Photographer | DOP | Content Creator | Visual Artist
Video Art (selection)
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About Irene Cruz's Video Art:
Irene Cruz started her professional career as a photographer, later adding the medium of video to her artistic repertoire. her video artworks discover the realm of film, literally seen as moving images. they oscillate between the boundaries of minimalistic “one-action” narratives and photographic snapshots, fixed in time and space. in the harmonic universe of Cruz’ works there are relations of tender treatment and therapeutic cure which establish the grid of intimate connections between the cultural and natural aspects of life. these ascetic visual worlds seem to be self-sufficient; they deliver the self-referential time-based structures of simultaneity in Bergson’s sense, which tend to juxtapose the viewer’s feeling of time. there is no representation of faces nor explicit identities in the video works – the environments visible are not inviting. the visual aesthetics can be labeled as “for private use only”, they force the viewer to fulfil the role of a voyeur. therefore every show is an „exceptional” one, revealing our economy of seeing in discourses of (bio)power, violance and surveillance.
Timur Kiselev, Art historian, Freie Universität, Berlin
RGB Video Series
(2020)
In Absentia
(2020)
Pisces
(2020)
Wild
(2016)
Verletzbar
(2014)
Die Stille
(2014)
Luft I
(2015)
Urlaub
(2013)
Aus Heiterem Himmel
(2013)
Lockdown
(2021)
Anhelo
(Directed by D Eceolaza, 2020)
Réplique
(2019)
The Muses
(2017)
Metamorphosen
Commissioned by the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2015)
Directed by Oren Lazovski
Heimat
(2014)
Luft II
(2015)
Native
(2014)
Ich mache keine Fehler
(2013)
VJ-DJ Sessions
Dancing with AI (2022) w/ Lunar Ring
Westpitze - Tübingen (Germany) - Langer Nacht der Museen 2022
Dancing with AI - II (2022) w/ Lunar Ring
Westpitze - Tübingen (Germany) - Langer Nacht der Museen 2022
Collab with Santiago Córdoba
Gelegenheiten Berlin (2018)
RGB VJ - DJ Sessions / Estival Festival
Ateneo de Málaga (2021)
Everything Home is Far Away - VJ- DJ set
Fotoklub Kollektiv (2020) // Live-Streamed because of Covid
Live music by S. Córdoba & Abel Calzetta
VJ set by Irene Cruz
Petite Palace Hotel / Hybrid Fair (2018)
Video installations
Self(fish)
Curated by Anna Corpas & Ana Márquez // Glogauair Berlin (2016)
In collaboration with: Sara Ferrer (Sculptures) Matthieu Ranc (Music)
Aus heiterem Himmel
Curated by Carlota Ibáñez de Aldecoa // The Ballery Berlin (2015)
We die to live
Projected at Watergate Club Berlin (2015)
Music by: Integral Bread DJ
Habitat
PPC Gallery Berlin (2014)
Curated by Tania Gomes
Waldeinsamkeit
Lateral Restaurant. C.C Arturo Soria (2015)
Curated by Ana Sanfrutos / in collaboration with Altea Hernández (Muse) & Alan Gleeson (Music)
"Materia es lo soñado"
Other video-installations
CEART Museum (Madrid) / Palais de Tokyo (Paris) / Deutsche Oper (Berlin) / Kleiner Salon (Berlin) / Galatea Berlin - 48 Stunden Neukölln / Lab in (Vigo) / Lamosa (Cuenca)
Video- exhibitions / installations / VJ sessions (selection)
*Generally, I combine different artistic disciplines for my exhibitions.
Here I'm only listing the ones that are composed of more than 80%
Video Art or Video Installations.
2021
- RGB -> VJ + DJ Sessions. Ateneo de Málaga. July (Málaga)
Curated by Roy Laguna + David Burbano
2020
- RGB. 3 Video Installations. CEART Museum. Hall B. (Madrid)
Curated by: Elvira Rilova
20 Dic - 15 Feb 2021
- "Everything home is far Away" Fk-galerie -> VJ + DJ Session (Berlin)
May 2020, streamed online
2019
- Estival. Photography Exhibition + VJ + DJ Session LCA (Málaga)
Every Thursday. July 2019 (Málaga)
- "Unfiltered Emotion". International Women's Day Event. Casa Bonay. 8 March (Barcelona)
Curated by: Laskimal
Organized by: She Said so
- "¿Sueñan los artistas con Ovejas Electrónicas?. La Casa Amarilla. 21 February - 13 March 2019 (Málaga)
Event inside MaF (Málaga de Festival, in the frame of Málaga Film Festival)
2018
- LUZAZUL. Luz y Vanguardias Festival - Espacio Nuca. 13 June - 10 October 2018 (Salamanca)
Exposición Retrospectiva sobre el Video Arte de Irene Cruz
Curated by: Naiara Valdano
In collaboration with: El Corte Inglés, Vida y Comida, Hoss intropia.
