My art work integrates various means of communication and artistic production with the use of physical environments in an attempt to establish connections between human (inter)actions, social networks, and technological adaptability. Based on notions of identity, gender roles, geographies, image appropriation, and the politics of migration, I explore contemporary issues affecting diverse local communities and urban society at large.
The incremental rate of technological change, the speed of data stream, and the amount of human interaction, allow me to conceptually formulate relationships for the creation of multilayered narratives that help audiences understand ideas and concerns of their immediate urban surroundings and experiences.
The incremental rate of technological change, the speed of data stream, and the amount of human interaction, allow me to conceptually formulate relationships for the creation of multilayered narratives that help audiences understand ideas and concerns of their immediate urban surroundings and experiences.
GERMINAL (2009) Go
It explores connections between the digital codification of seeds and their respective biotechnological transformation as crops and food when entering the commercial distribution markets. The project also examines the relationship, transformations, and adaptations between the natural habitat and man-made production tools as well as it offers a view into the health implications, government policies and economic forces controlling the food supply.
City Without Walls, cWOW, Newark, NJ.
It explores connections between the digital codification of seeds and their respective biotechnological transformation as crops and food when entering the commercial distribution markets. The project also examines the relationship, transformations, and adaptations between the natural habitat and man-made production tools as well as it offers a view into the health implications, government policies and economic forces controlling the food supply.
City Without Walls, cWOW, Newark, NJ.
Schema CorpoReal (2009) Go
Solo exhibition - explores the politics and cultural attitudes about gender and identity. Elements in the show treat the cultural references of the “body image” as well as the manner in which language plays a determining role in the creation of persona and self. For his second solo exhibition in NYC, Hector Canonge investigates sexual representation, identity discourse, and the politics of migration through various technological approaches in his interactive, site-specific, and video installation works.
Topaz Arts , Woodside, Queens-NYC.
Solo exhibition - explores the politics and cultural attitudes about gender and identity. Elements in the show treat the cultural references of the “body image” as well as the manner in which language plays a determining role in the creation of persona and self. For his second solo exhibition in NYC, Hector Canonge investigates sexual representation, identity discourse, and the politics of migration through various technological approaches in his interactive, site-specific, and video installation works.
Topaz Arts , Woodside, Queens-NYC.
DECEPTIVE LANDSCAPES (2009) Go
Media installation that relates to the genetic manipulation of seeds, the politics of food production, and the effects of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) on the natural landscape of farming. Inspired by recent trends in eco-friendly products, organic produce, and green marketing campaigns, Deceptive Landscapes, mediates an immersive visual discourse through a site-specific installation that integrates the use of text, video, and sonic technologies.
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.
Media installation that relates to the genetic manipulation of seeds, the politics of food production, and the effects of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) on the natural landscape of farming. Inspired by recent trends in eco-friendly products, organic produce, and green marketing campaigns, Deceptive Landscapes, mediates an immersive visual discourse through a site-specific installation that integrates the use of text, video, and sonic technologies.
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.
Intersections (2009) Go
Solo Exhibition -Taking as departure the presence of street vending trucks in Northern Manhattan (Washington Heights and Inwood), the project investigates the transformation of the urban landscape, the appropriation of the urban realm, and the reinforcement of traditional food consumption habits in Hispanic communities. An interactive mapping environment accompanied by a single channel video composition and site-specific installations give audiences various forms to explore and experience the world of "frituras," "tortas," and "cuchifritos."
Association Of Hispanic Arts, NYC.
Solo Exhibition -Taking as departure the presence of street vending trucks in Northern Manhattan (Washington Heights and Inwood), the project investigates the transformation of the urban landscape, the appropriation of the urban realm, and the reinforcement of traditional food consumption habits in Hispanic communities. An interactive mapping environment accompanied by a single channel video composition and site-specific installations give audiences various forms to explore and experience the world of "frituras," "tortas," and "cuchifritos."
Association Of Hispanic Arts, NYC.
