DAVID VELEZ

Sound artist and composer.

www.davidvelezr.tumblr.com

MA in Fine Arts.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Co-founder, director and curator for the label Impulsive Habitat
http://www.impulsivehabitat.com

Founder and Chief Editor Fundador for The Field Reporter

www.thefieldreporter.wordpress.com

In my creative and research process I explore the subject of time and its role on the breach
that divides experience and knowledge.
CV
EDUCATION
MA in Fine Arts. Universidad Nacional 2010-2013
Documentary Production. Brooklyn College. 2001-2002
Cinematography. New York University. 2002
Professional in Advertisement. Universidad Jorge Tdeo Lozano. 2000
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Intervencin de tornamesas (installation produced with Wilmer Prez) presented in
Satlite collective exhibition - Bogot. September 2014 Link
Untitled (photography) presented in Barreras imaginadas - collective exhibition - Bogot.
May 2014
Tensin superficial (installation) presented in Efimerex - collective exhibition - Bogot.
Marzo 2014 Link
La orilla (installation) presented in Sonsferas - collective exhibition Espacio Odeon Bogot. Noviembre 2013 Link
Sin ttulo (dibujo) presented in Con la comida no se juega - collective exhibition Galera
Desborde - Bogot. Septiembre 2013
Sin ttulo (instalacin) presented in 50ha / 50m - collective exhibition Espacio El Parche,
Bogot. Agosto 2013 Link
Sin ttulo (video) presented in Reminiscencias Sonoras - collective exhibition Galera
Santa F, Bogot. August-September 2013 Link
Sin ttulo (instalacin) presented in residency / workshop Tecnologas Primitivas,
Sutamarchn, Colombia. July 2013 Link
Sin ttulo (performance) presented in Arteocupa - collective exhibition Universidad
Federal de Santa Mara, Brasil May-June 2013 Link
Deriva y Catstrofe (instalacin) individual exhibition Rojo Galera. Bogot. February 6
2013 Link

RECENT LIVE SHOWS 2013-2014

Project 4-18 Honda improvisation with untreated field recordings- Honda, Cundinamarca
December 2014 Bogot. December 2014
Sound improvisation with video improvisation by Juan Corts Bogot. September 2014
Sound improvisation with Juan Corts and David Medina in Matik Matik -Bogot.
September 2014
Video and audio concert with Juan Corts in Rec -Bogot. August 2014
Nevera de Lucirnagas -Composicin para cinco intrpretes (performed piece) Bogot.
March 2014
Efimerx - concert at Sound Art exhibition- Bogot. July 2013
Tsonami - concert in Sound Art festival- Valparaiso, Chile. December 8 2013
Active crossover event concert- Bogot. April 8 2013
Scaledown - event concert - London February 22 2013
Aural detritus - event concert - Brighton, UK February 21 2013
Transversal Sonora - concert in Electroacustic Music and Sound Art festival - Universidad
Nacional Bogot. January 2013
CURATORIAL WORK
Tribute Ludwig Koch project with Cheryl Tipp (curator of Wildlife Sounds for the British
Library (ongoing)
Satlite International Sound Art festival- Valenzuela Klenner Galera. Bogot, AugustSeptember 2014 Link
Frecuencias Sound Art festival- Plazarte. Medelln, August 2012 Link
Curatorial work for Impulsive Habitat including works like Francisco Meirino (Switzerland),
Una Lee (Korea), Yann Leguay (Blgium) to mention a few.
WORKSHIPS, LECTURES AND FESTIVALS 2013-2014
Tsonami conference at Sound Art festival- Valparaiso, Chile. December 8 2013
Sonidos y acervos del Quindo Phonography workshop- Ministerio de Cultura, Quindio.
September-October 2013 Link
Pechacucha clecture- Universidad de los Andes, Bogot. August 1 2013 Link
In the field conference at simposium- British Library / University of Arts London, London
February 15 2013 Link
SOUND RELEASES 2013-2014
Quietud y movimiento (Impulsive Habitat) Portugal 2014 Link
Narrativas de la materia (Eter) Colombia. 2014 Link
The wait (Gruenrekorder) Germany. 2014 Link
Permanencia (Very Quiet) UK 2013 Link
Framework seasonal # 7compilation- (Framework) UK 2013 Link
Yoi with Simon Whetham- (Unfathomless) Blgium 2013 Link
Isolation matter (Impulsive Habitat) Portugal 2013 Link
Unseen terror (Echomusic) UK 2013 Link

OTHER PROJECTS
Sound design for The Gessell - Niklauss Project' theatre play (Creacin de Mincultura
Grand) directed by Mateo Rueda and Mauricio Galeano. Espacio Odeon. OctoberDecember 2014
PRESS 2013-2105
Review Narrativas de la materia Vital Weekly. Nederlands
http://www.vitalweekly.net/942.html

Review Narrativas de la materia Fluid Radio. UK

http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2014/07/eter/

Review Narrativas de la materia MWSY. Italy

http://musicwontsaveyou.com/2014/08/17/david-velez-narrativas-de-la-materia/

Narrativas de la materia selected among the best releases of 2014 by curator Daniel
Crokaert. Blgium
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8d6693bfd77a8cb0d7db8e7d5&id=4fdc06fff4

The wait selected as one of the top 10 field recordings releases of 2014 by the magazine A
Closer Listen. USA
http://acloserlisten.com/2014/12/18/acl-2014-top-field-recording-soundscape/

Resea de Quietud y movimiento Kulturterrorismus. Germany

http://kulturterrorismus.de/news/david-velez-quietud-y-movimiento.html

Interview for [] Privado by Ivn Ordoez. Colombia

http://www.privadoentrevistas.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/david-velez/

Article in Fotomeraki. Colombia

http://fotomeraki.com/gallery/sin-titulo-david-velez/

Review The wait in A Closer Listen by Richard Allen. US

www.acloserlisten.com/2014/05/22/david-velez-the-wait/

Interview for Musica Kaleidoscopea. US

www.musicakaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/new-voice-david-velez/

Interview for British Library by Cheryl Tipp. UK

www.britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/sound-and-vision/2013/11/six-questions-with-david-velez.html

Review Yoi Vital Weekly. Nederlands

www.vitalweekly.net/896.html

Review Yoi in A Closer Listen by Richard Allen. USA

http://acloserlisten.com/2013/10/17/david-velez-and-simon-whetham-yoi/

Review de Yoi The Field Reporer by Falvin Gillie

http://thefieldreporter.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/331/

Review Isolation matter in A Closer Listen by Richard Allen. USA

www.acloserlisten.com/2014/05/22/david-velez-the-wait/

Resea de Isolation matter en Kulturterrorism. Alemania

www.acloserlisten.com/2014/05/22/david-velez-the-wait/

Interview for Sonic Terrain. Colombia

www.sonic-terrain.com/2013/08/exclusive-interview-with-david-velez/

Interview for Seal Memoria. Colombia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=snuJUPS5KjY - t=17

Interview for En Orbita. Colombia

www.enorbita.tv/clarodeluna

Review Unseen terror A Closer Listen by Richard Allen. USA

http://acloserlisten.com/2013/03/15/david-velez-unseen-terror/

Review Unseen terror The Field Reporter by Chris Whitehead

http://thefieldreporter.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/232/

Review Unseen terror Fluid Radio by Mara Papadomanolaki

http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2013/03/david-velez-unseen-terror/