nacional y Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid; New York Film Festival Lincoln Center; 11th Biennale de l´Image en Mouvement, Genf, Switzerland; ABC Radio National, Sydney; Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen; Arco Madrid; Miami Basel.
Seine Internationalen Preise inkludieren den Videokunstpreis von Clermont-Ferrand, den ersten Preis der Video-bienale Videobrasil in Sao Paulo und den Grand Prix des Videofestivals in Brussel.
Collections / DataBanks:Netherlands Media Art Institute
[+]Heure Exquise! France.
[+]Rhizome
[+]Artfacts
[+]Kunstforum/ Künstlerlexikon-M
[+] [+] [+]Videobrasil Archives. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+]Video Study Center Museum of Modern Art New York. New York. USA.
Fundación Konex. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
[+]PAM
[+]ISEA Collection. The Research and Documentation (CR+D) of the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology. Montréal. Canada.
[+] Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario. Rosario. Argentina.
[+]Mediathéque Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Köln. Germany.
[+]ZKM Zentrum für Kunst u. Medientechnologie. Karlsruhe. Germany.
[+] Ovni Archives. Barcelona. España.
[+] Cleveland State University (CSU). Performance Art Festival Archive. Ohio. Cleveland. USA
[+]Exhibitions / Ausstellungen:2008Transmediale.08 Conspire ...
[+]La tela és la pantalla.
CaixaForum Barcelona. Barcelona. España.
[+]Centre Social i Cultural Tarragona. Tarragona. España.
[+] CaixaForum Palma, Palma de Mallorca. España
Visionaries –Audiovisual Works in Latin America. Itaú Cultural
Institute. Sao Paulo. Brasil
[+] Blast Kunstforum. Köln. Germany
[+][+]55th Sydney Film Festival. Dendy Opera Quays.: Videobrasil
Jury selection . Sydney. Australia
Argentinos en el exterior. MAMBA. Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Argentina
[+]2007Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (pdf)
[+]CaixaForum Barcelona; Museo de Arte Contemporánea Unión Fenosa da Coruña (MACUF); Sala Parpalló, Valencia; Centre Social i Cultural Tarragona.
Scanners. New York Video Festival. New York. USA
[+]16th International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil
[+] [+] [+]File: Electronic Language International Festival. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
[+]Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia . Videobrasil 2007
[+]Secret Cinema 2007
[+]Index Generator 2.2 London Candid Arts Trust. London. UK
[+]Videoformes. Clermont-Ferrand. France
ABC Radio National. The Night Air. Soundtransit. Sydney. Australia.
[+]Laisle.VideoNonStop. Galeria Novembroartecontemporanea. Rio de Janeiro.Brasil.
[+]Web Biennial 2007. Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum. Turkey.
[+] 2006Scanners. New York Video Festival. New York. USA.
[+]PAM
[+]NERT-KG_Galerie Peripherie.Sudhaus, Tübingen. Germany.
[+]La Isle 2006
[+]Georges Abstraction.Centre Pompidou. Paris. France/
Bureau des Videos (pdf)
[+]ReverberAções 2006
[+]The Carnival of Creativity. India International Center New Dehli. India
La isle Entretainment.Paco das Artes. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil.
[+]La isle Entretainment.Museu Murillo La Greca. Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
EARlabs.Soundtransit. Sydney. Australia.
[+]Radio Fbi 94.5 FM Radio Community Sydney. Australia.
[+]ABC Radio National. The Night Air. Soundtransit. Sydney. Australia.
[+]Rare Frequency Radio May 04, 2006
[+]PAM. Art Basel-Miami. Miami. USA
2005prog:ME 2005
[+]ZKM - Denkbilder 2005 Video: The Chemical and Physical Perception, in the Eye…
[+]11th BIM Genéve 2005
[+]Garage Festival. Soundtransit. Stralsund. Germany.
[+]Berlin.Soundscape-FM
[+]SoundLab Channel
[+]Repubblica_Arte 2005
[+]Webbiennial 2005 Istanbul. Turkey.
[+]Soeul Net Festival 2005, Korea.
[+]Experimenta 2005
[+]Phonographic Migrations #04. Transmediale Festival. Berlin. Germany
Radiodays Studio broadcasting from De Appel. Amsterdam . The Netherlands
Experimenta Colombia 2005. Bogotá. Colombia
Videobrasil. Sao Paulo. Brasil
[+]2004New York Video Festival. Film Society of Lincoln Center. New York. USA.
[+]PRN. Kunst Klub Köln. Köln. Germany.(Albrecht Fuchs, Erik van Lieshout, Marcello Mercado and Jürgen Wolf)
34e Festival International des musiques et créations électroniques
Ihttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifnstitut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges.France
Festival Ciberart-Bilbao 2004. Bilbao. España.
[+] Images Festival. Toronto, Canada.
[+]Sydney Film Festival and D>art at Opera House. Sydney . Australia.
