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Javier Aparicio



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Archive of Digital Art (ADA). “Javier Aparicio – artist profile”. https://www.digitalartarchive.at/database/artists/general/artist/aparicio.html. (retrieved 2024-10-09). @online{ADAartistprofile, author = {Archive of Digital Art (ADA)}, title = {Javier Aparicio artist profile}, url = {https://www.digitalartarchive.at/database/artists/general/artist/aparicio.html}, urldate = {retrieved 2024-10-09}
About
Visual artist, music composer, performing arts teacher and digital humanities post-doc researcher.
I combine artistic creation with research and teaching. My work navigates the boundaries of artistic disciplines, creating sound spaces for performing arts or producing visual artworks that integrate traditional techniques with new technologies.
PhD in Humanities, Carlos III University, Madrid; Performing Arts Master's degree, Rey Juan Carlos University; Master´s degree in Art and New Technologies, European University of Madrid; Fine Arts degree from the University of Barcelona; music studies at Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and Modern music and Jazz at l'Aula de mùsics in Barcelona.
My doctoral thesis was focused in the relationship between dance and music using electronic devices such as wearable computers. I developed -in collaboration with Dart collective, SynBody project, a garment and a performance as well, that allows real-time sound composition through movement and contact between bodies.
I have participated in different symposium, festivals and events like: 1st International Conference on Fractal Foundations in Architecture and the Environment. Inphiniart. Círculo de Bellas Artes. (Madrid, Spain. 2004); I Congreso de Investigación en Artes. Prácticas Escénicas y Cultura Visual. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Factultad de Bellas Artes. Cuenca, Spain. 2024; XXXIII Przegląd Aiosenki Aktorskiej. Mała Scena. (Wrocław, Poland. 2012), Les Rencontres Chorégraphiques Universitaires. Université París 7 Diderot. (París, France. 2012); Ensayando un Clásico. Fundación Festival Teatro Clásico de Almagro. Teatro Circo Price (Madrid, Spain. 2016); Performance architectures wearables and gestures of participation. International Metabody Forum. Antonin Artaud Performing Arts Center. Brunel University. (London, United Kingdom. 2016); Shaping Time.Space. Flux Factory. (New York, United States. 2016). ACC-Gwangju Fringe International (Gwangju, South Korea. 2017).
I´ ve collaborated with other artists and companies like: Transse Express, Stanza, YiFan Cirque, FunFanfarria, Ana Continente Danza, Compañía Arte de Urgencia and Sol Bibriesca. I have joined artistic residencies as: Crossing of Movements Project, Contemporary Dance Association of Korea (Jeju Island and Seoul, South Korea); LSD in movement. INAEM - Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música. Compañía Losdedae Danza. (Alcalá de Henares, Spain); La Grainerie – fabrique des arts du cirque et de l’itinérance. (Toulouse, France); BME Művészeti Rezidenciaprogram. Budapest University of Technology and Economics, (Budapest, Hungary).
I have conducted monographic and long-term duration workshops in different institutions, such as the Visiting Art Series at Plymouth College of Arts (Plymouth, United Kingdom); Scenographic design, lighting, and costume workshop, Theatre and performing arts Master´s degree, at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense - Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) and SynBody workshop at Department of Dance, University of Taipei, Taiwan. Between 2008 and 2011, I taught Art and Digital Culture at IED Madrid, Istituto Europeo di Design, and between 2010 and 2017 I collaborated with Aula de las Artes of Carlos III University in performing arts projects like Crossing Stages. Since 2009 I´m stage design and music professor at Escuela de Arte Dramático of Madird´s Council. (Madrid, Spain).
Among my most remarkable exhibitions are: De Madrid, el suelo. Off Limits, Espacio Menosuno, (Madrid, Spain. 2007), Play Grad Street Art Festival. Fire Theatre-Art-Culture Foundation. (Sofía, Bulgaria. 2007); Micro. Festival de Arte Mínimo. Centro Cultural Matadero. (Huesca, Spain. 2014); XXIV Certámen de Artes Plásticas de la Uned. Fundación Caja Castilla-La Mancha. (Cuenca, Spain. 2014); ArtMadrid. The Makers, One Shot Hotels, (Madrid, Spain. 2016); Arte y Carne. Centro de Arte Complutense. (Madrid, Spain. 2017); Frankenstein 200 años después. Museo del Romanticismo. (Madrid, Spain. 2018); Automáticas18. Medialab Prado (Madrid, Spain. 2018); TimeLine. SpaceBA. Sewoon Art Bridge. (Seoul, South Korea, 2019); The Artist Collaboration Factory (TACF): Plattform und Galerie. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Deutscher Kunstlerbund. (Gießen, Germany. 2022); G4C Biennial. Glitch4ChaosMagick. Mersz Klub. (Budapest, Hungary. ̈ 2022); Wild & Newfangled. Mowna. The Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art lI Biennial. (Nueva York, United States. 2023); LandScripts. D85 - Direction 85 Artist-run Space. (Budapest, Hungary; Mint it. Aeon Studio. Uncommon Gallery. (Seoul, South Korea, 2023); BME Művészeti Rezidenciaprogram kiállítása. Art Quartet Budapest. (Budapest, Hungary, 2024; Fragments of Interests. Platform of Open Media Art. Mestský park. (Košice, Slovakia). Dance In Collages. Tanec v Kolážích. Foyer Konzervatoře (Pardubice. Czech Republic, 2024) and Pixels in the Pines. Outline open-air festival. (Moskovskaya oblast, Russia, 2024).
CV

