Artwork – RAIN BEATS

• Abstract: We live in a time when large amounts of data are being produced by sensors, portable devices and mobile phones. This data is collected, analyzed and used by companies and governments in an attempt to manage and control the city of a decentralized and centralized way. While such management and control are supposed to contribute to the well-being and security of citizens, in most cases the citizens are out of this circuit. In fact, they often do not participate in the generation, the analysis or use of the data, either because they do not have access to it or because they do not have the knowledge to perform such tasks. In an attempt to design new data visualization interfaces, and to bring them closer together viewers to the massive data in a creative way, born RAIN BEATS, a project that seeks to transform data into sensory experiences. This is an installation connected to the Internet, which obtains and processes atmospheric data (BIG DATA) and the it transforms into digital musical scores which are then transformed into sound. It’s a intelligent machine that processes data obtained from satellites that monitor the earth constantly deconstructing the environment into numbers, and using them as raw material to create soundscapes. We could say then that RAIN BEATS is a machine that creates and performs “music made by the forces of nature.

• Biography: Josecarlos Flórez, es un artista peruano de nuevos medios e investigador independiente, que vive y trabaja en Barcelona. Su área de investigación se centra en la fusión de arte y tecnologías de código abierto. Trabaja en proyectos que involucran programación creativa, sonido, robótica, iluminación expresiva, visuales generativos, visualización de datos, fabricación digital, IoT (internet de las cosas), VR (realidad virtual) y AR (realidad aumentada) y AI(Inteligencia artificial). Su trabajo ha sido expuesto en Perú, España y Estados Unidos, en ferias de arte como ARCO(Madrid) y Swab Art Fair(Barcelona) y festivales como Sonar + D(Barcelona) y ARS ELECTRONICA(Linz).

This project has been awarded with the ISEA2022 Barcelona Grant by Fundació Privada Reddis

Cal Massó – Beep Collection: Origins

From May 26 to July 23, Cal Massó will host an outstanding exhibition, under the name of BEEP COLLECTION: ORIGINS . Curated by Roberta Bosco and Stefano Caldana, this exhibition will bring together the latest digital artworks incorporated into the .BEEP {collection;} and show the result of one of the production grants awarded by ISEA2022, Rain beats by Josecarlos Florez.

The center will also host workshops and conferences given by artists from the symposium and guided tours will be offered for both locals and international attendees.

For this reason, during the days of the Symposium, there will be free buses from Barcelona for the symposium attendees (to be confirmed).

Dates: From May 27 to July 23
Time: From Tuesday until Saturday, starting at 5pm and closing at 9pm
During mornings, Cal Massó offers guided tours with previous booking at the phone number 977 010 660.

Des del 26 de maig i fins al 23 de juliol, Cal Massó acollirà una destacada exposició, sota el nom de BEEP COLLECTION: ORÍGENS. Comissariada per Roberta Bosco i Stefano Caldana, aquesta mostra reunirà les darreres obres d’art digital incorporades a la .BEEP {collection;} i mostrarà el resultat d’una de les beques de producció atorgades per ISEA2022, Rain beats de Josecarlos Florez.

Alhora, el centre acollirà tallers, visites guiades -tant per a la població local com pels assistents internacionals- i conferències d’artistes participants al simposi.

Per aquest motiu, durant alguns dels dies del simposi, es proporcionaran autocars gratuïts des de Barcelona (horaris pendents de confirmar).

Dates: Del 27 de maig al 23 de juliol
Hora: De dimarts a dissabte, de 17h a 21h
Pels matins, Cal Massó ofereix visites concertades amb cita prèvia al telèfon 977 010 660.

Artists / Artistes:

• Antoni Abad
  Ego – Spanglish
• Eugenio Ampudia
  Try Not To Think So Much
• Marcel·lí  Antúnez
  Alfabeto
• Albert Barqué-Duran & Marc Marzenit
  Vestibular_1
• Josecarlos Flores
  RAIN BEATS
• Joan Fontcuberta & Pilar Rosado
  Prosopagnosia
• Anaisa Franco
  Neuronnection
• Paul Friedlander
  Tycho: Test One
• Ricardo Iglesias & Gerald Kogler
  Independent Robotic Community
• Eduardo Kac
  Time Capsule
• Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
  Redundant Assembly
• Ken Matsubara
  Moon Bowl
• Marina Núñez
  Still Life Tornadoes & Still Life Swell
• Robertina Šebjanič
  Aurelia 1+Hz / proto viva generator
• Stefan Tiefengraber
  TH50PH10EK WALL
• Eric Vernhes
  De Notre Nature
• Peter Weibel
  Das Tangible Bild