live mario de vega, manrico montero, angelica castello Event

live mario de vega (mex/berlin), manrico montero (mex), angelica castello (mex/a), burkhard stangl (a)

Mario de Vega
Born in Mexico City, 1979. Works & lives in Berlin.

His work explores relations between stability, failure, simulation and ambiguity with site-specific projects, sculpture, documentation and sound improvisation with electronic devices.

As an improviser his work involves a wide range of customized objects, analog and modified electronics, turntables and computer based interfaces in different combinations. Unpredictable situations caused by the manipulation of fragile objects and the potential of their failure using motors, magnets, acoustic surfaces and electronic devices.

His work has appeared in different contexts including Museums, Galleries and Independent Spaces throughout Mexico, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United States, Japan, Argentina, Korea and Spain. And in Festivals as Radar (MX), Mutek (MX), TodaysArt (NL), Bend ++ (JPN), Transitio (MX), Bent (US), dbale Electronic Music Festival (CH), Sound Art Festival of Mexico (MX), r4wb1t5 (US), Contemptronics (GER), Interface (MX), Visual Sound Festival (GER), No Idea (US), Cha’ak’ab Paaxil Festival (MX), Cybersonica (UK), Total Meeting (FR) and others.

Some collaborations: Hans Tammen / Joker Nies (die schrauber), Shelley Hirsch, John Zorn (Cobra Ensamble), Chris Cogburn, Bonnie Jones, Bruce Andrews, Kanta Horio, Taku Hannoda, Jason Kahn, Manrico Montero, JuanJosé Rivas, German Bringas, Satoshi Takeishi, Burkhard Stangl, Angelica Castello, Rogelio Sosa, Michael J. Schumacher and Alexandrer Bruck.