EDUCATION:

2022 PhD in Humanities. Philosophy, Language and Literature Theory Department. Universidad Carlos III. (Madrid, Spain).
2009 Master´s degree in Performing Arts. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. (Madrid, Spain).
2006 Master´s degree. Art and New Technologies. Universidad Europea de Madrid. (Spain).
1998 Fine Arts. Degree. Universidad de Barcelona. (Spain).

LONG TERM TEACHING:

2018 - now Music for Performing Arts. Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático. EMAD. (Spain).
2009 - now Stage Design workshop. Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático. EMAD. Madrid, Spain)
2007 - 2011 Art and Digital Culture. Istituto Europeo di Design. IED Madrid. (Spain).
VISUAL ARTS | solo exhibitions
2023 LandScripts. D85 - Direction 85 Artist-run Space. (Budapest, Hungary)
2019 TimeLine. SpaceBA. Sewoon Art Bridge. (Seoul, South Korea)
2016 LoneLines. Nadir Gallery. (Madrid, Spain)
2003 Microcosmos. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Zaragoza. (Spain).
Group exhibitions
2024 Pixels in the Pines. Outline open-air festival. (Moskovskaya oblast, Russia).
BME Művészeti Rezidenciaprogram kiállítása. Art Quartet Budapest. (Budapest, Hungary).
Fragments of Interests. Platform of Open Media Art. Mestský park. (Košice, Slovakia).
Dance In Collages. Tanec v Kolážích. Foyer Konzervatoře (Pardubice. Czech Republic).
The Come Back. Arena Art Space. (online). Joyn.xyz.
2023 Mint it. Aeon Studio. Uncommon Gallery. (Seoul, South Korea).
Wild & Newfangled. Mowna. The Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art lI Biennial. (New York. United States).
G4C Biennial. Glitch4ChaosMagick. Mersz Klub. (Budapest, Hungary).
2022 The Artist Collaboration Factory (TACF): Plattform und Galerie. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Deutscher Künstlerbund. (Gießen, Germany).
2020 Galería Virtual Zaragoza. (Zaragoza, España).
2019 Automaticas18. MediaLab Prado. (Madrid, Spain)
2014 XXIV Certámen de Artes Plásticas. Fundación Caja Castilla-La Mancha. UNED. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. (Cuenca, Spain)
Más que libros. Artists Books Fair. Dibujo Madrid. Colegio de Arquitectos. (Madrid, Spain).
Micro. Festival de Arte mínimo. Centro Cultural Matadero. (Huesca, Spain).
2008 De Madrid, el suelo. Travelling exhibition. Off limits, Espacio F., Espacio Menosuno. (Madrid, Spain); Playgrad. Street Art Festival. Orlov Most (Sofia, Bulgaria).

