art researchEarly use of video on stage in Madrid and transmedia filmmaking in New York. Creative research in technology including AI and XR. Transmedia Documentary feature films Multimedia Visual theater-dance Projects Art/Technology
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Our life is half natural and half technological. We must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.”
Nam June Paik
Transmedia
Documentary feature films You Are Mythical and New York Spin exploring new narratives through a universe of transmedia contents: connected, immersive, expanded.
Multimedia
In New York, The Days Before by Robert Wilson. In Mexico City, Flying Fish Over Mexico. In Madrid, Crossing Stages European arts project, and Tilmun Teatro.
Projects
Upcoming work including video installation trilogy, fiction writing, book on the avant-garde (completed), and art/technology project (work in progress).
FILMMAKING Documentary feature films exploring new narratives: New York Spin, an early practice on transmedia filmed in New York, and You Are Mythical, a more recent film produced by Crossing Stages European arts project. VISUAL THEATER Work as director and video designer for visual theater including The Days Before DDDIII by Robert Wilson in New York, Flying Fish Over Mexico Butoh dance in Mexico City; and Tilmun Teatro in Madrid. PROJECTS Multicultural and interdisciplinary projects directly connected with technology are Transmedia Workshop by Philip Baldwin from Stony Brook University, New York; in Chile; and projects by Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico: Myths MX interdisciplinary arts event at national museum, and The Barbaric Country site with digital media for Innovation Week. VISUAL ART Upcoming work including Multiple Portraits video installation trilogy. Work in progress on creative writing, visual theater-dance, and art project searching technology. I Photo: Behance Digital Art
Art Research
We Can Travel Anywhere
“We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets.”
― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
AI has turned into a major force as technology is changing the nature of creative process. AI art refers to artwork including procedural 'rule-based' generation of images using mathematical patterns, and algorithms that simulate digital effects.
“Ability of a computer or a robot to do tasks that are usually done by humans because they require human intelligence and discernement.” [Britannica]
AI
Metaverse blends digital and physical worlds. “Replace ‘metaverse’ with ‘cyberspace.’ The meaning won't substantially change 90% of the time. It doesn't really refer to any specific technology, but rather a broad shift in how we interact with it.” [Wired]
VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality).
XR
Fab Lab is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication. Hardware: Laser cutter, CNC mill, NC knife, 3D printers. electronic workbench, tooling. Software: 2D/3D design, raster picture, scan, audio/video, simulation.
“A place to play, create, learn, mentor; a place for learning and innovation.” [Fab Foundation] “Wherever we open, we've found that it attracts exactly the same profile of bright, inventive people.” Fab Lab founder/MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld. [MIT]
FabLab
Artwork
Selected artwork connected with technology: 01 Filmmaking 02 Visual Theater 03 Visual Art
FILMMAKING
You Are Mythical documentary feature film I Europe New York Spin documentary feature film I New York
“Transmedia storytelling is a narrative structure that expands through both different languages (verbal, iconic) and media (cinema, comics, TV, video games).” [Britannica]
TRANSMEDIA
VISUAL THEATER
Robert Wilson The Days Before DDDIII visual theater I New York Butoh Dance Flying Fish Over Mexico theater-dance I Mexico City Tilmun Teatro visual theater I Madrid
Multimedia refers to the use of more than one medium of expression. Cross-media involves more than one form of public communication (TV, radio, internet).
MUILTIMEDIA
ART / TECHNOLOGY
Installations Multiple Portraits trilogy I International
Writing The Book of B I Madrid Book Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson's Creative Process I Madrid Website Flying Fish Work I Madrid Project Future Roots hybrid/immersive I New York
Upcoming ideas exploring new narratives on AI, XR, and soft robotics.
PROJECTS
Work
Selected work connected with Technology: 01 BA Contemporary Media Practice by AUP, UK 02 edX by MIT/Harvard University 03 European Project by UC3M, Spain
Pedro Valiente was selected through an international open call to develop the new program BA (Hons) Contemporary Media Practice at Arts University Plymouth, UK. “AUP is an independent university-sector art school run by artists and designers for artists and designers, widely regarded as a dynamic catalyst for creative learning and social justice.” —AUP
Work involved shaping the new degree, teaching as principal lecturer, and managing program (staff, spaces, resources) as well as research, scholarship, and practice. Selected projects: Media Lab innovation; MIXarts workshops, and Ulysses international artists. ▶ PLAY Film/Media
MOOC by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid for edX by MIT/Harvard University. “This course features new trends and formats in contemporary documentary film with a focus on innovative works in an interactive and multi-platform environment. It includes an overview of essential authors and genres, as well as the contribution of national and international scholars, professionals of the field and documentary makers. The learning experience is enhanced with videos, slideshows, infographics and timelines, to provide the learner with an interactive, reflective and entertaining experience.” —edX
▶ PLAY Trailer I TEAM Director: Pilar Carrera I Co-producers: Eva, Herrero, Clara Sáinz de Baranda, Pedro Valiente.
MIT: MIT Open Documentary Lab I edx Bio I edX PDF I edX Trailer I On the Net: Indilibre I Coursebuffet I CCSubs
Crossing Stages, arts project co-funded by the European Union connecting daily life and classic myths, explores new narratives and technology including augmented realty and robotics. I Ccommunication director Pedro Valiente coordinates transmedia contents. I UC3M I Vimeo I YouTube
▶ PLAY Transmedia: You Are Mythical (80:00) feature film I Peneloope is Waiting (7:00) video installation I Crossing Europe (30:00) documentary film I Crosssing Stages Web Series 100+ digital media I Crossing Stages Websites I Crossing Stages Book art book/media card
Projects
Selected projects connected with Technology: 01 Transmedia 02 Myths MX 03 The Barbaric Country
Transmedia Workshop/Performance by Phillip Baldwin from Stony Brook University, NY, with upcoming artists for ARTS/SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY event at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Connected with Crossing Stages UC3M European project. Participation in Transmedia Workshop and Artist Talk on Transmedia by Pedro Valiente. I Photo: Visuals for Artist Talk I Transmedia Workshop
Myths MX arts event by Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chih., produced at Quinta Gameros Museum for local audience and press, connected with Crossing Stages UC3M European project linking Mexicans with classic myths. Contemporary dance choreographer Cynthia Correa projects her performance live on screen. BA Communication director: Virginia Aceves I Project director: Pedro Valiente.
The Barbaric Country (El País Bárbaro) website produced at INNOVATION WEEK (semana i) by students from Architecture, Engineering, and Law: film/digital media, photo, writing, and design by Marlyn Chacón/Karla Ramírez. Project connected with The House of My Dreams and Barbaric Portrais films. Semana i looks at a "global vision, entrepreneur spirit, and human awareness" in the context of innovation. Project supervisor: Virginia Aceves. Project director: Pedro Valiente
Writing
Selected weiting connected with Technology: 01 BA (Hons) Contemporary Media Practicei 02 Contemporary Media 03 Art/Technology 04 Transmedia
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CONTEMPORARY MEDIA BA (Hons) Contemporary Media Practice I Visual presentation for AUP I Site I Behance
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CONTEMPORARY MEDIA Capturing Contemporary Media: The Invention of the Real I Site I Behance I Visual essay for AUP publised by ARTSevilla Magazine, Spain; and Critical Transmedia 12: Proscethics of the Late Anthropocene, digital book by artist/professor Phillip Baldwin, Stony Brook University, NY.
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