18 BEATS (2009) Go
Solo exhibition featuring the interactive environments URBIS18 and IRTag plus a site specific installation to explore and experience diverse ethnic communities along the #7 Train in Queens, NYC. Through audio imprints (sound recordings and reproductions) and archival graphic material (maps and photo documentation), Canonge invites audiences to immerse themselves in the multisensory wonders of discovering the World as the "International Express" (7 Train) moves and makes 18 stops in the borough.
Presented as Queens Beats @ Discover Queens Visitors Center, Queens Center, NYC.
Y Gallery, Jackson Heights-Queens, NYC.
Solo exhibition featuring the interactive environments URBIS18 and IRTag plus a site specific installation to explore and experience diverse ethnic communities along the #7 Train in Queens, NYC. Through audio imprints (sound recordings and reproductions) and archival graphic material (maps and photo documentation), Canonge invites audiences to immerse themselves in the multisensory wonders of discovering the World as the "International Express" (7 Train) moves and makes 18 stops in the borough.
Presented as Queens Beats @ Discover Queens Visitors Center, Queens Center, NYC.
Y Gallery, Jackson Heights-Queens, NYC.
parallel grounds (2008) Go
New Media Art Installation that explores the relationship, transformations, and adaptations of the natural habitat and man-made environments in the state of New Jersey. Based on geographical data analysis, studies of land use and cover that through the integration of barcode label technology, the project allows visitors to experience various interpolations of urban / industrial, rural / suburban, and residential / commercial terrains.
SPRAWL Exhibition, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ.
New Media Art Installation that explores the relationship, transformations, and adaptations of the natural habitat and man-made environments in the state of New Jersey. Based on geographical data analysis, studies of land use and cover that through the integration of barcode label technology, the project allows visitors to experience various interpolations of urban / industrial, rural / suburban, and residential / commercial terrains.
SPRAWL Exhibition, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ.
AxioMetrics (2008) Go
Part of a larger interactive game kiosk installation, this presentation at The LGBT Center in Manhattan, consists of two video monitor projections that explore issues of personal displacement, sexuality and identity. On a personal note, the artist reveals himself not only physically, but also emotionally through the various intersections and convergences of images, sounds and narrative text.
Borders, Bridges and Spaces in Between Exhibition, The Center, NYC.
MIX21 New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, @The Seaport, NYC.
Part of a larger interactive game kiosk installation, this presentation at The LGBT Center in Manhattan, consists of two video monitor projections that explore issues of personal displacement, sexuality and identity. On a personal note, the artist reveals himself not only physically, but also emotionally through the various intersections and convergences of images, sounds and narrative text.
Borders, Bridges and Spaces in Between Exhibition, The Center, NYC.
MIX21 New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, @The Seaport, NYC.
IDOLatries (2007) Go
Interactive New Media Installation that explores female representations on logos and labels used for canned, boxed or packaged food products. It treats the relationship between established archetypes of female imagery and cultural attitudes of consumption along with universal commercial codification embedded in a product’s barcode label.
Artist In The Marketplace 27th Annual Exhibition: Here and Elsewhere, Bronx Museum of Art, NYC.
Project Diversity Queens: Melting Pot Exhibition, Korea Village Open Center, Flushing, Queens, NY.
CINE_REAL at MediaNoche, El Barrio, NYC.
Interactive New Media Installation that explores female representations on logos and labels used for canned, boxed or packaged food products. It treats the relationship between established archetypes of female imagery and cultural attitudes of consumption along with universal commercial codification embedded in a product’s barcode label.
Artist In The Marketplace 27th Annual Exhibition: Here and Elsewhere, Bronx Museum of Art, NYC.
Project Diversity Queens: Melting Pot Exhibition, Korea Village Open Center, Flushing, Queens, NY.
CINE_REAL at MediaNoche, El Barrio, NYC.
MurosDistópicos /DystopicWalls (2007) Go
Installation about the division at the USA-Mexican border represented by fluorescent LED lights demarking the border line extending from California to Texas while two monitors display Web images based on animations using GPS systems and a digital graphic generator.
ArtZone, QMA
Installation about the division at the USA-Mexican border represented by fluorescent LED lights demarking the border line extending from California to Texas while two monitors display Web images based on animations using GPS systems and a digital graphic generator.