LIVE ARTS | selected projects:
2024 Una polilla da vueltas alrededor de una bombilla. Music composition and live performance. Sol Bibriesca company. Apertura de procesos creativos. Teatro Pradillo. (Madrid, Spain).
2023 Humana. Music composition and recording for performing arts. Surge Festival. (Madrid, Spain).
2022 Mon alle. Music arrangement and recording. Yi-Fan company. (Toulouse, France).
2019 Hypercalders. Interactive installation. Automaticas´18. Medialab Prado. Madrid. (Spain)
2018 Comme une rivière qui retourne à la montagne. Music composition and recording. YiFanCirque Company. La Granerie. (Toulouse, France).
2016 Pressitting. Music composition and recording. Choreography: Fumihiro Kikuchi. Shaping Time.Space. Flux Factory. (New York, United States).
SynBody. Wearable Computing Interface. Museo Complutense. Museo del Romanticismo, Museo Complutense, Art Madrid Fair (Madrid, Spain). International Metabody Forum. Antonin Artaud Center. Brunel University London. (Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom).
Vastness. Music Composition and Recording. Insteractive installation by Maria Mitsi. University of Hertfordshire. (United Kingdom). Music for video-animation. AnimaFest 2017 (Limassol, Cyprus).
Umbrales. Music Composition and Recording. Video dance by Marian Villanueva, Cinzia Giovanettoni (video creation). Aula de las Artes. Universidad Carlos III. Art for Change. Obra Social La Caixa. Ayuntamiento de Garrovillas de Alconétar. (Cáceres, Spain).
2015 Itaca. Live performance. Crossing Stages European Project. Culture Programme European Commission. Aula de las Artes Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. AP Gallery. (San Martín de Ayllón, Riaza. Segovia, (Spain).
Anfitrión. Live performance. Crossing Stages European Project. Culture Programme European Commission. Aula de las Artes Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Centro Artístico il Gratacello (Livorno. (Italy).
La Villana de Vallecas. Stage design, music composition. Ensayando un Clásico. Fundación Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Almagro. Sociedad General de Autores. (Madrid, Spain).
2014 Giselle y la inocencia. Music composition, live perfomance. Aula de las Artes. Universidad Carlos III. Crossing Stages European Project. Culture Programme European Commission. Teatro Municipal da Covilhã. (Covilhã, Portugal).
2012 Shift. Music Composition and Recording. Lisa Parra, direction; Ana Crouiselles choreography. (Madrid, Spain).
L´Air et le Vent. Live music and performance. Biennale arts et sciences Rencontres chorégraphiques Universitaires Internationales. Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Universidad Carlos III Madrid (Spain). Université Paris VII. Diderot. (París, France).
2012 Pr:o:ba 33 Przegląd Piosenki Aktorskiej. Llive music. Mała Scena. Teatru Capitol. (Wrocław, Poland).
2010 Certificado De Existencia. Music composition and performance. Ana Continente Dance Company. Teatro del Mercado, Teatro de la Estación. (Zaragoza, Spain).
2008 Sueños Salados Live music and performance. Funfanfarria Company. Sala Triángulo, Teatro Las Aguas. (Madrid, Spain).
2000 2000 Coups De Minuit. Live music and performance. Transse Express Company: Paseo de la Independencia. Zaragoza. (Spain) Centre Georges Pompidou. (Paris, France).
Alegrías. Live music performance. (New York, United States).
WORKSHOPS / SYMPOSUM / TALKS
2024 I Congreso de Investigación en Artes. Prácticas Escénicas y Cultura Visual. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha. Factultad de Bellas Artes. Cuenca.
2023 LandScripts. Workshop. Babicsca. (Budapest, Hungría).
2018 VI International Congress Synesthesia, Science and Art. SynBody Scores. Visual representations from: body movement, music composition using a wearable computing garment as an hyperinstrument. (Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain).
SynBody. Workshop. Department of Dance. University of Taipei. (Taipei, Taiwan).
2016 International Metabody Forum. Symposium. Performance Architectures, Wearables and Gestures of Participation. Brunel University London. (London, United Kingdom)
UnoChair. (Workshop, performance. collaboration with Jung In Jung. Huddersfield University. (United Kingdom), Aula de las Artes Universidad Carlos III. Madrid. (Madrid, Spain).
Visiting Artist Series. (Workshop). BA Contemporary Media. Plymouth College of Arts. (Plymouth, United Kingdom).
2016 Dance and Robotics. Workshop. Escuela del Espectador. Aula de Las Artes. Departamento de Ingeniería Robótica. Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad Carlos III (Madrid, Spain)
2015 Dance and Robotics. Workshop. Escuela del Espectador. Aula de Las Artes. Departamento de Ingeniería Robótica. Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad Carlos III Madrid. (Madrid, Spain)
2014 Dance and Robotics. Workshop. Escuela del Espectador. Aula de Las Artes. Departamento de Ingeniería Robótica. Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad Carlos III Madrid. (Madirid, Spain).
2012 Scenography, Costum and Lighting Design. Workshop and Seminar. Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático, Universidad Complutense. Madrid. (Madrid, Spain).
INTERVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS
Why Future Still Needs Us: AI and Humanity. Arirang tv. Nabi Art Centre. Kim Hyesung. (Seoul, South Korea). 2017.01.04
Interstitial spaces I Espacios Intersticiales, Crossing Stages. European Project 2013-2015, Madrid 2015, pp.162-65
Entre las transformaciones espaciales. El jardín de Hércules. Eduardo Blázquez. 2015.03.29
Cuando la tecnología nos mueve. Raubert, B., & Fabrès, H. (2009). Ddanza, 19, pp. 39-40.
El ibex de las futuras promesas del arte. Pérez, L. M. (2009, May 2). El Heraldo de Aragón [Zaragoza], p. 32.
La mirada com a pensament. Universidad de Barcelona. 1998
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS

