The
Spanish multimedia artist Raimond Chaves was born in Bogota, Colombia
in 1963.
His numerous projects in various countries have mostly been multilingual
and have attracted a socially broad scale of participants and viewers.
Among several international shows and presentations, he lately exhibited
at Stichting Kaus Australis in Rotterdam, at EAC in Castelló,
Spain, and took part in the Puerto Rican art fair PR-02. During
his numerous artist residencies and extensive travels, he has worked and
exhibited in Liverpool, London, Lima, Amsterdam, Venice, Chicago, Lisbon
and Paris.
Travelling from country to country, he performs happenings that actively
engage street commuters and invite them to make spontaneous artworks.
These artworks, most often based on sampling of media and street graphics
and communication, are then reinvented by Chaves to form independent cultural
and political statements. From 2000 to 2001 he was a member of the Cambalache
Collective, a Colombian-Spanish artist group known for their street barter
actions.
Chaves is also a DJ.
As
this month's guest of HALF WAY HOME Image Consulting, Raimond Chaves introduced
one of his most recent projects, "Mobile Station", which has
previsouly been presented at presented Stichting De Appel in Amsterdam
among others. Additionally he showed some recycled graphic artwork, and
introduced "Hangueando" ["Hanging Around"] - the 'rope'
newspaper and the live demonstration of its production.
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