Bernardo Job Sandoval, artefacto collective – Week 1 – Introduction
Jun 11, 2023
Hi! My name is Bernardo and I would like to introduce myself by talking about my personal work and what I do together with Yunni Cho within the ‘artefacto’ collective. I am a political scientist, curator and artist devoted to research and artistic production. During my BA studies in Mexico I concentrated in political theory by studying Greek classic texts and contemporary political writers.
Throughout my academic production I directed my research towards aesthetics and the role of technologies of cultural production within society. I had a particular interest in the speed of human activity and how we have progressively accelerated our collective rhythm by introducing faster means of transportation to make mobility more efficient. I have noticed that our social behavior undergoes constant changes due to the influence of technology, causing us to forget how we once lived and interacted with others. Moreover, this hyperactivity is leading us to consume an ever-increasing amount of energy to meet human needs. I have also found that the further we transit this hyper-technologic road, the harder it seems to recover from a frenetic pace. As we internalize this imperative of production, we lose the possibility of pausing and find autonomous means to fulfill basic needs. For this reason, I focused my attention in the study of vernacular techniques and the artistic object as an artifact that can make visible our current prosthetic condition. I also find the artistic object as a means to create collective memories within an incessant collective movement. Within my daily routine, meditation holds significant importance as it enables me to attentively observe, cultivate serenity and clarity, and attentively appreciate subtle nuances in various situations.
Together with Yunni Cho, I have been working in specific research to translate philosophical knowledge into a collective practice based on an organic and post-growth rhythm. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we aim to share not only a product of our work but the creative process as well. We are currently developing a short film inspired by greek mythologies and socratic texts. We dedicated this week to observe, explore, and register thoughts and impressions through script-writing, drawing, and filming the presence of light in the house and gardens. Casa Sasso is a very stimulating space because of its unique vernacular architecture. I am especially astonished by the materials that were used to built it and the emotions that I have been experiencing inside me by inhabiting here this week. I am very grateful to have the chance to collaborate with Yunni through this residency, and I am very excited to discover the depth of our reflections in the following weeks.
Bernardo