- Nature. Petite Palace Hotel. 23+24 February (Mardrid)
VJ + Video Art Screening with Love music by Santiago Córdoba + Abel Calzetta
Hybrid Art Fair Opening (Madrid Art Week)
- Drowning in Blue.
- [VJ] Verletzbar. Gelegenheiten. 9 + 10 February (Berlin)
In collaboration with the composer Santiago Córdoba.
2017
- Shatten- Galatea Berlin. 48 Stunden Neukölln Kunst Festival. 23 - 25 June 2017. (Berlin)
In collaboration with D Eceolaza
- SEASONAL. Mobile Kino. Griessmuehle. 14 June (premiere) (Berlin)
(Work as) Cinematographer
Directed by Daniel Eceolaza
- "Conciencia ecológica. Inner Nature". VideoArt Screening. Palacio de la Madraza. 6 June (Granada)
In collaboration with: UGR
- Ikea Relationships. Invited Artist by Anarel·la. Die Bäckerei. 1 - 30 April 2017 (Innsbruck)
Co-curated by: Alberto Sánchez, Marta Rey.
- [Art Fair] ArtSevilla Video Art Selection - Sevilla historical district 16 - 19 October (Sevilla)
2016
- [Video-Installation]. Selfish - Glogauair Berlin. 9 - 16 December 2016 (Berlin)
In collaboration with Matthieu Ranc (Sound designer) / Sara Ferrer (Sculptress)
Curated by Anna Corpas / Ana Buho
- [Video-Performance]. Waterfloor. Video-Installation for the club Watergate. September 2016 (Berlin)
In collaboration with: Oren Lazovsky / Integral Bread
- [Video-Exhibition] Irgendwo - Galatea Berlin. 48 Stunden Neukölln Kunst Festival. 24 - 28 June 2016
- [Video-Installation]. "Metamorphosen" Deutsche Oper. Tischlerei Strauss Nacht. January 12th 2016 (Berlin)
Opening January 12th - 20h
In collaboration with the dancer: Oren Lazovsky
2015
- "Waldeinsamkeit". Arte Lateral (C.C Arturo Soria). June - September (Madrid)
In collaboration with: Alan Gleeson (Sound Designer)
Curator: Ana Sanfrutos
- "Culture of Nature. Nature of Culture" 48 Stunden Neukölln 2015. Galatea. 26 - 28 June (Berlin)
- "Waldimsamkeit". Kleiner Salon - BCMArte. 18 February - 1 March (Berlin)
In collaboration with: Alan Gleeson
Curator: Ana Sanfrutos
- "What Dreams Are Made Of". The Ballery Gallery. 6 February - 17 February (Berlin)
Curator: Carlota Ibáñez de Aldecoa
2014
- Glocal (hi)stories - Irene Cruz's Videoart Retrospective Show. 5 - 11 November 2014 (Berlin)
Kunsthistorischen Instituts der freien Universität Berlin
Curated by: Timur Kiseljov
- "Die Stille" - Sala La Capilla. Palacio de Pronillo. 2 June - 20 July (Santander)
Curated by: Luis Bezeta
- Habitat//Native. PPC Gallery. 1 - 22 March 2014. Berlin
2 video-installations. Habitat: Solo // Native: with Giovanina Sequeira.
Curators: Sol Izquierdo (Habitat) & Tania Gomes (Native).
Group video-exhibitions + festivals
2016
- [Video Art Festival] Pop Up Kino #10 - 10 December. (International)
Countries to confirm
- Glogauair Open Studios - 9 + 10 December (Berlin)
- [Video Art Festival] Festival Internacional de Videoarte. Museo de Arte Contemporáreo de la UNL (MAC). (Buenos Aires)
22 - 24 September.
