Israel Martínez
area: Sound Art, Media Art
Key Facts
nationality
Mexicoarea
Sound Art, Media Artresidence
Mexico Cityrecommending institution
freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONALtime period
October 2014 - October 2014The work of Israel Martínez (Mexico 1979) has been characterized by reflecting about several social topics through sound, music and their relation to image. He has produced video installations, site-specific projects, actions, interventions and graphic works through the use of photography, typing, photocopying and other media. He has also made multi-channel sound installations and composed a music between electroacoustic and spatiality.
Since 2000 he has taken part in events from several artistic territories, especially in America and Europe. In 2007 he accomplished a Distinction Award of Prix Ars Electronica. In 2012 he was resident at the DAAD’s Artists-in-Berlin Program, and at Vienna's MuseumsQuartier in 2014. Some of his works have been acquired by two of the most important collections in Latin America: Jumex and MUAC/UNAM. His aural work is published and distributed worldwide by labels such as Sub Rosa, Aagoo and Abolipop.
International awards
DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm 2012. Germany
Distinction award. Prix Ars Electronica 2007. Linz, Austria
Mexican awards
Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. 2013 - 2014
Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. 2011 - 2012
Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes. 2004 - 2005
Solo exhibitions
Schizophonia. Centro de Cultura Digital. Mexico City. 2013 - 2014
Dislocación. MUCA Roma. Mexico City 2013 - 2014
El ruido ese, el silencio. Fonoteca Nacional. Mexico City 2013
Flânerie. Museo de Arte Raúl Anguiano. Guadalajara, Mexico 2013
Spend time, waste time. daadgalerie. Berlin 2012 - 2013
Surrounded. The Tin Tabernacle. London 2012
Private, public and some impositions. Quiet Cue. Berlin 2012 Acorralado (Surrounded). Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City 2012 Acorralado. Laboratorio Sensorial. Guadalajara, Mexico 2012 Rumor Murmullo Estruendo. Lap_Az. Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 Two espressos in separate cups. MUAC (Sound Experimentation Space). Mexico City 2011
silencio es ruido es silencio es ruido es silencio es… Casa Serrano. Lagos de Moreno, Mexico 2010
Concierto de muertos para vivos. Plaza El Santuario. Guadalajara, Mexico 2009
Group exhibitions (selection)
PCFS: Post-Colonial Flagship Store. freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL / MuseumsQuartier. Vienna 2014
Sonoplastia. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Mexico 2014
Sonorama. Museo Universitario Del Chopo. Mexico City 2013 – 2014
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. 2013
Urban sounds. Haus für elektronische Künste. Basel, Switzerland 2013
Estudio Abierto 1, apéndice. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico 2013
Tinnitus y Fosfenos. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico 2013
Sound Development City. Annex / Manesse. Zurich 2012
Sound Development City. The White Building. London 2012
Sound Development City. The Wye. Berlin 2012
Fragmented. The Tin Tabernacle. London 2012 La Quebradora. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. San Francisco, USA 2012 Densidad. Galería Metropolitana. Mexico City 2012 Interference. Public space. Breda, Holland 2011 Paisaje anticipado. Museo Raúl Anguiano. Guadalajara, Mexico 2011
Trayectorias aleatorias. Ancienne école des vétérinaires. Brussels 2010 Constante, la Nueva Babilonia. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico 2010 Así es, ahora es ahora. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City 2010 Poli_foneo. Museo de la Ciudad. Guadalajara, Mexico 2010 Muestra Internacional de Arte Sonoro. Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Mexico City 2007 Bienal de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio MX 02. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City 2007 Ars Electronica 2007. Kunstuniversität. Linz, Austria 2007
Chroma. Centro de Arte Audiovisual. Guadalajara, Mexico 2004
Collections
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) / UNAM
Colección Júmex
Discography (selection)
Terra Incognita (with KK Null and Lumen lab). Aagoo 2013
Incognita (with KK Null and Lumen lab). Aagoo 2013
The minutes. Aagoo 2013
Nadaanda. Musica Moderna 2012
Two espressos in separate cups. Aagoo & Sub Rosa 2012 El hombre que se sofoca. Sub Rosa 2011 Triptych (with Luis Felipe Ortega). Aagoo 2010 Nareah. Aagoo 2009 Exorzicios. Abolipop 2008
Compilations (selection)
Antibothis Vol. 4. Antibothis 2012