[+]Public Video Art Festival Out Video Ekaterinburg, Russia
Emoção Art.ficial 2.0 Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+] Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival Brasil
Palácio das Artes. Belo Horizonte. Brasil.
100 Años de Plástica en Córdoba - 1904-2004. 100 artistas – 100 Obras. Museo Caraffa. Córdoba. Argentina.
"El secreto" . Centro Cultural de España. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Off Loop ´04. Barcelona. Spain.
176 144 Performance Art for 3G Phones. Taipei. Taiwan.
2003Streams of Encounter. Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Taipei. Taiwan.
ChicagoFilmmakers: On Edge: New Experimental Video. Chicago.USA.
[+]Chiangmai First New Media Art Festival. CMU Art Museum. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
[+]Cleveland Performance Festival. Cleveland. Ohio. USA.
[+]Videobrasil. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+]Pixxelpoint
[+]Difusion. Remote Contributor. University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado.USA.
[+]Zemos98. Sevilla. España.
[+]2002Medienkunst aus Lateinamerika. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin. Germany.
WhitneyBiennial.com
[+]Radiotopia. OE1 Kunstradio. Acoustic Network. Ars Electronica. Linz Austria.
Actual Positions in Italian Net-art. Köln. Germany.
IX Festival Latinoamericano de Video. Museo Castagnino. Rosario. Argentina.
[+]Generaciones 60/90. Cine argentino independiente. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[+]200113th Videobrasil. Electronic Art Biennial. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+]GND_Earth Galerie. Berlin. Germany.
[+]Präsentationswoche an der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Positionen Vorführungen Ereignisse. Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln Germany.
The Sao Paulo Cult and Arts Festival Programme on Man and Machine. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
(media) artists Electronic Images.
JAMAS International Academy of Media Arts and Science. Ogaki City, Japan.
Institute for Technology and Arts at National Institute of the Arts. Taipei, Taiwan, China.Apeiron Zool - Goethe Institute Córdoba. Córdoba, Argentina.
5th Festival of Video/Art/Electronic. Galería de Artes Visuales: Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.
Universidad Popular Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Ciclo Música de Cuerdas Locas. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
2000Kunst mit Fotografie und andere mediale Eskapaden: Wie man sieht... Museum Ludwig. Köln, Germany.
[+] [+]Art Cologne. 34.Internationale Messe für Moderne Kunst. Köln, Germany.
[+]Tent Gallery. Rotterdam.The Nethehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifrlands.
[+]ChicagoFilmmakers. Kino-Eye Cinema. Chicago. USA.
[+]Präsentationswoche an der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Positionen Vorführungen Ereignisse. Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln Germany.
5th Muestra Euroamericana de Artes Visuales. Goethe Institut. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Biennial Interferences. Nuits savoureuses 2000. Centre International de Video Creation. Pierre Schaeffer (CICV) Belfort. France.
[+]Art Biennial Buenos Aires. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Festival Internacional de Arte Sonoro y Visual:Experimenta. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
[+]1999New York Video Festival. Indelible Images. Walter Reade Theater.
The Lincoln Center. New York. USA.
[+] [+]Berkeley Art Museum. Pacific Film Archive. University of California.
Berkeley. California. USA.
Golem Videofestival 1999 2nd edition. Activation Space.
GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Torino. Italy.
Videoformes 99. 14th Video et Multimedia Int. Festival. Clermont-Ferrand. France.
12th Stuttgart Filmwinter. Wand 5 e.V. Stuttgart. Germany.
Volcano’99 Videofestival. London.UK.
[+]Backspace. Holding up resisthttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifance. London. UK.
[+]Transmediale Berlin. Cybertheatre Brussels. Belgium.
4th Muestra Euroamericana de Artes Visuales. Goethe Institut. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Präsentationswoche an der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Positionen Vorführungen Ereignisse. Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln Germany.
[+]II Biennial of Mercosul :Art and Technology. Cyberart: Interaction Zones. Porto Alegre.Río Grande do Sul. Brasil.
Podewil: Transmediale präsentiert-Inmedia talk/show. Crossing the border. Berlin. Germany.
[+]En Torno a la Acción. Museo de Arte Moderno. Buenos Aires.Argentina.
XVII Festival de Cine de Uruguay. Cinemateca Uruguaya. Montevideo, Uruguay.
1st Medi@terranean, Balkan Art and Technology Festival. Fournos Cultural Center. Greece.
199812th Videobrasil Electronic Art International Festival. Sesc, Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+]16th World Wide Video Festival. Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam. The Netherlands.
[+]Retrospectiva Marcello Mercado: El Arte de Molestar. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Arco ‘98. Arco Electrónico ‘98. Madrid. España.
[+]Festival de Vídeo de Navarra - Nafarroako Bideo Jaialdia. Ars Interruptus. España
3rd Split Festival of New Film. Split. Croatia.
I Mostra de Vídeo Independent & Fenómens Interactius en Santa Cruz de Tenerife. España.
Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo. Ciclo de Video Creación Latinoamericano. Badajoz. España.