Curated by: Stella Arber
- [Video art Festival]. Jornadas de Video Arte en El Escorial. 28 - 30 September (El Escorial - Madrid)
Curated by: Olga Isla (Take Away Process)
- Women Video Artists. Organized by Vidivit. Norman. 4 - 25 August (Tel Aviv)
- [Video Art Festival] Under the subway videoart night #5 + Pop Up Kino #9 - 25 June. (international)
*Madrid - La Casa Encendida
*NYC - The Local NY
*Berlin - Project Space Kleiner Salon
*Buenos Aires - KINO PALAIS, Palais de Glace
*Valencia - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Octubre
Curated by: Antonio Ortuno
- [Art Festival] Berlinsoup. Mytologhy ad Faritales. Irene Cruz + Oren Lazovski. Det Danske Institut. 3- 11 June (Athens)
- "Instantes entre el Placer y el Dolor". Noche Boca Arriba. 6 - 7- 8 May (Madrid)
- Play it. (Video-art & performance exhibition) Museo Carmen Thyssen. 6 - 7 - 8 May (Málaga)
- [Art Festival] OBLICUA / Video Art & Experimental Cinema. Fábrica Braço de Prata. 3 - 5 May (Lisboa)
Organizer by: Proyector Team
- S[PAIN] - Instituto Cervantes de Lisboa. 3 - 10 May (Lisboa)
- Play it. (Video-art & performance exhibition) Museo Carmen Thyssen. 6 - 7 - 8 May (Málaga)
- [Art Festival] Climate, Sustainability and the Arts. Temple University. 11 - 15 April. (Philadelphia)
- Inner Nature Exhibition. CAAM (Centro Atlántico de Árte Moderno). 13 April. (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
- [Video-Installation]. Sensaciones Sanadas. Room Art Fair. Arte a un click. 26 - 27 - 28 February (Madrid)
In collaboration with David Catá
Curated by Mila Abadía
- [Video Art Festival] Pop Up Kino #8. Feelings. Kleiner Salon. 16 January (Berlin) + American University of Paris - AUP (Paris)
Curated by: Ana Sanfrutos / Bárbara Matas
2015
- Take Away Process- "Zumo de Video". Estudio A. December 2015 (Madrid)
- [Video Art Festival] Pop Up Kino #7. A year of Pop Up Kino. Best Of. 12 December (Madrid)
- [Video Art Festival] FIVA 5th Edition. Auditorio David Viñas del Museo del Libro y de la Lengua. 30 November (Buenos Aires)
Auditorio Jorge Luis Borges de la Biblioteca Nacional. 1-2 December (Buenos Aires)
- [Video Art Festival] Screen City Festival. Scandic Hotel. VAC. Stavanger, Norway – 15 - 18 October (Stavanger)
- I Jornada de Video Arte El Escorial. Acelerador de Artistas + Visiolab Project. E. de Cine y Teatro Medinaceli (Madrid)
Curated by: Elvira Rilova
- VAC Screening at Scandic Hotel. VAC. Nonstop - November & December (Stavenger)
- [Art Fair] Installation at Positions Art Fair during Berlin Art Week. VideoArtChannel (VAC). 17-20 September (Berlin)
- [Video Art Festival] Pop Up Kino #6. A year of Pop Up Kino. Best Of. MARTEII. 11 September (Castellón)
- "Visions" Festival de fotografía da cidade da Coruña. Zlick - Praza de Santa María da Cidade Vella. 21 - 23 August (A Coruña)
- "Noites de Luz". Video - Art & Photography screening. Praza Pastor Díez. 17 August (Viveiro)
- [Video Art Festival] i:nodoCSS: Sala Mendoza. 31 July - 2 August. (Caracas)
- INCUBARTE 7 - UTSVAN - MuVIM, Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i la Modernitat de Valencia. 19 - 21 June (Valencia)
Curated by: Antonio Ortuño
- [Video Art Festival] Lamosa VideoArt Day. 19 June (Cuenca)
- [Video Art Festival] PUK5 - Pop Up Kino #5 - 20. June. Kleiner Salon (Berlin)
- [Video Art Festival] Under the subway videoart night #3 - 20 June. Project Art Space (New York)
Curated by: Antonio Ortuno
- Iberencontros #1 Portugal 2015 - 9-11 Julio. (Castelo Branco)
Curated by: Mario Gutiérrez Cru (Selected Artists from the Proyector VideoArt Festival)
- "Inner Nature". Le Jardin Botanique Chemin des Gougins. 29 May - 15 June (Marnay-sur-Seine)
Curated by: Estela de Frutos
- NOSITIO - Artes, Patrimonio y Memoria Colectiva. 5 - 27 June (Gijón)
Curated by: Andrés Bolaños & Tamara Ortega
- "I love Videoart". 23 June 2015. Ciudadela de Capua (Gijón)
Curated by: Colectivo Interferencias
- [Video Art Festival] Optika Video Art Festival - Mediateca di Bari - Italia. La sezione “Remelles”. 27 -30 May . (Bari)
- "Presència, absència" 360º en 365 dies. Best videos of the year. Cafè del Teatre Escorxador. 1 - 31 May (Lleida)
- "Whitebox". Souvenirs from Earth. Palais de Tokyo Centre d'art contemporain. 13 May -24 May & Online & Onair (Paris)
Opening: 13 May - 19:30h
Curated by: Bárbara Matas & Rieko Witfield
- "Water, art, women, life" - Sead Gallery - 6 - 27 March. 2015 (Texas)
Curated by: Francesca Pietracci
- [Video Art Festival] Pop Up Kino #4. Blu! Kleiner Salon. 17 January 2015 (Berlin)
2014
- [Videoart Festival] Espacioenter - Canarias. 5, 6 y 7 December 2014. TEA (Tenerife)
- "Inner Nature". 20 December 2014 - 18 January 2015. Galleria Hoppa (Jyväskylä, Finland)
Curated by: José Albelda, Chiara Sgaramella & Estela de Frutos.
