Rafael Romero Peña (1988, ES/NL) is a visual artist, writer, and filmmaker based in Rotterdam. His work explores the concept of “gaze” and its deconstruction through sculpture, writing, and film. Rafael is particularly interested in how contextual images are staged or depicted through the sociopolitical biographies of objects, architecture, and collective memory. He frequently uses storytelling and fiction to examine themes of legacy, belonging, and heritage.
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Art Rotterdam, 2024. Prospects and Concepts.
Art Rotterdam Prospects and Concepts
Fotofocus Symposium 2022 - "Watching movies with subtitles"
Guest lecturer at Fotofocus Symposium 2022 - Telephotography - Curated by Kevin Moore.
Screening Fever.
Panel discussion: "Watching movies with subtitles"
Henotic: How to Live Together?
The project Henotic: how to live together? parts from a burning question in four independent artists' minds. As choreographers, we are especially intrigued by the tensions of contemporary crises and the temporary communities that they produce. From the urgency to unite and independently organize performance programs in response to the scarcity in the field of live arts – we look at ways to physically question and expand upon the concept of live-ness.
Odyssey, Mateusz Staniak - Noord Nederland Theater, Groningen. (Cinematographer and Editor)
Staniak's Odyssey is a video environment inspired by reality TV and our internet obsession with voyeurism. The young director uses techniques inspired by social media and surveillance video. To expose the dangers of online experiences.