Telefante Projects | Luis Negrón van Grieken - Media Artist & Live Cinema

Telefante

Long-term project by Juan Orozco and Luis Negrón van Grieken

The initial impulse that gave birth to this long-term project 2005, came from the desire of assemble an optical apparatus that could be played live.

Since then, Juan Orozco and Luis Negrón has been cooperating as Telefante. In a related post-dadaist procedure, TELEFANTE unite the physical formal space and the numerical generated space, giving the images a timeless touch - performing somewhere between the magic of the projected image and the slippery present of improvisation.

TELEFANTE use an old cardboard box as its main instrument/ interface to produce images. The images are the result of an expedition in ancient archives (old engraves and illustrations) and its mix in the hybrid space at the interior of the paper box.

The relationship between the space inside the box and the space generated in the projection (heterogeneous, conceptual, cartesian, allegorical and associative) represents a key moment in TELEFANTE's approach: it becomes a bridge made of light among the miscellaneous materials, techniques in play.

Telefante can take different forms, like performance, dance, intermedia works but also as an installation, as it was showed 2017 at the Contemporary Art Museum in Ecuador during the Cuenca Biennial of Contemporary Arts.

AV-Concertos

  • Live-Cinema Sessions with Unstumm Colombia / Argentina Tour(2019)Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, MAC Medellin, Museo Simon Bolivar Santa Marta, Centro Ricoleta Buenos Aires
  • The Persistence of Memory  with Ali Chakav in Marl Medienkunstpreis(2018)
  • Live Cinema Session with Unstumm in Malaysia(2018)Toccata concert space, Kuala Lumpur
  • Live-Cinema Session in Tokyo with Unstumm(2018)Super DeLuxe, Tokyo
  • Live-Cinema Sessions in Kuala Lumpur(2018)Tocatta Concert space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Live Cinema Session in Korea with Unstumm(2018)Insa Gallery, Seoul
  • Shiny Toys(2016)Ringlokschuppen, Ruhr
  • Alturas(2013)Alte Feuerwache, Cologne
  • ocultar - disfrazar - disimular(2012)Mapa Teatro, Bogotá
  • {ñ} an oracle-based composition for a(n) (empty) page(2009)bruckenmusik festival, cologne
  • Zoa, TELEFANTE und das mollsche Gesetz(2007)Festival Altstadtherbst, Düsseldorf
  • heines sklavenschiff(2006)

All Telefante Projects (16)

  • Mesa Arqueología de los Medios - métodos, historias e investigaciones(2023)Bogotá[lecture, telefante, video-art]
  • Live-Cinema Sessions with Unstumm Colombia / Argentina Tour(2019)Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, MAC Medellin, Museo Simon Bolivar Santa Marta, Centro Ricoleta Buenos Aires[av-concert, telefante]
  • TELEFANTE at At Biennal of contemporary art in Cuenca Ecuador(2018)[exhibition, installation]
  • Bienal de Arte Contemporaneo Cuenca / Ecuador(2018)[event, exhibition, telefante]
  • The Persistence of Memory  with Ali Chakav in Marl Medienkunstpreis(2018)[av-concert, telefante]
  • Live Cinema Session with Unstumm in Malaysia(2018)Toccata concert space, Kuala Lumpur[av-concert, live-cinema]
  • Live-Cinema Session in Tokyo with Unstumm(2018)Super DeLuxe, Tokyo[av-concert, telefante]
  • Live-Cinema Sessions in Kuala Lumpur(2018)Tocatta Concert space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[av-concert, telefante]
  • Live Cinema Session in Korea with Unstumm(2018)Insa Gallery, Seoul[av-concert, telefante]
  • TELEFANTE - Ars Combinatoria at SoundART WDR(2016)WDR Funkhaus, Studio 3, Wallrafplatz, Köln[sound-art, live-performance, telefante]
  • Shiny Toys(2016)Ringlokschuppen, Ruhr[av-concert]
  • Alturas(2013)Alte Feuerwache, Cologne[av-concert, telefante]
  • ocultar - disfrazar - disimular(2012)Mapa Teatro, Bogotá[av-concert, telefante]
  • {ñ} an oracle-based composition for a(n) (empty) page(2009)bruckenmusik festival, cologne[av-concert, telefante]
  • Zoa, TELEFANTE und das mollsche Gesetz(2007)Festival Altstadtherbst, Düsseldorf[av-concert, telefante]
  • heines sklavenschiff(2006)[av-concert, telefante]