Below The Radar. The Wire Magazine 2012 Ruleta. Abolipop – Suplex 2011 Wire Tapper 24. The Wire Magazine 2010 An anthology of noise and electronic music Vol. 6. Sub Rosa 2010 (ready) Media: hacia una arqueología de los medios y la invención en México. Laboratorio Arte Alameda 2010 México Electroacústico. Pocos Cocodrilos / Irradia 2008 Prix Ars Electronica 2007. Hatje Cantz 2007 Transformaciones. Abolipop 2004 Mínimas Texturas 09. Discos Konfort 2004
Bibliography (selection)
MUCA Roma, Memorias 2009-2013. UNAM 2014
Blickwechsel Zwei. 50 Jahre Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD. Die Jahre 1988 - 2013
(ready) Media: hacia una arqueología de los medios y la invención en México. Laboratorio Arte Alameda 2013 Vagancia. Museo de Arte Raúl Anguiano / Suplex 2013
Todos los cauces el cauce. Memoria de artes visuales 2010 – 2013. Universidad Autonóma Metropolitana 2013
Summer Expeditions: Berlin, London and Zurich. Sound Development 2012
Interference: Schaduwspel, ontketening, confrontatie. IDFX 2012
Lugar_Cero. Reflexión polifónica sobre el arte y la ciudad. Casa Vecina 2012 Así es, ahora es ahora. Laboratorio Arte Alameda 2010 Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio_MX 02, Fronteras Nómadas. Centro Nacional de las Artes 2010 Prix Ars Electronica 2007. Hatje Cantz 2007
Selection of live performances – concerts – actions – events
Schizophonia y otras dislocaciones. Aural intervention + video. Teatro Degollado. Festival Cultural de Mayo. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2014
Schizophonia. Multichannel concert. Centro de Cultural Digital. Mexico City. March 2014
Enclave Festival, Poéticas Sonoras. Palacio de Minería and Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Mexico City. February 2014
+2 dB. Museo Universitario del Chopo. Mexico City. February 2014
Contra el escenario. MUCA Roma. Mexico City. January 2014
Doña Pancha Festival. Tecate, BCN. January 2014
Rumores. Laboratorio Sensorial. Guadalajara, Mexico. December 2013
Los Minutos. Museo de Arte Moderno. Mexico City. November 2013
26 Clásicos en 1. Ex Convento del Carmen. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2013
Bodas Negras. Panteón de Belén. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2013
Reflexiones. Cuadrante Creativo. Culiacán, Mexico. February 2013
Sprawl concert. Cafe Oto. London. November 2012
Tsonami Festival. Valparaíso, Chile. November 2012
Festival Internacional de Videoarte. Buenos Aires. November 2012
eXperimontag. Madame Claude. Berlin. September 2012
Miscelánea inaudita. Sala Mateo Herrera. León, Mexico. September 2012
Unflux Festival. Casa Museo López Portillo. Guadalajara, Mexico. September 2012
Quiet Cue. Berlin. July 2012
DAAD-Porträtkonzert. Villa Elisabeth. Berlin, Germany, June 2012
Sub Rosa showcase. Laboratorio Sensorial. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2012
Son de Cine. Guadalajara’s International Film Festival. Foro Expo. Guadalajara, Mexico. March 2012
Sonora. Acousmatic Concert. Sonic Arts Research Center. Belfast, Northern Ireland. February 2012
Multi-channel concert. Fonoteca Nacional. Mexico City. February 2012
International Field Recording Meeting. Laboratorio Sensorial. Guadalajara, Mexico. February 2012
Acousmatica II. Helsinki Music Centre, Black Box. Helsinki, Finland. October 2011
Multi-channel concert. Jardín Botánico. Culiacán, Mexico. October 2011
Multi-channel concert. Casa Vallarta. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2011
4º Ciclo de Compositores Jaliscienses. Ex Convento del Carmen. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 2011
Festival de Mayo. Plaza Liberación. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2011
Multi-channel concert. MUAC. Mexico City. May 2011
Exorcizios. Casa Sociacusia – Laboratorio Sensorial. Guadalajara, Mexico. January 2011
Intimo (diario sonoro de viajero). Lugar_Cero / Hostal Regina. Mexico City. November 2010
Entrecruce, presentation of commissioned work. Festival Visiones Sonoras. UNAM Campus Morelia. Morelia, Mexico. November 2010
Tríptico y anexos. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. October 2010
Aún sin título. Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras. Morelia, Mexico. September 2010
Festival Transónica. Universidad de Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Mexico. August 2010
R.Bis_Umaniko. Laboratorio Arte Variedades. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2010
Epidermis 2. Museo de la Ciudad. Guadalajara, Mexico. June 2010
Festival de Música Electroacústica Primavera en La Habana. San Francisco de Asís. La Habana, Cuba. March 2010
Jazzersice. Ciclo de intervenciones sonoras. MUAC. Mexico City. November 2009