- [Art Fair] Cuarto Público. Ingenio IC. 28-30 November 2014 (Santiago de Compostela)
Curated by: Nuria García
- [Videoart Festival] Optika Festival. Remelles. 11 - 30 November (Gijón)
Curated by: Colectivo interferencias
- "La calle indiscreta" Aula de Medio Ambiente Urbano”. 4 November - 6 December. (Zaragoza)
- "Naturaleza y contemplación". La Nau. 23 -31 October 2014 (Valencia)
Curated by: Chiara Sgaramella
- "War/She: Understanding the war from the female perspective". 10 - 31 October (Kharkiv)
Curated by: Daria Prydybailo
- [Art Festival] Candelara Art Festival. 20 - 21 September 2014 (Pesaro - Italy)
Curated by: Francesca Amati
- [Videoart Festival]. Ideofónica. 18-19 September 2014 (Buenos Aires)
- [Videoart Festival] Pop Up Kino #3. PPC Gallery + La Neomudéjar 19th September (Berlin - Madrid)
Curated by: Videoartistas Asociados
- [Videoart Festival] MIVA Muestra internacional. 15 August - 15 September (Quito)
- [Exhibition + Artist Residency] Countdown Grabowsee. 22- 25 August 2014 (Berlin)
- Konvent punt zero. 28 June - 3 July. (Barcelona).
A tribute to Pere Portabella.
- [Videoart Festival] Pop Up Kino #2. 48 Stunden Neukölln. "Mut und Angst". 28th June (Berlin)
Curated by: Nuria García (VeoArte).
- [Art Festival]. 48h Neukölln. PPC Gallery (Berlin). 27 -29 June (Berlin)
- Under the Subway Video Art Night - Fourth edition 2014. 14 June (New York)
Curated by Antonio Ortuño.
- [Videoart Festival] 2ª Muestra de Videoarte Underground LOOP. Loft 85. 29 May - 7 June (Barcelona)
Curated by: Adrian Iturburu.
- [Videoart Festival] "Ocho Miradas". XIII Festival Nacional de Videoftalmología. 30th May (Lleida)
- [Videoart Festival] Pop-Up Kino. Video-makers.(invited artist). PPC Gallery. 30-31 May. (Berlin)
- “Triunfo y Poesía". Galería Santa Fé. 9- 11 May 2014 (Bogotá)
Curated by Mario Gutiérrez Cru
2013
- International videoart festival In Medi Terraneum. Open Projector. La Trasera & Exhibition's hall of the UCM.
Facultad de BBAA. 28 - 30 November. (Madrid)
- "Iceland". Videoart Festival. San Telmo. 29 Nov - 1 December(Buenos Aires)
- Proyector 13 Videoart Festival. 21 - 30 November. (Spain, Norway, Portugal & Italy)
- "Ernesto Sabato festival" Videoart, videodance & videopoetry. 2
November.(Buenos Aires) Curator: Eyelen Giacobbe
- "Crosstalk" VI Edition. Videoart Festival. 13- 15 September 2013. Budapest. (Hungary)
- "Ar e vento" VI edição Bienal de arte experimental - Rabiscuits 2013 - 2 August - 5 August - Alcobaça (Portugal)
- Kultursymposium - "Weitermachen / Keep Going" - Kulturni centrum Rehlovice - 20 July. Řehlovice (Czech Republic)