Piertopolis
2011 / 2013
Inspired by Babylon of COBRA artist Constant, Piertopolis features an architectural design for an installation of a life-size landscape made out of piers and walking bridges. A pier accommodates the act of leaving, of traveling and embarking – it is a place where the gone and lost are contemplated. At the same time, a pier is a place easily associated with arrival and return, with reconnection, and with the fulfillment of hopes and wishes. Besides, a pier is also a continuously changing structure. Its features are affected by wind and sea, by the people, boats and animals that use it. A pier never looks the same. The structure-like characteristics of the pier make one think of small meccano constructions, architectural fantasies and utopian landscapes in which the border between reality and illusion is blurred.
The project is supported by the Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts. AFK and by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. Fonds BKVB
The State of L3
In 2006 Guzman founded the Pan African Contemporary Arts and Film Collective. The State of L3 refers to exile identity and the creative process of three artists working together with eighteen young artists and university students. The project brings together their thoughts, ideas, experiences, dialogues and virtual exchange in the L3 virtual database. The State of L3 explores with multimedia installations as a medium for a documentary on transatlantic networks and the artists reflections on the Black Atlantic African world , the symbiosis that exist between people of African descent and their position in the contemporary society as well as the historic perspective and the colonial past of the countries of origin of the artists. It is an artistic exploration of time and space in relation to society. The installation is a visualization of migration and Diaspora. Each suitcase represents migration; each balloon represents the transatlantic unity.
The project is supported by the Mondriaan Foundation, the VSB Foundation, the Prince Claus Fund, the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB) and Erfgoed Nederland.
Advisor’s the state of L3
Koyo Kouoh | Beate Cegielska | Remy Jungerman
Koyo Kouoh is a Cameroonian-born curator and cultural producer. She is the founding director of Raw Material Company, a mobile site for art practice and critical exchange. She was the coordinator of cultural programs at the Gorée Institute in Senegal from 1998 to 2002; collaborated with the Dakar Biennale from 2000 to 2004; and cocurated Les Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie in Bamako in 2001 and 2003.
Kouoh has curated exhibitions in Senegal, Brazil, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and the U.S. and written on contemporary African art. She served as advisor to the artistic director for documenta 12 and was a member of the Golden Lion Jury at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. She is member of the curatorial team of the Documenta 13 in 2012, She lives and works in Dakar.
Beate Cegielska is head and curator at Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark. Since 1990, she has arranged numerous group and individual exhibitions and cultural exchanges of Danish and foreign artists. Beate is a member of Oracle, international association for photo curators and directors of photo art museums.
Galleri Image presented the travelling exhibition New Adventures in South Korea and China in 2007, as well as a Danish International Visiting Artists Exchange Programme (DIVA) residency for Korean artist Kyungwoo Chun. The gallery has participated in various international art photography festivals.
Remy Jungerman is an Independent Fine Art Professional and Founder of the Wakaman Project, lives and work in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Remy Jungerman has a fascination for the Afro-religious aesthetics of his Surinamese Maroon ancestors.
Through the years this fascination developed into a multimedia aesthetics that is distinctively his and transcends the original environment from which it came. By specifically connecting to the African Diaspora and its religious knowledge, Jungerman works through themes of trans-nationality, belonging and the way knowledge exchanges between cultures. His installations include altars and colorful collages made from (grid) patterned ritual cloth and objects for offerings and libations.
The Day We Surrender to the Air
The concept of the documentary trilogy The Day We Surrender to the Air (2009- 2010) is based on the results of Guzman’s DNA test. This DNA test, executed by the National Geographic Genographic Project and African Ancestry, shows Guzman’s mixed background. In the documentary, Guzman travels to the places of his ancestry and brings to the front various questions considering ethnic identity, migration and Diaspora. The trilogy was supported by the The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB). The documentary had its premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the biggest documentary festival in the world, before going on international tour in 2010. The Day We Surrender to the Air, Episode Two was firstly shown at the The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2010 in Greece and the Africa in the Picture film festival, Amsterdam.
Chain Diary/Multiple M
In 2007, Guzman started the project Chain Diary, Multiple M. Imagine IC, an Amsterdam based intercultural organization and exhibition space, invited Guzman to develop a digital storytelling tool for new presentations and exhibitions. He wrote the concept for the Chain Diary, a chain reaction of multiple identities and a interactive multimedia installation with 4 channels, 8 multiple projections, and 12 oversized photos. The project was executed with support of the European Cultural Foundation, and completed in collaboration with Kosmopolis Rotterdam and the One Minutes Organization.
The Miracle – Gravitational Series
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In 2003 Guzman started his studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In this period, he became interested in video art, gravitation and diaspora. He graduated with the semi-fictitious documentary The Miracle. This documentary represents Guzman’s dream about building a giant glass sphere in which he can cross the Atlantic Ocean. The documentary is an ode to late Los Angeles based Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader. Ader disappeared in an attempt to cross the Atlantic in a small boat from the US East coast to Ireland. Ader’s project The Miraculous became an urban legend for many artists on both sides of the Atlantic. In his film Guzman tries to convince his friends and family of the possibility of such an attempt’s success.
The Miracle was officially selected by the Nederlands Film Festival, the Amsterdam Film Experience and participated at the event Yuri’s Night, NASA’s 50th anniversary STEAM Documentary Event in San Jose, California.
Representando
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2003 / 2005
In 2003 Guzman produced and directed his first documentary “Representando”, a documentary about oral traditions in La Havana, Cuba. The documentary was officially selected by: the Utrecht Latin American Film Festival, Film Program at the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, Colombia, the Africa in the Picture Film Festival Amsterdam, the Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival, the Rhythm of the Line Berlin International Film Festival, the London Latin American Film Festival, the Drop Breaks and Beats Festival Amsterdam, the Black Soil International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Shoot Me Festival Den Hague, and others.
Focus on Water project
Between 2004 and 2006 editor and film instructor for the project Focus on Water, the project was a video exchange between children from the Netherlands and Bolivia. For this project children from 30 schools in the Netherlands and 30 more in Bolivia made short documentaries about the role of water in their environment. They sent the films to each other. The children then communicated about the situation in both countries via the Focus on Water website. Mirandas Film Productions developed and produced the project together with OLAA Organization for Latin American Activities.
International Price at the Water and Film Event Mexico City 2006.
Guzman Photography
Between 1990 and 2003 Guzman work as a photographer and editorial contributor of Greenpeace, France Press, D’ Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Foote Cone & Belding, ID&T, Live XS, Basic Groove Elsevier Science Journals and Touch.
Guzman Films workstation
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Guzman Films Workstation is a full service High Definition production company located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Panama City, Panama. Aiming to make a difference in the world of modern media. Guzman Films specialize in videos, independent films and exchange projects internationally. From writing and directing to shooting and editing, with experience in all areas of the production process. Our current work includes worldwide art projects, documentaries and videos for non-profit organizations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Clients: Both Ends, Baobab Connections, Stichting Kinderpostzegels, Het Projektenburo, OLAA Organization of Latin American Affairs, Cordaid, Plan International, Cardea, Imagine IC, One Minutes Jr, Kosmopolis, European Cultural Foundation, Xplore, Cinemix Film Festival, Rambler, Move your World, Cardea in Kenia, Stro Organisation, Aqua for All, Focus on Water Series Netherlands.
International Congress Series
Between 1996 and 2001 editorial board member of physics journals at Elsevier Science, publishing support at International Congress Series, world’s leading platform for high quality peer-reviewed full-text publications in science and technology.
