Díaz, Federico

Autor: Díaz, Federico
Rok: 1971-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Narozen 1971 v Praze. Česko-argentinský výtvarník, autor multimediálních projektů.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Federico Díaz (* 1971), a visual activist of Czech-Argentinean descent, lives and works in Prague. Since the 1990s he has used new media to reveal immaterial aspects of everyday reality of our natural environment which are elusive through primary human senses. Díaz’s work is typified by the language of algorithmically-generated art and systems art, increasingly more intense channels of direct communication with the viewer and the ability to follow his basic creative premise, which says that art is created without the touch of the human hand. He uses media and technologies as a socio-political catalyst of social changes.He has exhibited at the Mori Art Museum Tokyo, CAFA Museum Beijing, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica Linz, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, MoMA PS1, Miami Art Basel, the Florence Biennale and at the 53rd Venice Biennale. In 2010 he represented Czech art at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. In 2007 he received the Premio Internazionale Lorenzo il Magnifico for digital media at the Florence Biennale.Díaz is currently the Head of the Supermedia Studio at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.MoMA PS1 founder Alanna Heiss comments, “Federico’s work embraces new and alternate ways of creating and communicating, and I imagine that five years from now, he will be seen as a visionary within the art world.”MASS MoCA Director Joseph C. Thompson aptly calls Díaz, “the ultimate shape-shifter.”