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Juan Downey : una utopía de la comunicación = a communications utopia

Title: Juan Downey : una utopía de la comunicación = a communications utopia / textos de Juan Downey...[and others].
Author: Downey, Juan
Publication: México, D.F. : Conaculta : Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, 2013

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Additional Authors

Museo Rufino Tamayo.

Description

367 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Summary

Considered one of the most important artists of the second avant-garde of the twentieth century, Juan Downey (b. Santiago, Chile 1940-1993) was one of the first Latin American artists, based in New York, which explored the use of the video from a communication perspective in which dealt with concepts such as feedback, playback, and delay. In addition, among its heterogeneous body of work can be found in investigations on Cybernetics, energy, architecture and anthropology.

Alternative Title

Utopía de la comunicación
Juan Downey : communications utopia

Subjects

Drawing, Chilean > 20th century > Exhibitions
Installations (Art) > Chile > Exhibitions
Video art > Chile > 20th century > Exhibitions
Downey, Juan > Exhibitions

Note

Published on the occasion of the exhibition by the same name held March 21 to Aug. 25, 2013 at the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

In Spanish and English.

Contents

Una utopía de la comunicación de Juan Downey / Juan Downeys Communications Utopia / Julieta González -- "Nostalgia por el futuro: tiempo, tecnología y orígenes en el arte de Juan Downey = "A Nostalgia of the Future": Time, Technology and Origins in Juan Downeys Art / Sarah Montross -- Retroalimentación en el Amazonas / Feedback in the Amazon / Nicols Guagnini -- El viajero / The Traveler / David Ross -- Selección de textos de Juan Downey -- Esculturas audio-cintéicas operadas electrónicamente -- Tecnologa y más allá -- Arquitectura, video, telepatía -- Utopía de las comunicaciones -- La Arquitectura Invisible -- Relatos descriptivos de Video Trans Americas 1973-1975 -- Más de dos -- Videotapes

ISBN

9786076052273

OCLC

ocn870826990
SCSB-1765038

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library