Julio Velasco

Biography

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Julio Velasco is an artist and researcher whose work intersects with the fields of art, technology, and society.
He lives and works in Paris and Berlin.
His academic journey has been marked by numerous research endeavors, collaborations, and contributions to the exploration of art in contemporary contexts.

Academics

  • Member of the Laboratory Council, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (2022-2023).
  • Research travel to Bogotá focused on the "Memory of Plants" project, examining the links between popular and academic knowledge (November 2021).
  • Associated Researcher, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (2017-present).
  • Co-organizer of the "Art and Research" group at the Marc Bloch Center.
  • Research Grants from the Centre Marc Bloch (2018, 2019) and DAAD (2017).
  • PhD in Art and Arts Sciences, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2017).
  • “Artist Researcher” at the Art and Sciences Laboratory, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2011-2013).
  • Member of the Leonardo Electronic Directory (LED).
  • Master in Digital Arts, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
  • Art History, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts, Université de Paris 8 Saint-Denis.

Publications

  • Bio-Art: Varieties of the Living in Artworks from the Pre-modern to the Anthropocene Edited by J. Velasco and K. Weber, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2024. Open Access
  • The Living in Artworks in Sociocultural and Historical Contexts in Bio-Art: Varieties of the Living in Artworks from the Pre-modern to the Anthropocene J. Velasco and K. Weber, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2024. Open Access
  • José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808) ou les Lumières de la périphérie in Périphéries culturelles et scientifiques, CTHS, Paris, August 2024. Open Access
  • Les voi.es.x de la carte / Tonkörper Berlinin Cahiers des Umifre 2023-2024 n° 10, Julio Velasco et Marion Picker, January 2024. Open Access
  • La memoria de las plantas in 20 Festival Internacional de la Imagen Inter/Especies, Manizales, 2022.
  • L'artiste comme stratège. Topographie et création plastique contemporaine, CTHS éditions, Paris, 2021.
  • L’image des artistes et des acteurs de l’art contemporain à travers leurs quartiers in Art collaboratif et territoire, Editions de la Sorbonne, Paris, 2018.
  • Art and ecology: a necessary questioning, Balance-Unbalance, 2018, Rotterdam, Academia.
  • Double vie in Du travail collectif à l’œuvre, Nouvelles éditions Place, Paris, 2017.
  • El ruido del agua in Ecología desde el arte digital, under the direction of Luis Germán Rodríguez Leal and Felipe César Londoño López, Fundación Telefónica, 2015.
  • Art, société et biodiversité in {plastik} n° 4, 2014.
  • Art et « gentrification » in Actes du colloque, Tours, 2012, Paris, 2014.
  • Portrait de l'artiste in Double Life, Les presses du réel, Dijon, 2011.

Symposiums and Seminars

Organization

  • "Sound text in context: Scientific and artistic approaches to aurality", Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, Germany (February 15-16, 2024).
  • "Auralities: Artistic and Scientific Approaches to Sound Studies", Institut Français de Berlin, Germany (January 17-18, 2023).
  • "Bio art before Bio art: The living as cultural expression", Workshop, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (February 25-26, 2021).
  • "Nationalismes dans l’art contemporain latino-américain", Workshop, Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Paris (September 23-24, 2018).
  • "Configuration du territoire par l'art: Approches et méthodes", Workshop, Berlin (January 9, 2018) and Paris (May 14, 2018).

Symposiums and Seminars

Contribution

  • "Berlin comme territoire d’Art", Urban Aesthetics Symposium, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (February 9-10, 2023).
  • "L'Expédition Botanique dans le royaume de Nouvelle-Grenade (1760-1808): le long voyage de la connaissance", Le voyage/Die Reise, École d’été franco-allemande DAAD (July 4-8, 2022).
  • "José Celestino Mutis ou les lumières de la périphérie", 146e Congrès National des Sociétés Historiques et Scientifiques, Aubervilliers (May 4-7, 2022).
  • "La mémoire des plantes", Seminar at Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (May 11, 2021).
  • "Art et topographie de l'art dans le Berlin réunifié", Seminar at Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (October 23, 2019).
  • "Balance-Unbalance 2018", The Patching Zone, Rotterdam, Netherlands (September 20-21, 2018).
  • "L'art et la ville", Seminar at Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (December 21, 2017).
  • "Art & Science regards croisés", International colloquium, Université de Liège, Belgium (2017).
  • "Art collaboratif et territoire", International colloquium, Université de la Sorbonne, Paris (2014).

Art Projects and Exhibitions

  • 2023 - Les Voi.es.x de la carte, Institut Français de Berlin, Germany. Artwork-exhibition organized by J. Velasco and Marion Picker presenting 14 works of research about Berlin.
  • 2019 - ArtPro, International Video Art Festival 2019, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 2018 - Coding the World, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
  • 2017 - Festival High Fidelity, London, UK.
  • 2016 - Festival High Fidelity, London, UK.
  • 2015 - Ecología desde el arte digital, Fundación Telefónica, Centro Cultural B.O.D., Caracas, Venezuela.
  • 2015 - Laureate of the X Muestra Monográfica de Media Art, Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Manizales, Colombia.
  • 2014 - Guest Artist, 14th European Film Festival, Szczecin, Poland.
  • 2014 - XIIIth International Image Festival, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
  • 2013 - Orme, public Bio-art sculpture, Biscarrosse, France.
  • 2013 - Art Paris, Galerie Arka, "Vices Boxes" with Julien Toulze and Olga Kisseleva.
  • 2012 - Pasadizos secretos, project for Paseo Project 2012, Zaragoza, Spain.
  • 2012 - Vices Boxes,with Julien Toulze and Olga Kisseleva, Galerie Zozna, Brussels.
  • 2011 - Gaps In Memory: Pop-up Performance, Collectif. Camillo 2.0 Studio T, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • 2011 - Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria.
  • 2010 - Réflexions Numériques, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France.
  • 2010 - Mode d’emploi (collectif Sous-X), Galerie 59 Rivoli, Paris, France.
  • 2010 - Festival WHOOPEE 10, Le Havre, France.
  • 2009 - Corridoio 21, Civitavecchia (Roma), Italy.
  • 2009 - 22es Instants Vidéo, Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, France.
  • 2009 - Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria.
  • 2009 - 24e Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • 2008 - Festival Vidéo Art, "KinoLevchuk", Lviv, Ukraine.
  • 2008 - Cologne OFF IV (official selection).
  • 2008 - 21es Instants Vidéo, France.