Felipe Macia

Artist and filmaker exploring questions on memory in landscape, atmosphere and planetary systems

Statemnt + CV

PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATIONS
Architectural Kinetics
Public Space

VIDEO/LIGHT INSTALLATIONS Archeology of Sky # 4
Atmosphere of Rivers
Boundaries
Niebla
No Cumbia Without Forest
Monoculture 3D Portraits
La Danza del Agricultor
La Voz de la Tierra

SOUND INSTALLATIONS
Arhceology of Sky # 3
Archeology of Sky #2
Archeology of Sky #1

EXPERIMENTAL 3D
Monoculture 3D

FILM
Greener Than Gold
The Last Miller

CURATORIAL WORK
Forest in the Caribean 
Dulce Tumaco

PUBLICATIONS
Forecast Journal Issue 11






f.macia23@gmail.com

No Cumbia Without Forest 




2020


Using a composition of 3D imagery, landscape footage, and sound, the six-channel video installation creates a sensory experience that explores the relationship between the dry tropical forest and the music of Cumbia, a Caribbean rhythm originating in Colombia.

The music of the Caribbean region, including genres such as cumbia, porro, gaita, and bullerengue, is intimately connected to the landscape, as the instruments are crafted from forest materials: the gaita flute is made from cactus wood, beeswax, and duck feathers; maracas are crafted from totumo and capacho seeds; and the Caribbean drums—the llamador, the alegre, and the tambora—are carved from banco wood.






MONTES DE MARIA EL CARIBE QUE NO ES COSTA ES BOSQUE –09–2024