EXHIBITION

GLITCH STUDIES

a project by Rodrigo Arteaga

‘Glitch Studies‘ consists of a tree that appears to be in the process of decomposition / recomposition since it is broken down into fragments that are coming together but also falling apart.

The process is carried out by photographing a found tree indoors and then using a glitch image generator software to reproduce this digital modification into the actual physical tree. The work thus becomes a reinterpretation of a classical natural history diorama, which is generally viewed from the outside and through a window. In a way, it becomes a glitch in our understanding of nature being filtered and mediated through pixels and digitalization.

It is also an attempt to visualize human's contradictory relationships with the natural world in an increasingly digital context.

///

Rodrigo Arteaga (b. 1988, Santiago de Chile) obtained his Masters in Fine Arts in Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art - University College London in 2018 and has a Degree in Printmaking at Universidad de Chile in 2012.

Rodrigo Arteaga´s practice is concerned with the complex relationship between nature, culture and representation. He works with the material forms—printed images, books and dioramas— of the monumental atlases, albums and collections that recorded the findings of scientific expeditions in Latin America. Casting light on the role of books and other devices of display in the construction and circulation of scientific knowledge; his works also demonstrates that this knowledge is not separate from the natural world but subject to decline and succession in ways that are akin to organic processes of decay and recomposition. Many of his taxonomies are open and precarious, reflecting on how we order, display and circulate knowledge about nature. His interest in working across different areas of thought has led him to collaborate with specialists in fields such as Microbiology, Mycology, and Ecology.

Among his solo exhibitions are: 'Punto de vista' at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MAC, Santiago, Chile; 'This path, one time, long time ago' at Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, UK; 'Placed into Abyss' at Kostka Gallery-Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic; 'Diorama en expansión' at Museo de Artes Visuales MAVI, Santiago, Chile. He has been part of Klima Biennale Wien, Vienna, Austria; VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia; IV San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial: Latin America, and the Caribbean, Caguas, Puerto Rico; Bienal Internacional SIART, La Paz, Bolivia; 11th and 14th Bienal de Artes Mediales, Santiago, Chile. He received the First Prize MAVI Young Art Award in 2020 in Chile.

You can see more of Rodrigo´s work here.