Lucas Gutierrez is an Argentinian digital artist and industrial designer based in Berlin. He has been engaged in various disciplines, from lectures, workshops and audiovisual performances to video art projects focused on the new paradigms of Digital Culture. Deeply involved in the remix culture and real time AV projects in which he blends influences of different contexts – from post-work anthropology to the abstract quotes from 3D modelings for industrial design. His narrative is often quoting current social fears and dystopias, but mostly using the language of colorful, chaotic metaphysics.

 

His most recent exhibitions were at The New Infinity | Berliner Festspiele | Immersion and CTM / transmediale (Germany), Llum BCN Festival d’Arts Lumíniques (Spain), EMA Expo ММОМА (Russia). Talks and performances at Centre Pompidou / IRCAM / Manifeste (France), Sonar+D and MUTEK (Argentina/Mexico), ZKM-Karlsruhe, MIRA and MMMAD Festival (Spain), Poesiefestival (Germany) and NYU Berlin/Tokio.


Within the last years, Lucas gave lectures at UdK – Universität der Künste Berlin and Kunsthochschule Weißensee in the fields of real-time visualization, spatial motion graphics and visuals.

 

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Photo by Lukas Wenninger

 

Lucas Gutierrez, 1985.

Born in Belén, Catamarca, Argentina.

Lives and works in Berlin.


 

Education

2002   Colegio Polimodal N° 18. Communication, Art and Design. Belén – Catamarca, Argentina.

2012   National University of Córdoba Argentina. School of Architecture and Industrial Design. Degree in Industrial Design.

Thesis on equipment and technology for pottery education and work. The potter‘s wheel as a tool of trade and cultural heritage.


 

Selected Shows & Festivals


2023   O Futuro do Ser. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

2022   ANIMA™. Kampnagel Hamburg, Germany.

2022   VOlumens. Teatre el Musical Valencia, Spain.

2022   Lunchmeat, National Gallery Pague, Czech Republic.

2022   L.E.V. Matadero. Madrid, Spain

2022   Poesiefestival. Akademie der Kuenste Berlin. Germany.
2022   ANIMA™. Centre Pompidou / IRCAM / Manifeste. France
2022   MMMAD Festival Madrid. Spain
2021   Llum BCN – Festival d’Arts Lumíniques. IDEAL Centre d’Arts Digitals Barcelona. Spain.

2021   The New Infinity Athens 2021 — 7th Athens Biennale ECLIPSE.
2021   EMA Expo 2021 _Superfluidity— ММОМА, Russia.

2021   CTM Cyberia. Online, Germany.
2020   Festival RealMix Online, Colombia
2020   MUTEK MX+JP. Online, Mexico and Japan.
2020   L.E.V. Matadero | Exploraciones Digitales. Online, Spain.
2020   The New Infinity Berliner Festspiele/Immersion. Berlin, Germany.
2020   MaerzMusik Festival. Berlin, Germany. X
2020   Analog Room Dubai, UAE.
2020   CTM x transmediale. Berlin, Germany.
2019    IDFA. 32nd edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
2019    MIRA Festival. Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creació. Barcelona, Spain.
2019    KEROXEN Festival. Espacio Cultural El Tanque – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
2019    Fonomo Music & Film Festival. Miejskie Centrum Kultury w Bydgoszczy, Poland.
2019    The New Infinity: Applied Autonomy. Berliner Festspiele/Immersion. Berlin, Germany.
2019    Fuchsbau. Quantified Concert w/ Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Germany.

2019    VULX5. Village Underground Lisboa – 5 anos, Portugal.

2018    Aberrations. Screenings and Artist Talk at Galerie Irrgang Berlin, Germany.

2018    BUDX Sessions. Lima, Peru.

2018    Dave. Festspielhaus Hellerau. Dresden, Germany.

2018    Bread&&Butter. Berlin, Germany.

2018    Karlsruher Museumsnacht. ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Germany.

2018    FutureEverything. Future Sessions. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom.

2017    Mutek.Ar International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music. Bs. As., Argentina.

2017    Mutek.Mx International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music. CDMX, Mexico.

2016    ArtLab. La Cúpula – CCK, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2016    Whitebox.art. Munich, Germany.

2016    B-Seite Festival, Mannheim, Germany.

2016    Spektrum Art & Technology, Berlin, Germany.

2015    Generate! Festival. Tübingen, Germany.

2015    Goma. Passos Manuel Auditorium. Porto, Portugal.

2015    Fuchsbau Festival. Lehrte, Germany.

2015    Berlin Music Video Awards. Berlin, Germany.

2014    Ballet Statique. Teatro do Bairro. Lisboa, Portugal.

2014    Skop Combinations. Academy of Visual Arts. Frankfurt, Germany.

2014    Mira Festival, Barcelona, Spain.

2013    Silo Sessions II. Mindpirates Ev ^ FxLD. Berlin, Germany.

2013    180 Creative Camp. Abrantes, Portugal.

2012    Panoramica – Tiempo Real Panorama Visual. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2012    Get Set Art Festival. Porto, Portugal.

2011     Visualiza. Biennial of Art and Painting. Resistencia Chaco, Argentina.

2009    Fuga Jurasica. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2009    De-Acá. La Metro. Córdoba, Argentina.

2008    Video Fest. 16th Contemporary Art Centre. Córdoba, Argentina.

2008    Festival Virgen y Luna. Belén, Catamarca, Argentina.

 

Group Exhibitions

2021    [EMA] Expo 2021 _Superfluidity. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia.

2019    The New Infinity: Non-Face. Berliner Festspiele/Immersion. Hamburg and Berlin, Germany.
2019    PART II. Vorspiel / Transmediale & CTM, Aperto Raum, Berlin, Germany.

