ARTISTS
Cristián Jiménez
(Valdivia, 1975)
Before becoming a filmmaker he wrote short stories and studied sociology and philosophy in Santiago, Heidelberg and London. His films have been part of the official selection of festivals like Cannes, San Sebastián, Sundance and Toronto, among others. He has also directed award- winning television series and music videos for international artists like Mika and French pop band Indochine. As a child he dreamt of being a stand-up comedian.
Alejandro Albornoz
(Santiago, 1971)
Chilean electroacoustic composer and sound artist, PhD in Electroacoustic Composition, University of Sheffield, UK. He studied electroacoustic composition with Rodrigo Sigal and Federico Schumacher in Chile and Adrian Moore and Adam Stanović in United Kingdom. He works on acousmatic and live electronics since 2004. Currently is lecturer and researcher at the Music & Sonic Arts School at the Universidad Austral in Chile. The central topics in his research are the human voice, poetry, algorithms and language in acousmatic pieces, both in multichannel and stereo formats.
Carolina Ihle
(Holland, 1977)
Architect, Master in Science in Advanced Architecture Design, Teaches at the Architecture and Urbanism Institute in Valdivia. Her research displays a broad array of work on urban appropriation, performance studies and notions of collectiveness that evolve into heritage perception. Her work has materialized into audiovisual installations and exhibitions.
Maria Novo
(Portugal, 1987)
Architect, Master in Architecture at Faculty of Architecture of the Oporto University (FAUP), Master degree in Photobook: Edition, Production and Distribution, at Blank Paper School in Madrid. Her practice and research work focuses on cinema and architecture and is presented mainly in analogue format, extends across photography and cinema, depicting a peculiar language at the edge of beauty and gloominess.
Karla Méndez
(Panguipulli, Chile 1981)
Visual artist. Currently I work with the concept of property, with various videos performance, which I make in natural places (native forests) in which I build brick walls by means of vertical superposition making disappear the framed landscape in its entirety.
Pilar Gil Rodrigo
(Santiago, 1978)
Journalist, Filmmaker and Screenwriter. MA in Screen Documentary, Goldmiths College, University of London (UK). Since 2003 she has worked for Chilean Television (TVN/CANAL 13) and for Producer Companies, as researcher, producer, editor, screenwriter of different projects. She was part of the creation of the “London Nº38 Audiovisual Archive”, based on testimonies of survivors of political violence during dictatorship in Chile.
Joaquin Zerené Harcha
(Santiago, 1987)
Is a visual artist graduated by the Universidad Austral de Chile. He holds a Master’s degree in Communicational Design by the Universidad de Buenos Aires and now is doing his PhD research in Human Sciences at the Universidad Austral de Chile. He’s a faculty member at the Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Design of the Universidad Diego Portales.
Ivan Flores Arancibia
(Santiago, 1978)
PhD in Philosophy (Universitat de Barcelona, UAB, Spain). Teaches at the Visuals Arts Institute in Austral University of Chile. Director of the FONDART project "Ronald Kay. The work of the virtual" of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile (2018-2020). Currently working on the publication of the book On Metaxology (Metales Pesados, 2020) and Tractatus Visual. Difference and extended happening in Ronald Kay (Pólvora, 2020).
Gabriel Westermeier-Castillo (Chile)
Architect from the Austral University of Chile currently pursuing the Master of Achitecture, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has worked specifically in the area of architectural design and representation in architectural offices the south of Chile. In the academic area, he worked as an assistant at the School of Architecture-UACh. Is currently developing his master thesis, related to experimental architectural design.
Cristian Arriagada Seguel
(Valdivia, 1996)
Lives in the community of Máfil, Los Ríos Region-Chile. He is studying his third year of Visual Arts at the Austral University of Chile. His work has been developed mainly associated with the territory and the political context. He received the Wabi Sabi scholarship at the first Valdivia International Photography Festival (2019) and has exhibited individually at the Diego Rivera Art Center, Puerto Montt-Chile (2020).
Valentina Inostroza Bravo
(Coyhaique, 1997)
Visual Artist from the Austral University of Chile with engraving mention, currently pursuing the Master of Arts, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The central axis of investigation is the body as a political territory, both of affectation and of criticism and resistance. The key topics of the work are violence against vulnerable bodies, body consumption and the invisibility of non-hegemonic bodies.
Jesús Román
(Santiago, 1978)
Visual artist. I’m interested in the notion of order and neatness, time and weight. The time in which the labor force works in the execution of the work; the craftsmanship put at the disposal of a time that is contained in the work and also my body that is the mediator between time and work. I also try to address weight perception. I consider "the light" more suggestive than "the heavy," yet they are opposites in constant tension. My works can be seen as delicate weightless pieces or as heavy fixed structures.
Carlos Fischer B
(Chile)
Bachelor of Biological Sciences and Professional Photographer trained at the Escuela de FotoArte de Chile. I have done author photography and commercial photography since 1984, I have served as a photography professor at various Institutes and currently at the Institute of Visual Arts of the Faculty of Architecture and Arts of the Austral University of Chile in Valdivia.
Jangel Mota
(Chile)
Audiovisual production. Image and montage editor of the videos of the International Festival of Photography of Valdivia, FIFVAL.
Adrián Silva Pino
(Lautaro, 1973)
Anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, is director of the Audiovisual Anthropology Lab and the Valdivia Anthropology Documentary Program MUDAV (UACh). His works include the documentaries “La Recompensa de Dios” (2001), “De Regreso a Rapa Nui” (2004) and the fiction “La Capital” (2010), among others.
Jorge Pérez de Arce
(La Unión, Chile, 1970)
Is director of photography. He has worked with national filmmakers on prominent television fiction series. In Valdivia he has worked on the image and montage of feature films, short films and a documentary TV series.
