{"id":37,"date":"2007-09-13T21:02:52","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T04:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/if2007.dev.ecuad.ca\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2007-11-14T22:13:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T05:13:10","slug":"lilia-perez-romero","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/if2007.ecuad.ca\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"Lilia P\u00e9rez Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frontera<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Programmed by: Omar S\u00e1nchez<br \/>\nCharacters: Don Jacobo, la Poli, Juanpablo Avenda\u00f1o and Myriam Beutelspacher.<\/p>\n<p>One of the four randomly chosen characters observes the spectator from a  crystal screen. From its pose and the framing of the shot, it seems to be  waiting to be portrayed. The character will carry on like this until the spectator touches the  screen. Then, it will come out of his immobility responding with the same  gesture, placing its hand and gaze on the user\u2019s hand, following any route  it follows.<\/p>\n<p>Trapped in this small sequence of gestures that reminds us of <em>The Invention of  Morel<\/em>, by Adolofo Bioy Casares, the portrayed character meets the real one  at an instant of simulated communion, which expresses both the will for  communication and the impossibility of it actually happening.<\/p>\n<p>The production was made possible thanks to a residence grant at the Center  for Multimedia of the National Center for the arts. Made expressly for Dataspace, with support from CONACULTA and the SRE.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/if2007.ecuad.ca\/romero.jpg\" alt=\"Frontera\" \/><br \/>\nPhotograph by Gerhard Haupt &#038; Pat Binder \/ Universes in Universe (Dataspace Arco 05)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Digital artist and multimedia author, born in M\u00e9xico City. She is Master in  Digital Arts, and European Media Master. She did postgraduate doctorate  studies in photography and video at the University of Barcelona, and is  currently studying a Masters in Philosophy in the National University of  Mexico. UNAM.<\/p>\n<p>Lilia was Professor of Interactive Systems in ESDI (Escuela Superior de  Dise\u00f1o) Ram\u00f3n Llul University, Barcelona, Spain and of Graphic Interface  Design in MECAD&#8221;s International Master on Creation and Design for  Interactive Systems. In 2004 she became Assistant Director at the Center for Multimedia, Mexico, where she worked until 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Lilia has been invited to present her work and to lecture in main  international festivals and universities. She has been granted fellowships  by FUNDIT (Fundaci\u00f3n para el Dise\u00f1o Textil, Spain); IIE (Institute of  International Education), USA; INBA, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes,  M\u00e9xico, CONCACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda, Mexico) and the  European Union\u2019s EMARE (European Union \/European Media Artists Residence  Exchange). She has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre for the  Arts, Canada, V2_Lab, Netherlands and Center for Multimedia, National Center for the arts, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Lilia specializes in the study, design and production of digital interfaces and is actually working with computer vision and databases as well as image  analysis and interpolation. The main subject of her recent works is the individual and the collectivity expressed through different kinds of interactive portraits, composite images, partial collections of fragmented portraits and even alternative documentary video works.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liliaperez.net\/frontera\/portrait.mov\" title=\"Anarchy Media Player - Right click to download file\"><em>Download<\/em><\/a><br \/>Frontera-Installation\/interactive portrait by Lilia Perez<br \/>\nDocumentation recorded by Eliud Romero, Cecilia Medina and Gerardo Zapata<br \/>\nEdited by Mauricio Cortes<\/p>\n<p>Back to [<a href=\"http:\/\/if2007.ecuad.ca\/?page_id=5\">INSTALLATIONS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontera Programmed by: Omar S\u00e1nchez Characters: Don Jacobo, la Poli, Juanpablo Avenda\u00f1o and Myriam Beutelspacher. One of the four randomly chosen characters observes the spectator from a crystal screen. 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