2018    Knowledge Of — Chapter B. The Quickest Via Pavilion. The Wrong Biennale. Internet.

2018    Wasting Time – Vol. 1. Berlin, Germany.

2018    Horror Vacui. Vorspiel / Transmediale & CTM, Aperto Raum, Berlin, Germany.

2017    I Need A Break From Shining. ASUC. Vorspiel / Transmediale & CTM. Berlin, Germany.

2017    Knowledge Of. Aperto Raum, Berlin, Germany.

2016    O teu eco é o meu eco. Gnration. Braga, Portugal.

2016    Towels. ROOHM: Festival de Exploración AV. Valencia, Spain.

2015    PD 628 Twin Nebula. Mitten in der Kunst. Galerie Irrgang. Berlin, Germany.

2014    High Art. Ephemart Gallery. Hackey Down Studios. London, United Kingdom.

2013    Decisions FxLD. Mindpirates. Berlin Germany.
2013    Imprint FH Maiz. University of Applied Sciences. Mainz, Germany .
2013    K.T.G.G.S.The Wrong Biennale. Internet.

2012    Uno. De Crisci Experimental Film. International Designers. Mexico City.

2005    Viento+Viento. Cultural Centre Luis Leopoldo, City Council of Córdoba, Argentina.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018    Delivery by…. Galerie Irrgang Berlin, Germany.

2016    How long is your battery now?. XS. Warsaw, Poland.

2014    Escombros. Plataforma Gallery. Córdoba, Argentina.

2004    Don Fermín Opina I. Belén, Catamarca, Argentina.

2005    Don Fermín Opina II. Belén, Catamarca, Argentina.


 

Workshops

2022/23   Coexisting Realities / Realtime simulations. Visuelle Kommunikation | Interaction Design. Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. Germany.

2021   HoloLab #1 – Neue Formen künstlerischer Produktion. Berlin/Online.
2021   SoSe 2021. Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. Germany.
2021   WIP Arte Digital. Zonas de Autonomía Temporal: Dinámicas de creación y existencia en el espacio virtual. Online / Argentina.

2020   A*DESK Webinar — Unity3D. Online, Spain
2019    Unity3D — Interflugs. UdK – Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
2019    AV / VJ & Projection Mapping at ACUD Studio. Amplify Berlin, Germany.
2018    Clubvideo Workshop at Blaenk Minds Studio. Berlin, Germany.

2018    Unity3d for Visual Artists. ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, Germany.

2018    Laptop Friends. KAMUNA – Karlsruher Museumsnacht. Karlsruhe, Germany.

2017    Projection Mapping. CCK, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2017    How to Cook Crazy Videos!. Fablab Neckar-Alb. Tübingen, Germany.

2016    Audiovisual Tools. INM – Institut für Neue Medien. Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

2016    VJ & Video Mapping. Blogfabrik. Berlin, Germany.

2015    Laptop Friends︎. Genius Loci Festival. Weimar, Germany.

2015    VJ Tools. Village Underground Lisboa. Lisbon, Portugal.

2014    Live Visuals. Bauhaus University. Weimar, Germany.
2014    Berlinerpool & Retune Festival. Berlin, Germany.

2015    Real Time Video Tools. Forum Da Maia. Portugal.

2011    Modul8 & Motion 4. CITAC, Coimbra, Portugal.

 

Conferences, Talks & Lectures

2023    Virtual Worlds, IMA program at NYU Berlin, Germay.

2021    Masterclass: International Week at FH Bielefeld (Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences), Germany
2020    Experiments in the Future of Performing & Producing at NYU Berlin, Germay.
2019    New Paradigms of Digital Culture. TU Braunschweig – IMD. Germany.
2019    Motion Graphics & Live Visuals. UdK – Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.

2018    Live Visuals & A/V Performances. Dave. Dresden, Germany.
2018    Unity3D. Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee – VK. Berlin, Germany
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2018    Why 3D?. Crossroads Creative Talks. Soho House. Berlin, Germany.

2016    Spontaneous Creation. Sónar Buenos Aires. Usina del Arte. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2016    Beautiful Mistakes. Scope Session. Berlin, Germany.

2015    Live Video Performance. Lecture at New York University Berlin, Germany.

2013    Digital Trash. PechaKucha 20×20. Chaco, Argentina.

2010    Digital Responsibility. Lecture at Blas Pascal University. Córdoba, Argentina.

2009   Renascent Panel. OFFF Festival. Oeiras, Portugal.


 

Texts & Publications

2021   FACT Magazine. UK
2020   PAGE Magazine 8.2020. Germany.
2020   ArtConnect Magazine. Berlin, Germany.
2020   COR-Magazine. Hungary.
2020   form Nº 286 — The Surface Issue. Form Magazine Germany.
2020   Docubase — MIT Open Documentary Lab.
2019    Visitmytent.com. Berlin. Germany
2019    The New Infinity Catalogue: Visuelle Kunst und Musik in Planetarien. Germany.
2019    Sexy Blury Future. Sezon Magazine. Warsaw, Poland.
2018    The Quickest Via Pavilion. The Wrong Biennale.

2016    I’m a Display? I’m on Display?. Blogfabrik. Berlin, Germany.

2014    La Casa Desktop. Ciudad X. La Voz del Interior. Cordoba, Argentina.

2010    Digital Cry. OFFF Festival Catalogue and 10-year anniversary book. Paris, France.

 

Residencies



2022    Phonetics. Lisbon, Portugal.


2016    WRSW | BRLN. Warsaw, Poland.

2016    Gnration, Braga, Portugal.

2013    Regressar Leva Sempre Muito Tempo. Fungo—Interdisciplinary Residency, Lisbon, Portugal.