Cristóbal Cea is a Chilean artist who employs digital media to explore history and memory. Through a multidisciplinary practice, he mixes digital animations and archives in order to re-examine forgotten histories and contemporary contradictions as he attempts to dispel the persistence of the mistakes of the past in our present.

Several of Cea’s works, including Hawker Haunted, Fuente de Juventud, and AntesDelOlvido, critically address a range of issues, such as the continuing presence of fascist ideology in contemporary Chile, the inconsistencies that result from mixing democracy with neoliberal policies, and the decolonization of public space. In these works, he uses 3D scanning as a way to imagine alternative futures.

Cea’s work has been exhibited internationally at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Microscope Gallery, New York; Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile; Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden; and Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid, among other venues.

Cristóbal Cea, Bypass #1 (detail). Image courtesy of the artist.

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