Instituto de visión (Institution of Vision)

2008 - Photography (Photography)

48H x 72W cm

Nicolás Consuegra

location: Bogota, Colombia
year born: 1976
gender: male
nationality: Colombian

In his project Instituto de Vision (2008), Consuegra investigates how modernism gave rise to many new technological forms of vision, most notably the camera, yet also resulted in the disappearance of outmoded forms of vision. As a metaphor for this process, he looks to the afterlife of the image as evidenced in signs. When a company goes out of business or moves, their sign often lingers and slowly fades creating a ghosted image of their sojourn. This exploration of the relics of modern visual experience questions the advancements made by modernism and its losses.


Nicolás Consuegra (b. 1976, lives in Bogotá) explores the contradictions of modern visual culture through his photographs, sculptures, paintings, and installations. Much of his work deals with subtle differences between one thing and another, whether they are visual differences or semiotic shifts.


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