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Drown the artist
La ciudad vacía
Generative Story-lines: Memories
Generative Story-lines: Strangers
Instrument for a Floating Dock
Toby, the annoying noise box
Con discreción
Instrument for Unsent Letters
El tiempo se detiene
Composition for a lonely arm
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Rebecca Adorno

San Juan, P.R.

1985

Biographical information

Photographer, creator of installations, videographer and developer of sound art and new media. Obtained a bachelor’s in Art from Universidad de Puerto Rico in 2008 and a Masters from the School of Visual Arts in 2010. Her fortes are sound, installations and video art, also practices photography. Currently lives and works in New York. Although she considers herself a visual artist, she believes that when the viewer is given the opportunity to experience art through sound, a deeper connection between the work and the viewer is established.

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Artworks

Instrument for Unsent Letters

Instrument for Unsent Letters

Date:

2010

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Installation

Medium:

Five, string instruments made out aluminum, electronics devices, nylon strings and speakers

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

La ciudad vacía

La ciudad vacía*

Date:

2011

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Installation

Medium:

Medio mixto, sonido

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Con discreción

Con discreción*

Date:

2008

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Installation

Medium:

Madera y amplificador

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Museo de Arte de Ponce Collection

Instrument for a Floating Dock

Instrument for a Floating Dock

Date:

2010

Dimensions:

40"x 10"

Category:

Installation

Medium:

Wood, amplifier, nylon strings, electronics and floating dock

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Drown the artist

Drown the artist

Date:

2009

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Installation

Medium:

Glass, straws, ink, video screen, computer, electronic devices

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Composition for a lonely arm

Composition for a lonely arm

Date:

2010

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Video

Medium:

Computer, Max/Msp, infrared camera and speakers

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Toby, the annoying noise box

Toby, the annoying noise box

Date:

2009

Dimensions:

10"x 10"

Category:

Installation

Medium:

Electronic devices

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Generative Story-lines: Strangers

Generative Story-lines: Strangers

Date:

2010

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Video

Medium:

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Generative Story-lines: Memories

Generative Story-lines: Memories

Date:

2010

Dimensions:

Variable measurements

Category:

Video

Medium:

Computadora, Max/Msp, sensor IR a distancia, bocinas y equipo electrónico

Genre:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

El tiempo se detiene

El tiempo se detiene*

Date:

Dimensions:

24"x 48"

Category:

Photography

Medium:

Impresión lambda sobre sintra

Genre:

Scenes

Period:

21st Century

Collection:

Artist statement

Mi trabajo surge como un enfoque basado en la investigación de mi experiencia en Ingeniería y Bellas Artes. Al recontextualizar datos científicos, tecnología y conceptos relacionados con la física del sonido, creo representaciones físicas de fenómenos intangibles mientras trazo paralelismos entre la estética de la belleza y la letalidad: signos y contenidos poéticos que surgen cuando eventos catastróficos, como el cambio climático, muestran destellos de la belleza sublime.

Fuente: www.rebeccaadorno.com

Training

Education

2020

  • Bio-enginnering, Mycology and Bioplastics workshops. GenSpace, Brooklyn, New York, United States

2019

  • La práctica. Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2010

  • Masters of Visual Arts. School of Visual Arts, New York, United States

2008

  • Bachelor of Arts. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2004

  • Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

2018

  • Luminaria Onomatopeya, Espacio Diagonal, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2011

  • La ciudad vacía, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada

Group Shows

2019

  • #Caribbean_Diaspora router Satellite Art Show, Miami, Florida, United States
  • Blanco y negro, Espacio de la Galería Embajada, MECA Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Futuro Modular, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, United States
  • Nada Tropical, Miscelánea Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
  • Life on an Island: Cycles and Permutations, Governor’s Island, New York, United States

2018

  • Household Animism Booth, MECA Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Veil,  Produce Model Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
  • Balancing a Blade on diamond grass (Balancing a diamond on a blade of grass), El Lobi, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • PM/PostMaría, Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2013

  • Colectiva 1, 2BLEÓ, Santurce, Puerto Rico

2011

  • Instrumento para espacios vacios, Studio Anise, Soho, New York, United States

2010

  • Instrument for Unsent Letters, Harvestworks, New York, United States
  • Shake Outttttt 3: The Sea Giveth, The Sea Taketh Away, Marina 59, Far Rockaway, New York, United States
  • Instrument for Unsent Letters. MFACA Thesis show, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States

2009

  • PQ1213, La 15, San Juan Puerto Rico
  • VIBA Festival, ThisIsNotAGalery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • User Generated, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States
  • First Video Art cycle, Galería 356, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2008

  • With Discretion/Con Discreción, Site Specific Sound Installation, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • Sound Art Fair, La Respuesta, San Juan, Puerto Rico 
  • Photoimagen, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • La incoherencia de lo coherente, CIRCA 2008, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2007

  • Feria, =Desto, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Sin Gasolina, Área, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
  • Bastardos, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • CIRCA 2007, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 
  • Colectivo ANGORA, Zona Industrial, Caguas, Puerto Rico

2006

  • Hazaña Sardónica, Área, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
  • 8track Audio Project, =Desto, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Awards, distinctions and achievements

2020

  • Artistic Residence. The Artic Circle, High Artic

2019

  • Artistic Residence. The Trust for Governor’s Island, Governor’s Island, New York, United States

2018

  • Artistic Residence. Artist Alliance Inc and Embajada, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, New York, United States

2016

  • Emmy nomination for Picture Editing for a Non Fiction Program National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Los Ángeles, California, United States

2011

  • Artistic Residence. Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada

2010

  • Award. Paula Rhodes Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States

2009

  • Scholarship. Academic Excellence Scholarship, MFA Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States

2008

  • Artistic Residence. Área, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Collections

  • Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Bibliography

Books

Nogueras, Celina. «Frescos: 50 artistas puertorriqueños menores de 35». San Juan, PR: Muuaaa, 2010. pp. 350.

Newspapers

García Benítez, Mariana. “Nueve expresiones” Primera Hora (San Juan, PR), 2 de agosto de 2007, pp. 72-73.
Moreno Villareal, María. “Retrato del Pasado”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 3 de octubre de 2008, pp.64-65.

Magazines

Glaser, Brian. “Hear Here”. Visual Arts Journal 17, no. 2, 2009, p.64.

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