Trip to Caracas Venezuela Morphosis version 2.0.0.8 (original HIGH QUALITY VIDEO) |
Description & Facts: This Videoart, Caracas Morphosis version 2.0.0.8, has been awarded with the Jury's Grand Prize at the 2008Culturas Festival in Madrid, Spain, July 2008, (www.2008culturas.com) and is one of the winners at the fourth edition of the Magmart / Under Volcano / International Videoart Festival, in Naples, Italy, March 2009. (www.casoriacontemporaryartmuseum.com Description (from the 2008culturas Festival Official Catalog): VideoArtists Fernando Paris (Venezuela, 1954l and Marilyn Birchfield (Trinidad and Tobago, 1953) have used a morphing technique to dramatize changes undergone by environments that are so slow we are not aware of them. They have also accentuated the images with a soundtrack that evokes the sounds that accompany us in our daily life and to which we pay no attention because they are simply "there". This is the second version, enlarged in time and images, of the first Caracas Morphosis, a project undergoing continuous Development in which the artists want to call attention on how the pickaxes of progress are destroying, bit by bit, the historical, social and cultural heritage of the city of Caracas. Español Éste Videoarte, Caracas Morphosis versión 2.0.0.8, Ha sido galardonado con el Gran Premio del Jurado en el Festival 2008Culturas en Madrid, España, en Julio 2008 (www.2008culturas.com) y premiado como uno de los ganadores en el Festival Internacional de Videoarte Magmart / Bajo el Volcán / en Nápoles, Italia, en Marzo 2009. (www.casoriacontemporaryartmuseum