2024 Punto y Raya Abstract GIF Call! Finalist. Barcelona, (Spain).
2008 Master´s degree fellowship. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. (Spain).
2005 Ayudas a la ampliación y perfeccionamiento Master´s degree fellowship. Diputación de Zaragoza. (Spain).
2002 Beca a la producción en el centro de recursos Medialab Madrid. Centro Cultural Conde Duque · Ayuntamiento de Madrid. (Spain).
1999 Beca de ampliación de estudios musicales. Asociación de Intérpretes y Ejecutantes de España · Sociedad General de Autores. (Spain).
1999 Ayudas a jóvenes artistas plásticos. Diputación General de Aragón. (Spain).
1997 Ayudas a jóvenes artistas plásticos. Diputación General de Aragón. (Spain).
OTHER PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCES

2017 Shouting without Noise. Sound and technic assitance. Yi Fan-Cirque Company. ACGwangju Fringe International. (Gwangju, South Korea).
2008 Apadrina un artista. Cultural Mediation. Espacio Menosuno. Asociación Cultural Menosuno. Feria de Arte Madrid Tentaciones. Casa de Vacas. (Madrid, Spain).
2006 Digital Transit, Condición Post-Media. Technical assistance. Arco ´07 · Centro Cultural Conde Duque · Ayuntamiento de Madrid · Universidad Europea de Madrid. Medialab Madrid. (Madrid, Spain).
2004 1st International Congress on the Fractal Foundations in Architecture and the Environment. Organizing Committee. Inphiniart. Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. (Madrid, Spain).
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS:

2024 BME Művészeti Rezidenciaprogram. Budapest University of Technology and Economics. (Budapest, Hungary).
2022 La Campanera. Redes Vivas. Ayuntamiento de Navas del Marqués. (Ávila, Spain).
2018 La Granerie. YiFan-Cirque La Grainerie – fabrique des arts du cirque et de l'itinérance. (Toulouse, France).
2017 La Granerie. YiFan-Cirque La Grainerie – fabrique des arts du cirque et de l'itinérance. (Toulouse, France).
2011 Lsd in Movement. Losdedae Danza. Ana Contintente Cance Company. INAEM. Instituto de las Artes Escénicas de España. Alcalá de Henares (Spain).
2010 Crossing of Movements Project. Korean Modern Dance Association of Korea. Modern Dance Festival of Seoul. Jeju Olle Festival (Seoul, Jeju Island, South Korea).


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