Alexandra Gelis is a Colombian-Venezuelan-Canadian media artist, curator and researcher. Her practice is research-based, process-oriented and multi-disciplinary, including film, photography, drawing, and new media installation with custom-built interactive electronics and sound.
She is known for single-screen film works and modular immersive non-fiction-based installations. Her projects incorporate personal field research as a tool to investigate the ecologies of various landscapes by examining the traces left by various socio-political interventions.
“Bromelias” from the series “Agua”
CORREDOR: The Big Picture
BAHAREQUE
ALERTA . ALERTA . ALERTA
BORDES
Bajareke
CORREDOR: The Big Picture
Bajareque
Raspando la ciudad
ESTERA (mat) from series Medicinal Plants and Resistance
Living-life, for the evil eye
Estera Part 1 & 2
PROP ROOTS
RASPAO (SNOW CONE)
RASPAO (SNOW CONE)
RHIZOMATIC DIRECTED SIMULATION
THE ISLAND
“Bromelias” from the series “Agua”
Bajareke
Estera Part 1 & 2
Tropical Phytograms
Memory Palace
Gente de color
Pasos para trenzar un paisaje
El Museo Nacional lleva el Caribe colombiano hasta España
Manglaria
Juntos Aparte, una bienal de arte en Cúcuta acerca de las fronteras