ArtZone, QMA
200mm3 (2006) Go
Installation that explores immediate concerns and first account stories related to HIV/AIDS through the use of scanners and video data banks. The project focuses on AIDS awareness and education, but more exactly, it centers around Queens and how the various communities of the borough have been affected by the Pandemic in a global and personal level.
QMAD's FRAMING AIDS 2006 at Local Project, Long Island City, NY.
ARTSexchange at CAA 2007 Annual Conference, NYC.
The Age of Light Exhibition at Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.
Installation that explores immediate concerns and first account stories related to HIV/AIDS through the use of scanners and video data banks. The project focuses on AIDS awareness and education, but more exactly, it centers around Queens and how the various communities of the borough have been affected by the Pandemic in a global and personal level.
QMAD's FRAMING AIDS 2006 at Local Project, Long Island City, NY.
ARTSexchange at CAA 2007 Annual Conference, NYC.
The Age of Light Exhibition at Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.
Ciudad Transmobil (2004) Go
Web-based Installation project designed to integrate wireless technologies, the Internet and the participation of the public to generate narratives based on the direct -real time- observations and experiences of immigrants residing in the five boroughs of New York City.
Queens Museum of Art Biennial, Queens International 2004, NYC.
Web-based Installation project designed to integrate wireless technologies, the Internet and the participation of the public to generate narratives based on the direct -real time- observations and experiences of immigrants residing in the five boroughs of New York City.
Queens Museum of Art Biennial, Queens International 2004, NYC.
100 Degrees (2009) Go
Public Intervention Art project comissioned by the Queens Council on the Arts and created in collaboration with Taiwanese media artist, Chin Chih Yang. The interactive installation and on site performance raises awareness about the environmental state of the planet and encourages audiences to participate in the creation of a temporary site-specific multimedia media sculpture.
Queens Art Express, 33rd Street Station, # 7 Train, LIC- Queens, NY.
Public Intervention Art project comissioned by the Queens Council on the Arts and created in collaboration with Taiwanese media artist, Chin Chih Yang. The interactive installation and on site performance raises awareness about the environmental state of the planet and encourages audiences to participate in the creation of a temporary site-specific multimedia media sculpture.
Queens Art Express, 33rd Street Station, # 7 Train, LIC- Queens, NY.
SHIELD / CORAZA (2008) Go
Public Art Installation project that references the use of prophylactics as a way to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in local communities of Queens, New York City. In observance of World AIDS Day, the monumental shield made out of vinyl umbrellas, LED solar power lights, and the reading performances of the artist during the opening and closing events, transform the public realm to bring awareness about the global pandemic.
Juan de Dios Unanue Park, Jackson Heights - Queens, NY.
Public Art Installation project that references the use of prophylactics as a way to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in local communities of Queens, New York City. In observance of World AIDS Day, the monumental shield made out of vinyl umbrellas, LED solar power lights, and the reading performances of the artist during the opening and closing events, transform the public realm to bring awareness about the global pandemic.
Juan de Dios Unanue Park, Jackson Heights - Queens, NY.
Dixie-Tone (2008) Go
Art intervention project that explores the relationship and connections of advertising signs, people, community, and changing landscapes. In a world where messages, names, and subtexts have been monumentally incremented, the project references narratives of the public sphere observed on the periphery of vision. In collaboration with Helen Pritchard.
Atlantic Center for the Arts, ACA, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Art intervention project that explores the relationship and connections of advertising signs, people, community, and changing landscapes. In a world where messages, names, and subtexts have been monumentally incremented, the project references narratives of the public sphere observed on the periphery of vision. In collaboration with Helen Pritchard.
Atlantic Center for the Arts, ACA, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
+ marks (2007)
Public Art Installation to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS through the on-site creation of very large Red Ribbon using recycled hospital glassware, candles, and fragments of synthetic materials.
World AIDS Day 2007, Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle, Queens, NY.
Public Art Installation to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS through the on-site creation of very large Red Ribbon using recycled hospital glassware, candles, and fragments of synthetic materials.
World AIDS Day 2007, Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle, Queens, NY.
