Liliana Farber

Liliana Farber
PORTFOLIO
MEDIOCRE
A bloody field there was where there’s now a poppy field
Image created by specially built software that averages images collected from Google Image search.
Archival ink print. 113 x 118 cm. 2013
A thousand flowers will grow in and between trenches
Image created by specially built software that averages images collected from Google Image search.
Archival ink print. 113 x 118 cm. 2013
Mountains of honey in colors of milk
Image created by specially built software that averages images collected from Google Image search.
Archival ink print. 113 x 118 cm. 2013
Between borders, between mountains, without ways
Image created by specially built software that averages images collected from Google Image search.
Archival ink print. 113 x 118 cm. 2013
Between borders, between mountains, without ways (detail)
Instalation view at the Ars Electronica festival
Linz, Austria. 2013
COMMONPLACES
Exhibition View #1
Image created by specially built software that takes one pixel at a time from multiple images harvested from Google searches, and recombines
them in a grid according to their original position. Archival ink print. 104 x 72 cm. 2013
Exhibition View #1 (detail)
Exhibition View #2
Image created by specially built software that takes one pixel at a time from multiple images harvested from Google searches, and recombines
them in a grid according to their original position. Archival ink print. 104 x 72 cm. 2013
Exhibition View #4
Image created by specially built software that takes one pixel at a time from multiple images harvested from Google searches, and recombines
them in a grid according to their original position. Archival ink print. 104 x 72 cm. 2013
Heroes #1
Image created by specially built software that takes one pixel at a time from multiple images harvested from Google searches, and recombines
them in a grid according to their original position. Archival ink print. 104 x 72 cm. 2013
Heroes #2
Image created by specially built software that takes one pixel at a time from multiple images harvested from Google searches, and recombines
them in a grid according to their original position. Archival ink print. 104 x 72 cm. 2013
Heroes #3
Image created by specially built software that takes one pixel at a time from multiple images harvested from Google searches, and recombines
them in a grid according to their original position. Archival ink print. 104 x 72 cm. 2013
CACHE
Cache (still)
Video created by specially built software that averages multiple images, replacing one image from the average every frame.
The images that appear to have a direct or indirect relation to the artist are pulled from across the network and their data is transformed to
both the visual and audible channels
Video, 2 min loop. 2013
http://www.lilianafarber.com/#!cache/c228t
Video work instalation view at the Hydrosphere exhibition
The Belltown Collective, Seattle, USA. 2013
Files Inventory II: Portraits
Files Inventory II: Portraits
With the promises to display files selected by the user, a website, that is in fact a maze in disguise, spies and registers the user’s choices.
Website. 2012
http://www.filesinventory.com/
Instalation view at the Mediocre exhibition
Dodecá Foundation, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2013
Liliana Farber
Artist Statement
The computer generated works are composed by using various types of custom made software that manipulate masses of collected materials and
assemble new variations thus emulating 'big data' sets that manage information automatically by using algorithms. The outcome is a hyper aesthetic
abstract image. These works question the hierarchy of knowledge, the conception of data and the visualization process of various forms of narrative.
They inspect the complex relationships between pieces of information and their relation to personal and collective memory and scrutinize the ways in
which visual information is stored and how it relates to the forming of identity by linking the visual memory to both the personal and the collective
sphere.
The creation and storage of imagery is rapidly becoming a simple and accessible process as the number of pictures being taken and posted online
is growing each year. This unprecedented process contributes to the notion that all forms of information are accessible while both the consumption
and manufacturing grow. This phenomenon increases the common perception of an information utopia that rarely questions the validity of its
numerous sources, or the validity of the powerful databases that are driven by signal analyzing algorithms which are meant to be impartial and
objective act as agents that solely promote customization, personalization and delivery of information. This leaves the viewer with the process of
building and forming a connection built from the endless fragments that are delivered.
The result of these artworks is abstract images, artificially manufactured and devoid of choice. Capturing the beauty of the process and the relation
of the manufactured software to the information it uses. Between the imported imagery to the electronic automated one. The works capture the
tension between the recognizable image and abstraction that derives from the abundance of information, carefully eliminating the element of
specification. Diluting the image into a near blur and keeping the initial recognizable image well out of reach. They relate to the automatic shift from
image to image, emulating the hypertext phenomenon where the viewer endlessly drifts from one point to the next.