[+]Le festival des 3 Continents. France
Performances and Videos, Goethe Institute Córdoba. Córdoba. Argentina
Buenos Aires Video X. Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Arte Siglo XXI. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires. Argentina
1997Goethe Institutes Global Bodies. Global teleconference.
Opening of Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany.
[+]Videonale 7. Bonn. Germany
Wand 5 e.V.: Filmwinter 97. Stuttgart. Germany.
[+] Transmediale Videofest. Breaking the Borders. Hackesche Höfe Cinema.Berlin.Germany
Videowall. Rockefeller Center. MoMa.New York. New York.USA.
VideoBA 1997. ArteBA. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. ARCO ‘97. Arco Electrónico. Madrid. España.
[+]4ª Mostra de Video Independent & Fenómens interactius. Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona. España.
19963ª Mostra de Video Independent. Centro de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona. España.
14th World Wide Video Festival. Den Haag. La Haye. Pays Bas.
Edinburgh’s Eleventh Fringe Film & Video Festival.Serving Suggestions.Edinburgh. Scotland.
ISEA ‘96. Rotterdam. Netherlands.
Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen.Landesmuseum Francisco-Calorinum Reihevideokunst. Videopolitik.
13º Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest.Kassel. Germany
Videoformes Clermont-Ferrand. Clermont-Ferrand. France.
11º Videobrasil. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+]The 6th International Animation Festival in Japan. Hiroshima ‘96. Special Programmes: Fine Art Animation. Hiroshima. Japan
Festival Euroamericano de Videoarte. Centro Cultural Rojas. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Red Latinoamericana de Productores Independientes de Arte Contemporáneo. Muestra Colectiva. Casona Municipal. Córdoba. Argentina.
Dutv.org/unquote. Philadelphia. USA.
[+]199510 Years Videofest. Volksbüne Theater. Berlin. Germany
Internationaler Videokunstpreis. Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie.
ZKM. SWF. ORF. Karlsruhe. Germany. Nominated for the best video of the year
[+] The Torment Zone (Real Player)
ISEA ‘95. Montréal.Canadá.
[+]9th Annual Leeds International Film Festival. Leeds. United Kindom.
13th World Wide Video Festival. Den Haag. La Haye. Pays-Bas.
Vidéoformes Clermont-Ferrand. Clermont-Ferrand. France.
VideoBA 1995. ArteBA. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
[+]Museo Castagnino. ”El Objeto de los ‘90”. Muestra Colectiva. Rosario. Argentina.
FIPA. Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels. Nice. France
Athens International Film and Video Festival. Athens. Ohio. USA.
Worldfest Houston. The Houston International Film Festival. Houston. Texas. USA.
Bienal International de Vídeo de Belo Horizonte. ForumBHZVideo’95. Belo Horizonte. Brasil.
22nd International Festival Ekotopfilm ‘95. Bratislava. Slovak Republic.
Festival Latinoamericano de Rosario. Rosario. Argentina
International Festival Electronie D’Arte e Altre Scritture
[+]1994Videonale 4 Bonn. Bonn. Germany.
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest. Filmladen Kassel. Kassel. Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Oberhausen. Germany.
Sur del Cono Sur. Une Sélection de Vidéos Argentines. La Station d’Heure Exquise!. Le-Fort-Gallerie Haute. Mons en Baroeul. France.
4e Mondial de la Video. Bruselas. Belgique.
Screenings of Videofest Tour ‘94 Krakau, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Cologne (Germany), Annecy (France), Lyon (France), Taormina, Sicily (Italy).
Dallas Video Festival. Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas. USA.
Balai Seni Lukis Negara National Art Gallery. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
International Festival Electronie D’Arte e Altre Scritture
Pecci Museum (Prato-Firenze). Spaziotempo Gallery (Firenze)
Giubbe Rosse Electronic Art Café (Firenze). Lavatoio Contumaciale Cultural Association (Roma). Damsterdamned-Link (Bologna). Artifex Gallery (Torino). Agave-Atelier Gluck Gallery (Milán). Round Videofestival. Italy13a Jornadas De la Crítica. Videocreación. CAYC. Centro de Arte y Comunicación.Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Zoo-Video. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Festival Latinoamericano de Video de Rosario. Rosario. Argentina.
Instituto Goethe Córdoba. Videofest Berlin. Córdoba. Argentina.
1993Scars-Pleasure+Sacrifice. Video Screening. The Permanent Mission of Colombia to The United Nations and The Consulate General of Argentina in New York. New York. USA.
Festival do Gramado Gramado. Brasil
2º Festival Franco-Latinoamericano de Videoarte Centro Cultural Rojas. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Buenos Aires Video V. Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericano.
Buenos Aires. Argentina
Bienarte Córdoba. Muestra Paralela. Córdoba. Argentina.
Lectures/ Presentations:
2007
JLF and MM F. S. Marcelina. Sao Paulo. Brasil.
[+]2006
Escuela Superior de Diseño ESDI Sabadel. Pompeu Fabra University.Barcelona. España.
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