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Victor Arroyo is a video artist recognized for a style that combines community-based research with ethnography. His practice is situated in the crossfield between cinema and contemporary art.[1]

Education

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Arroyo studied visual arts, filmmaking, design art practices and social research methodologies at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico and Concordia University in Canada. He holds a PhD in Humanities from Concordia University.[2]

Artistic practice

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His first video installation, Turcot, about the reconstruction of this multi-billion-mega-highway structure, resulting in the relocation of hundreds of local residents, premiered at the Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA in 2012.[3] [4] [5]

In 2021 he directed his first feature film, Cherán, about the P’urhépecha insurrection of 2011 in the forest of Michoacán, premiering at BIENALSUR[6], and followed by a presentation at the Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA as well. [7]

His work has been widely exhibited internationally in museums, galleries, and festivals all around the world.[1]

Awards

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Affiliations

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  • Global Emergent Media Lab Member[10]
  • Images Festival Board Member[11]
  • Journal for Artistic Research Peer Reviewer[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "An Exhaling Aviary of Scattered Flights". SBC Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "ARCHIVO". Sur Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ "ABC:MTL : Victor Arroyo. Library Holding. 2012". CCA. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  4. ^ Huard, Maxime (February 9, 2013). "Turcot au carrefour des luttes sociales". Metro Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  5. ^ Hautecoeur, Emma Ailinn (January 10, 2013). "L'artiste Victor Arroyo relance le débat sur l'échangeur Turcot". TVA Nouvelles. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "BIENALSUR / Video Program". BIENALSUR. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "Documents of Displacement III". CCA. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Victor Arroyo - Awards - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "Globalink Research Award". MITACS. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "GEM Lab Members". Global Emergent Media Lab. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  11. ^ "Board of Directors". Images Festival. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  12. ^ "JAR Members". Journal for Artistic Research JAR. Retrieved July 12, 2024.