CV
Liliana Farber was born in 1983 in Montevideo, Uruguay, and lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
STUDIES
2013 Postgraduate Fine Art Studies, Hamidrasha School of Arts, Beit Berl. Israel
2008 B.A. Graphic Design, ORT University, Uruguay
2004 Fine Arts, UDELAR University, Uruguay
SOLO SHOWS
2013 "Mediocre". Dodeca cultural center. Montevideo, Uruguay
2006 "Parte de mi". Marte Upmarket gallery. Montevideo, Uruguay
2003 "Las habitantes". Alianza Francesa, cultural center. Montevideo, Uruguay
"Las habitantes". Education and Culture Ministry. Montevideo, Uruguay
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2014 "Paul Cezanne Prize”, selected artists. National Museum of Visual Arts. Montevideo, Uruguay - Upcoming
"Royal Bitch", Graduating show. Hamidrasha gallery. Curated by Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir. Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 "Hydrosphere". The Belltown Collective. Curated by Julia Bruk. Seattle, USA
"Border Body". MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico. Curated by Luca Curci. Almería, Spain
"Border Body". Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej MD_S. Curated by Luca Curci. Wroclaw, Poland
"X Salto Biennale". Gallino Museum. Curated bu Oscar Larroca. Salto, Uruguay
"IL(L) Machine". Ars Electronica Festival. Curated by Yael Eylat Van-Essen. Linz, Austria
"Middle Show". Public Space. Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 "Transpuesto de un estudio para un retrato común # 2: Conchillas". Education and Culture Ministry. Montevideo, Uruguay
2008 "Inevitablemete pop, el alma”. National Museum of Visual Arts. Curated by Diego Focaccio. Montevideo, Uruguay
2007 "Break". Education and Culture Ministry. Curated by Diego Focaccio. Montevideo, Uruguay
2006 "Ecos de música". ORT University. Curated by Gustavo Wojciechowski. Montevideo, Uruguay
2005 "Artistas del Mercosur". Sant Pol de Mar gallery. Barcelona, Spain
"Jornadas de performance latinoamericana". Ex-Teresa Art Center. Mexico City, Mexico
2004 "Artistas del Mercosur ". Casal de Catalunya. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003 "Salón de arte joven". National Library. Montevideo, Uruguay
2001 "Bienal de arte joven". INJU, cultural center. Montevideo, Uruguay
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 X Salto Biennale catalog. Uruguay
Ars Electronica 2013 catalog. Austria
"The projected image (1) Deleuze folder". Hamidrasha School of Arts Journal #15, Israel
2009. "Conchillas". Book published as a part of the exhibition "Transpuesto de un estudio para un retrato común # 2:
Conchillas", Uruguay
2008. Diego Focaccio, "Inevitablemente pop, el alma". Exhibition catalog, Uruguay
"20 x 20". Poems interpretation by designers. Argonauta Editorial and Yauguru Editorial, Uruguay - Argentina
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Fernando Alvarez Cozzi. "Mirando a través de la selva cultural". Article in Dossier, digital magazine. Uruguay
Michaek Rottmann. "Im Netz der Erinnerung". Article in Artmagazine, digital magazine. Austria
Will Brown. "Fan Mail: Liliana Farber". Article in Daily Serving blog
Yonatan H. Mishal, "Desafiar los límites de la mirada". Article in Arte, digital magazine. Uruguay
Carlos Reyes, "Algoritmo que analiza". Article in El País newspaper. Uruguay
Work publication in Harema, digital magazine, Israel
2009 Sofi Richero. "Los Impresionantes". Brecha newspaper, Uruguay
2008 Ricardo Boglione. "Nada pop, mucha alma, algunas dudas". La Diaria newspaper, Uruguay
2007 Enrique Aguerre. Work review. Freeway magazine, Uruguay
2006 Work publication in Belio Magazine, Spain
Fernando Loustaunou. "Nueva galería revive a la calle Colón". Búsqueda newspaper, Uruguay
Gustavo Wojciechowsk. Group Exhibition review “Ecos de música”, Pulso/Diseño, ORT University magazine, Uruguay
PRESS
Will Brown. "Fan Mail: Liliana Farber". Article in Daily Serving blog. 2013
Carlos Reyes, "Algoritmo que analiza". Article in El País newspaper. Uruguay . 2013
http://dailyserving.com/2013/11/fan-mail-liliana-farber/
http://www.elpais.com.uy/divertite/arte-y-exposiciones/algoritmo-que-analiza.html
Yonatan H. Mishal, "Desafiar los límites de la mirada". Article in Arte, digital magazine. Uruguay. 2013
http://arte.elpais.com.uy/liliana-farber-desafiar-los-limites-de-la-mirada/
Michaek Rottmann. "Im Netz der Erinnerung". Article in artmagazine, digital magazine. Austria. 2013
http://www.artmagazine.cc/content74306.html
Carlos Reyes, "Algoritmo que analiza". Article in El País newspaper. Uruguay . 2013
http://www.elpais.com.uy/divertite/arte-y-exposiciones/algoritmo-que-analiza.html
Work publication in Harema, digital magazine, Israel. 2013
http://manofim.org/harama/3003
CONTACT
052 4648340
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www.lilianafarber.com