MurosDistópicos /DystopicWalls (2007) Go
Comisioned by the Queens Museum of Art for the exhibition CORONA PLAZA: Center of Everywhere, site specific installation that represents the actual physical division at the USA-Mexican border. The installation relates to the transnational exodus of people across countries and continents while evoking the relationship between the industrial North and the underdeveloped South.
Western Union, Corona Plaza, Corona, Queens.
Comisioned by the Queens Museum of Art for the exhibition CORONA PLAZA: Center of Everywhere, site specific installation that represents the actual physical division at the USA-Mexican border. The installation relates to the transnational exodus of people across countries and continents while evoking the relationship between the industrial North and the underdeveloped South.
Western Union, Corona Plaza, Corona, Queens.
MUTANATURe (2007-2008)
Locative Media Installation that relates to the transformation of the natural habitat for farming, the manipulation of seeds for better produce, and the codification of fruits and vegetables for their commercialization. The project evokes to the transformation of natural environments into indoor quasi-farms where threes, gardens, an dornamental plants are intervened and made into mutant sources of food.
Locative Media Installation that relates to the transformation of the natural habitat for farming, the manipulation of seeds for better produce, and the codification of fruits and vegetables for their commercialization. The project evokes to the transformation of natural environments into indoor quasi-farms where threes, gardens, an dornamental plants are intervened and made into mutant sources of food.
Underground Decalogues (On Going)
Studies the displacement and frequency of activity of NYC's underground performers. Participants have active roles in the creation of their locative urban mapping narratives allowing audiences to observe their displacement through the network of rail roads, and to get a first hand account of their stories.
Studies the displacement and frequency of activity of NYC's underground performers. Participants have active roles in the creation of their locative urban mapping narratives allowing audiences to observe their displacement through the network of rail roads, and to get a first hand account of their stories.
QUADROLOGYA (2005)
From the series Integrated Urban Mappings (IUM), QUADROLOGYA explores the dynamic effects that street intersections have on the perception of the city. Through interactive “Virtual Dioramas,” and short video clips the project presents a unique visual narrative of the urban environment using literary references as the urban terrain is discovered, recorded, and mapped.
Points of Departure Exhibit: 2007 Penn Humanities Forum on Travel, Fox Art Gallery, UPenn, PA.
From the series Integrated Urban Mappings (IUM), QUADROLOGYA explores the dynamic effects that street intersections have on the perception of the city. Through interactive “Virtual Dioramas,” and short video clips the project presents a unique visual narrative of the urban environment using literary references as the urban terrain is discovered, recorded, and mapped.
Points of Departure Exhibit: 2007 Penn Humanities Forum on Travel, Fox Art Gallery, UPenn, PA.
sonicBytes, (2005)
Locative media collaborative project serves to map urban environments based on participants' contribution of sounds and images accompanied by psychogeographic narratives and interactive design elements.
GRACE GALLERY, Brooklyn , NYC.
Locative media collaborative project serves to map urban environments based on participants' contribution of sounds and images accompanied by psychogeographic narratives and interactive design elements.
GRACE GALLERY, Brooklyn , NYC.
Integrated Urban Mappings (ongoing)
Selected body of work related to the investigation and analysis of urban geographies and their impact on human perception and psychology at different sites in the NYC Metropolitan area.
Points of Departure Exhibit: 2007 Penn Humanities Forum on Travel, Fox Art Gallery, UPenn.
Selected body of work related to the investigation and analysis of urban geographies and their impact on human perception and psychology at different sites in the NYC Metropolitan area.
Points of Departure Exhibit: 2007 Penn Humanities Forum on Travel, Fox Art Gallery, UPenn.
Aural City Mapping Technology (2003) Go
Emulation environment exploring an altered reality through the codification and digitalization of symbolic physical landscapes based on Aural representation and their significance in the understanding of the development of civilization through a historical referential narrative.
mediaBallistics v.1, Hunter College, NYC.
Emulation environment exploring an altered reality through the codification and digitalization of symbolic physical landscapes based on Aural representation and their significance in the understanding of the development of civilization through a historical referential narrative.
mediaBallistics v.1, Hunter College, NYC.