INDEX. MUAC. Mexico City. November 2009
Nareah. Release concert. Museo Raúl Anguiano. Guadalajara, México. November 2009
Nareah. Release concert. Fonoteca Nacional. Mexico City. October 2009
Festival Espejos Sonoros. Teatro El Galeón. Mexico City. September 2009
Horizontes Verticales. Escuela Nacional de Música UNAM. Mexico City. August 2009
Radioglobal. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico. July 2009
Nareah. Release concert. AS220. Providence, USA. June 2009
Nareah. Release concert. Bruar Falls. New York, USA. June 2009
CANTE. San Luis Potosí, Mexico. April 2009
Multi-channel concert. Parque del Refugio. Guadalajara, Mexico. February 2009
Fiesta de la Música. Laboratorio Arte Variedades. Guadalajara, Mexico. February 2009
Euskadi Eta Mexikoren Artean Hizketa (Euskadi dialoga con México). Sala Rekalde. Bilbao, Spain. November 2008
Sociacusia. CAM Contemporáneo. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2008
Festival Monitor Digital. Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico. October 2008
Exorcizios. Release concert. Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Mexico City. September 2008
Mandorla / Radioglobal. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. August 2008
26 Clásicos en 1. San Sebastián Analco. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2008
Exorcizios. Release concert. Estudio Diana. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 2008
Festival de Mayo. Plaza Liberación. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2008
Festival Estacionarte. Centro Cultural Tlatelolco. Mexico City. April 2008
Festival Radar. Palacio de Medicina UNAM. Mexico City. April 2008
Hecho en México. Mexican electroacoustic music concert. Wortham Opera Theatre, Texas, USA. April 2008
Sonic Loud. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. April 2008
Epidermis. F. Bolko. Zapopan, Mexico. February 2008
Festival Visiones Sonoras. Centro Nacional para las Artes. Mexico City. November 2007
Festival Synthese. IMEB. Bourges, France. October 2007
Oscilación II. Estudio Diana. Guadalajara, Mexico. September 2007
Sprawl. The Fleapit. London, UK. September 2007
Ars Electronica Festival. Brucknerhaus. Linz, Austria. September 2007
Abolipop Showcase. NIU Audiovisual Gallery. Barcelona, Spain. July 2007
Abolipop Showcase. Resonance FM. London, UK. June 2007
Abolipop Showcase. Nottinghill Arts Club. London, UK. June 2007
USB Festival. Bogotá, Colombia. May 2006
Khora. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. August 2004
Paisajes Sonoros. OPA. Guadalajara, Mexico. June 2004
Paisajes Sonoros. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico. February 2004
Inmerso Foro Sonoro. Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City. February 2004
Festival Mínimas Texturas 09. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. January 2004
Festival Mutek GDL. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico. October 2003
As part of the series People behaving as real animals (video-sound installations) I will make improvisation sessions with guests, sometimes solo actions, but also duos or group improvisations, with the objective of exploring the communication beyond language. These sessions will produce material for next installations of the series.
Due to the current political crisis in Mexico and specially the killing of forty-three students by an alliance between the government of the state of Guerrero and a drug “cartel”, at the end of September 2014, my residence period at quartier21 was very critical and reflexive. I participated in the PCFS Post-Colonial Flagship Store exhibition with a work related to these political problems around Mexico, so it was a great time to share information with a long audience attending the exhibition.
I have to say that this month in the residence was great to get inspiration not only by all the activities in MuseumsQuartier but Vienna in general, attending seminars about politics and art, exhibitions, fairs, concerts and another events, besides meeting several artists from around the globe and getting feedback from my mates in residence.
About my production, I made an action for video and sound in collaboration with Mexican student and activist Gerardo Montes de Oca, it took place in Mexicoplatz and is currently in exhibition as an audiovisual installation at talcual gallery in Mexico City (November 2014 – January 2015). I was also recording street musicians on video and sound, as part of a series of works focused on these modern minstrels that I’m producing in several cities. Finally, I started to write a text for an audio installation in process.