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Alexander Del Re (Chile)

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Es educador y artista de performance desde 1993, ha presentado sus trabajos en Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, España, USA y Canadá; ha organizando muchos eventos en su país presentando a artistas locales e internacionales, entre ellos, "Performare", la primera muestra internacional de arte de Performance en Santiago, con artistas de USA, Ucrania, Suecia y Chile; ha participado en conferencias y otros eventos relacionados, tanto nacional como internacionalmente; publicando ensayos en revistas especializadas; es Editor en Jefe del boletín electrónico internacional de noticias de arte de performance, Perfonews. Su trabajo aparece en revistas de arte de Polonia, Inglaterra, Finlandia, Canadá, y España. Su ensayo "Confronta tu Icono", aparece en la reciente Antología de Performance en Latinoamérica, compilada por Josefina Alcazar, México D.F., México. La temática de sus trabajos ha girado desde investigaciones en torno a mitos urbanos hasta proyectos globales que cuestionan la naturaleza del ser "ciudadanos" en esta era, utilizando habitualmente instalaciones sonoras y elementos multimediales, así como su propio cuerpo. Actualmente colabora con Camila Schliebener en experimentos sonoros de performance en el dúo "Girls in a Cage". Algunas de sus documentaciones de performance han sido parte de colecciones y exhibiciones en Argentina, Brasil, USA, Inglaterra, Serbia, Finlandia y España. Su trabajo ha aparecido recientemente en el DVD documental "No Citizen", dirigido por Alvaro Robles; así como en el DVD de documentación del festival "eBent'02" en Barcelona, España. Fue curador y co-organizador de "Av-ant Perfo", primera muestra internacional de arte de Performance en Valparaíso, presentando a artistas de México, Polonia, España y Chile. En 2002, se ha presentado en el Festival Internacional de Performance "Currency 2002", en New York, USA, junto a artistas de otros 10 países. También se ha presentado en el festival eBent'02 de Barcelona, España. En 2003, ha presentado su trabajo en el Festival Internacional de Performance "Full Nelson 5", en Los Angeles, USA, junto a artistas de 9 países. Así mismo, ha presentado una performance virtual como parte del evento "Anti-war Anti-empire Cabaret", en el Encuentro organizado por el Instituto Hemisférico de Performance y Política de la Universidad de New York (NYU), en New York, USA; también a presentado su trabajo en el "Proyecto Limes", un festival de arte de performance en Montevideo, Uruguay, y en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fue curador y co-organizador de "Perfo Puerto", primer festival latinoamericano de arte de performance en Valparaiso, Chile, realizado en diciembre de 2002, presentando a 15 artistas de 7 países.

 

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Alexander Del Re, a long-time scholar of Performance Art history, he started as a performance artist in 1993, and since then he has performed in Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, USA and Canada. He performed at the IX Performance Art Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1996. He teaches Performance Art in several universities in his country, lecturing regularly in different universities and museums. In 1997 he curated the first international Performance Art event ever to happen in Chile, "Performare", which featured artists from Sweden, Chile, USA and Ukraine. He has published articles in art magazines, he has also been featured in art magazines in Poland, U.K., Finland, Canada and Spain. His essay "Confronta tu Icono" ("Confront your Icon"), is included in the recent Antology of Latin American Performance, compiled by Josefina Alcazar, Mexico D.F., Mexico. He is founding Editor of the e-newsletter "Perfonews", delivered to 62 countries worldwide. He recently curated and organized "Av-ant Perfo" in Valparaiso, Chile, featuring performers from Mexico, Spain, Poland and Chile, in April 2002. Currently he collaborates with Camila Schliebener in sound performance experiments of the duo "Girls in a Cage", publishing under the independent label Bad Format Records, producing audio material for performances and films. Some of his performance documentation has been included in exhibitions and collections in Argentina, Brazil, the U.S., U.K., Spain, Finland and Serbia. His work is featured in the documentary "No Citizen", directed by Alvaro Robles; as well as at the "eBent'02" performance festival documentation DVD, in Barcelona, Spain. In 2002, he has performed at "Currency 2002" international performance festival, in New York, U.S. He also has performed at "eBent 02" performance festival in Barcelona, Spain. In 2003, he has performed at "Full Nelson 5" performance art festival, in Los Angeles, USA; as well as performing a webcast at the "Anti-war Anti-empire Cabaret", as part of the Meeting organized by the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics of the University of New York (NYU), in New York, USA; he also performed at "Proyecto Limes", an international performance art festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also curator and co-organizer of the performance art festival "Perfo Puerto", in Valparaiso, Chile; which in December 2002, featured 15 performance artists from 7 countries of Latin America and Spain.