Ilich Castillo
Ilich Castillo is a video artist working in Guayaquil and lecturer at
ITAE (Ecuador), where he previously completed the Visual Arts BFA
program. He is a former member of the artist collective "La Limpia"
(2001-2006) and a film programmer for the ITAE filmclub. Castillo's work
focuses on the use of different media such as video, sculpture, and
drawing. He is motivated by the potential for a practice located in the
error phenomena, despised by certain filmmakers for being considered
mere mistakes; he explores a "low quality aesthetic" and the pursuit and
enhancement of certain effects that result from the inaccurate
implementation of technical equipment. Recent exhibitions include Fuera
de campo (con Glitch), OchoyMedio Movie Theatre, Quito (2010); Lo que
las imàgenes quieren, ICO Foundation, Madrid (2007); Interamerican Video
Biennial (BID), Washington; Pasado Imperfecto Sao Paulo Cultural Center
(2011); and the International Biennial of Cuenca, Ecuador (2011);
Bienal Internacional de Cuenca (2011), BIM, Bienal de la Imagen en
Movimiento, Instituto de Investigaciones entre Arte y Cultura Dr.
Norberto Griffa, Buenos Aires, (2012)- Presencias, NoMínimo,
Samborondón; GLI.TC/H 0P3NR3P0.NET,
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Region 0. The Latino Video Art
Festival of New York, Centro Rey Juan Carlos I de la Universidad de
Nueva York, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo; De-funciones,
Sala Félix Enriquez, UCSG, Guayaquil; Accumulator, IRL Gallery 1965,
Vancouver; Glitch/Moment/ums Furtherfield Gallery, Londres; The Wrong,
New Digital Art Biennale, Sao Paulo; 15th Edition Festival des Cinémas
Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris; ESPACIO SI, LUGAR NO. Proyecto
Brigada de Dibujantes, Casa Barrio Domingo Savio, Guayaquil; 8º Festival
de Cortometrajes de la Ciudad de México, Jornadas de Reapropiación,
México D.F.; (YA NO) Es mágico el mundo, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo,
CAC, Quito (2013).