Senses (1999)
Emulation environment for an experimental Web Site focusing on perception through the individual five senses.
Ciberarte - II Bienal do Mercosul, Brazil.
Emulation environment for an experimental Web Site focusing on perception through the individual five senses.
Ciberarte - II Bienal do Mercosul, Brazil.
Q' Doll Intervention (2005)
Intramedia Performance Dance Act using sensor devices that generate dynamic narrative content. The project takes into consideration aspects of traditional dance expressions with different levels of audience intervention to trigger poetic visual response narratives.
Pyramid Club -Beta Version Presentation, NYC.
Intramedia Performance Dance Act using sensor devices that generate dynamic narrative content. The project takes into consideration aspects of traditional dance expressions with different levels of audience intervention to trigger poetic visual response narratives.
Pyramid Club -Beta Version Presentation, NYC.
MarchitoAmor Productions: La Muñeca (2003)
Multimedia Video Performance in collaboration with Saul Reyes explores issues of Queer Identity using 80's popular tunes and classic 70's homoerotic pin-up visual elements.
Queens Queer Cultural Festival, NYC.
Multimedia Video Performance in collaboration with Saul Reyes explores issues of Queer Identity using 80's popular tunes and classic 70's homoerotic pin-up visual elements.
Queens Queer Cultural Festival, NYC.
HcVtr (2003) Go
A personal account of identity and construction of persona through interactive icons that open levels of narrative in first, second and third points of view.
Documentary Intentions, SUNY Buffalo, NY.
A personal account of identity and construction of persona through interactive icons that open levels of narrative in first, second and third points of view.
Documentary Intentions, SUNY Buffalo, NY.
CuBot (2001)
CD-ROM project focuses on the creation of a robot-like avatar that reacts to users inputs of words to manifest a future AI.
CD-ROM project focuses on the creation of a robot-like avatar that reacts to users inputs of words to manifest a future AI.
Mexicanismos (2000)
Interactive Multimedia Project for CD-ROM deconstructs notions and archetypes of what constitutes the “Macho Man.” Project incorporates a gaming card solitaire project that questions notions of masculinity.
Identidades - Electronic Multimedia Exhibition, Mexico.
Interactive Multimedia Project for CD-ROM deconstructs notions and archetypes of what constitutes the “Macho Man.” Project incorporates a gaming card solitaire project that questions notions of masculinity.
Identidades - Electronic Multimedia Exhibition, Mexico.
PANELS & DISCUSIONS
Art in the Public Sphere: Singular Works, Plural Possibilities (2008) Go
Selected to present documentation of public art work “DystopicWalls” created in 2007 for Corona Plaza, Queens. The daylong symposium and juried exhibition examines the complexities and challenges of producing work in and about the public domain.
Fine Arts Center, the University Gallery, University of Massachusets at Amherst.
Selected to present documentation of public art work “DystopicWalls” created in 2007 for Corona Plaza, Queens. The daylong symposium and juried exhibition examines the complexities and challenges of producing work in and about the public domain.
Fine Arts Center, the University Gallery, University of Massachusets at Amherst.
Breaking Borders (2007)
Produced a film-screening program about immigration and border crossings at the US-Mexican border. Moderated the discussion of a panel where participant filmmakers, an immigration lawyer, and community activists presented their views and opinions to the public.
Queens Museum of Art.
Produced a film-screening program about immigration and border crossings at the US-Mexican border. Moderated the discussion of a panel where participant filmmakers, an immigration lawyer, and community activists presented their views and opinions to the public.
Queens Museum of Art.
Urban Interfaces v.1 (2005)
Organized and hosted a panel discussion on the potential role of new communication technologies, such as mobile phones and PDA's, in the development of alternative participatory narratives.
Queens Museum of Art
SO FAR SO CLOSE ... (2004) Go
Lead a discussion on emerging technologies and their implementation in the creation of collaborative multimedia narratives among artists, ethnic communities, and new immigrants.
Americas Society, NYC
Lead a discussion on emerging technologies and their implementation in the creation of collaborative multimedia narratives among artists, ethnic communities, and new immigrants.
Americas Society, NYC