Architectures of residue

 

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado is a GermanArgentine artist living in Argentina. He works across video installation, drawing, photography, and sculpture.

His work investigates error, residue, and the unstable threshold between digital and organic forms.

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Day/Night, Photography, 2003

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Glitches_Diaries of Pure_Desktop, 2012
2-channel video installation, 6min. loop

 

 

 

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Marcello Mercado, Azimuth, Photography, 2014

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Chaco III, installation 2021

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Chaco VII, sculpture 2022

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Variations Van Gogh, pencil on paper 2014

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, High Volumes of Post-Post After-After, 2026
1-channel video installation, 3min. loop

 

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0LLIUjFBi/

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0gR1slVgN/

 

Marcello Mercado, Error_01, inkjet print on paper, Photography, 2001

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Bestiary for the Minds of the 21st Century, pencil and 3D print on paper, collage, Artist´s book, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, kJZAGZGAI, installation 2021

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Fatal Error, inkjet print on paper, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Cross, 2003
2-channel video installation, 7min. loop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, Head_01, oil on canvas, 30 x 40cm, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, China_blue, inkjet print on paper, Photography, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcello Mercado, untitled, pencil on paper 2024